Ride Calendar 2008 - Jan to Mar

Date & Bullsheet	Day & elevation map	Ride Description & Map	km & street directions	# of cyclists
12 & 15 Apr	Sat to Tues	Tour de Central Tablelands for 4 days cycling, incl NSW Hill Climbing Championships 10:30am on Sat, see the sights on Sat arvo, and choice of 3 ride distances for Annual Blayney to Bathurst race on Sunday	organised ride each day
30 Mar	Sun	Hornsby 7:50am or St Ives 8:20am Duffy's Forest, Cottage Pt, Akuna Bay, "Brunch at Church Point" return Wakehurst Parkway & Forest Way	106 or 86 or 76	9
23 Mar	Easter Sun	*Nth Turra'* *8:00am Cinque Montagnes* c/w; or Hornsby 8:40am Trois Montagnes c/w**	94 or 65	7
21 Mar	Good Friday	Hornsby 7:50am or Cowan station by 8:15am or Mt White 9:20am for Dueling Banjos - Spencer revisited Mt White, Spencer, Yarramalong, Wyong 'Iron Horse' RIDE CANCELLED AT 7AM FRIDAY DUE TO CRUMMY WEATHER	128 or 71	Rain
16 Mar	Sun	7:40am Hornsby, 8am Porters Lookout Dural (or 8:10am Glenorie Village shops for slower cyclists) due Nth to Wisemans Ferry, West to Cliftonville, Sth to Stone House Cafe Marotta, Wisemans Ferry Rd, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd	118, 99 or 83	9
13 Mar	Thurs	9am Vimiera Rd carpark Marsfield for Tour de Homebush Bay - ETR 1:30pm	55
9 Mar	Sun	7:20am Hornsby carpark to St Ives carpark for 7:50am rollout via Duffy's Forest and West Head for Brekkie at Bayview Marina - Brunch at Akuna Bay	106 or 95 or 84	6
8/9 Mar	Sat & Sun	Annual Loop the Lake Macquarie - w'end trip staying at Wangi Wangi Hotel	40 Sat 85 Sun	4
5 Mar	Wed	8:30am Vimiera Rd carpark Marsfield to Eastwood, Ryde, Meadowbank, Putney. Catch Mortlake Ferry crossing Parramatta River to Breakfast Point. Follow Lyons Rd via Lilyfield Rd to Sydney Fishmarkets for Brunch. Cycle to Circular Quay to catch ferry back to Meadowbank Wharf. Climb back up to Denistone hill to Eastwood and follow Vimiera Rd to carpark in Marsfield - ETR 2:30pm	61
2 Mar	Sun	7:30am rollout from Dural Country Club for 12thannual 100km "Tour de Hills Cycle Classic”; or 70km option	100 or 70
24 Feb	Sun	Nth Turramurra 7:20am or Hornsby 8am or Berowra 8:15am Brunch at Pearl Beach, Woy Woy 'Old Rattler' home	98, 86 or 73	12
20 Feb	Wed	9:00am Vimiera Rd carpark Marsfield, Eastwood, Dundas Valley, Telopea, Nth Parramatta to Parramatta Park. Return via Nth Parramatta, Camellia, Rydalmere, Marsden Rd, Terrey Rd, Eastwood, Vimiera Rd - ETR 2pm	59
17 Feb	Sun	Sutherland Leisure Centre for "Tour de Austinmer" * 7:30am longer route via Audley Weir, Gibraltar, McKell Ave, Waterfall, Princes H'way; or * 8:05am shorter route down Princes H'way, thence left into Lawrence Hargraves Drive, Coalcliff bridge, to 1st Nosh Stop Austinmer Cafe at 10:05am fronting beach Return thru RNP, via Otford Pie Shop, Audley Weir - ETR 1:45pm. Or return by leaving RNP at McKell Ave to Waterfall, Princes H'way - ETR 1:10pm	91 or 105	8
13 Feb	Wed	The previously advertised Marsfield to Parramatta Park 'n back is postponed by 7 days 'cause Dieter, who knows the route, can't ride this Wed - see above.
10 Feb	Sun	Nth Turra' 7:20am, Hornsby 7:50am or Berowra 8am Yarramalong General Store - Wyong or Wyee Iron Horse; or return from Mt White via Berowra Waters ferry and Galston Gorge	119, 93 or 80.5 or 101	11
3 Feb	Sun	7:05am Hornsby carpark to St Ives carpark for 7:30am rollout "Whale Beach return Palm Beach 'n Akuna Bay"	89.4 or 85	Slosh-fest 6
27 Jan	Sun	*Nth Turramurra from 7:10am or Hornsby from 7:45am Cinque Montagnes* (anti-clockwise)**	94 68	7
22 to 27 Jan	Tues to Sun	Tour de Victorian Alps for Audax Alpine Classic, Bright Victoria	50 to 130km each day
20 Jan	Sun	Hornsby 7:00am or Berowra 7:10am Somersby "Bellbirds" clockwise cycling 7km on F3 from Kariong to Calga	124 or 102	Early rain - 6
16 Jan	Wed	9:00am Vimiera Rd carpark Marsfield, Eastwood, Meadowbank, Homebush Bay (Olympic Park), South Strathfield along Cooks River to Brighton le Sands for brunch along the waters of Botany Bay, on to Kurnell - train back - ETR 3:30pm	79
13 Jan	Sun	St Ives by 6:50am Duffy's Forest, West Head to Warriewood Beach for Brunch, return via Wakehurst Pky	94 or 82	19
9 Jan	Wed	9am park LHS of Terrey Hills Fruit Barn for leisurely ride along McCarrs Creek Rd twds beaches on back roads. ETR 1pm	60
6 Jan	Sun	Turramurra station by 6:30am ride to Windsor via M2,M7 then follow Western train line; or [Turra' station by 7:25am to cycle to Seven Hills station for 8:50am train to Windsor]; or Porter's Lookout Dural by 7:15am ride to Windsor via Kenthurst Rd, Annangrove Rd, Windsor Rd; or [Porter's Lookout Dural by 7:50am to catch 9:08am Riverstone train to Windsor]; or Hornsby 6:25am ride to Windsor via Galston Gorge, Mid Dural Rd and Pitt Town Rd; *for "Tour de Windsor,* Freemans Reach, Richmond, *Lowlands,* *Cornwallis*"	140 or 108 or 98 or 83 or 84.2	Rain early 4
1 Jan	Tues	Annual New Year's Day from Sutherland Leisure Centre @ 7:35am - Tour de Wollongong then catch train from Nth Wollongong to Waterfall, drop down McKell Ave and back up thru RNP	89	9