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2024 (19th)
annual King of the Mountain Challenge 'open to all and sundry' - 5 days
cycling
NB:
Bank Teller's Checklist for Berry
7 day weather forecast for
Berry
Pictures from Nov 2023 Berry
Berry Showground base camp -
from Wed 20th Nov
'24 - vacate site by 11am Sunday 24 Nov '24 - 5 listed climb days,
with optional "flat rides to the coast"
Muggaccinos cyclists invite you to
the
19th
annual
King of the Mountain Challenge
with most camping/caravan-ing at the verdant,
bucolic
Berry Showground
which adjoins the 20 yards
Berry Swimming Pool.
Our camp ground is 250m from Berry train station. Trains take
almost 3 hours from Central Railway Station to Berry Station.
Attendance Schedule
lists the names in
GREEN BACKGROUND
that
have thus far booked accommodation.
The final column lists those that have paid their booking fee, either for the
Showground or in a hotel, motel in the Berry township. Click on
via
online booking system if you wish to book a site at Berry Showground
with Shoalhaven City Council.
Shoalhaven
City Council - 4428.7206
informs that camping
fees at the
Berry Showground
are -
* Unpowered Site for a tent - $21 per
night - max 2 persons per site - one person in each tent or two persons in one
tent.
* Powered Site for a mobile
home/caravan -
$26 per night max 2 persons per site.
* No refunds for
cancellations less than 7
days prior to arrival.
* Officially check-in is from 2pm, but
unsure if 2pm is enforced. We might
have to assemble our tent after the Wed bicycle ride .
Check out req'd by 11am
Sunday, so park outside Showground by 11am if you want a Sunday morning ride.
* Adam and/or Warren 0427 605.200 are the
two 'on site' camp managers.
Accommodation (two hotels and two motels
et al ) in Berry, if you don't want to camp/caravan/motor home at quaint Berry Showground.
Further accommodation in or nearby Berry is available on AirBNB.
Complete the filters to inform exactly what accommodation you seek eg 2 bedrooms
or 3 bedrooms and the number of beds sought. BankTeller has
registered on AirBNB, because you cannot book 'digs' unless you are
Registered, thence AirBNB vets your Creds.
# |
Day |
Date |
Traditional hill climb rides - Routes
& Maps - embedded threads |
Climbs Elevations |
Route
km |
Day
1 |
Wed |
20th |
11am climb
Woodhill Mountain
descend via Wattamolla Rd to Kangaroo Valley, climb Cambewarra from Kangaroo Valley, descend to Bomaderry,
then Back Forest Rd |
2 |
64.5 |
Day
2 |
Thurs |
21st |
Catch 8:26 Berry train arriving Kiama 8:44am.
Climb tiny Jerrara Mtn, then sheer Saddleback
Mtn up Fountaindale Rd. Descend and tour flatlands of Sth Kiama
and Gerringong. Catch return
train
from Gerringong back to Berry
|
1 |
72.7
|
Day
3 |
Fri |
22nd |
Drive
to Kiama either South from Sydney or North from Berry. Catch
8:16am
train
to Albion Park arriving 8:36am,
climb
Macquarie Pass to Old Cheese Factory,
for
1st Nosh Stop at Pig 'n Whistle Cafe, Robertson. SWW
to Fitzroy Falls.
SE down Moss Vale Rd to Kangaroo Valley. Climb Berry Mtn.
Catch 1.25pm or 2.43pm train from Berry to Kiama
to collect 'wheels' |
2 |
81.2 |
Day 4
|
Sat |
23rd |
7:40am cycle 17km down main drag to Bomaderry
for coffee at cafe outside train station
or catch
8:09am train arriving
Bomaderry 8:19am,
climb Cambewarra
Mtn to Kangaroo Valley, climb Cambewarra Mtn from Kangaroo Valley,
return Tourist Rd to Berry
Or alternatively skip leg to Kangaroo Valley and return Tourist Rd to
Berry |
2 |
63.4 |
Day
5 |
Sun |
24th |
8:30am climb Berry Mtn, Tourist Rd,
The Lookout Tea Rooms. Descend to Bombaderry, Back Forest Rd
to Berry |
2 |
55.1
|
Some previous KOM Challenge Rides with longer, tougher climbs
eg. Jamberoo Pass etc.
Directions to Berry and camping at Berry Showground
Meals at night from an array of fine restaurants befitting the quaint Berry township - toast of the Southern Highlands
Pics taken at
previous annual Berry KOM Challenges
Pacific Pete's
movie of
Fri 17-18th Nov 2006 Berry "King of the Mountain" Challenge produced by Peter Tyson
Scribe's
rap-up and pics from 4th
Berry "King of the Mountain Challenge Series"
-
21 Climbers over 7 glorious days
Pete's pics of
2008 KOM Challenge
Pete's pics of
2009 KOM Challenge
Pacific Pete's 2008 Berry KOM
movie
Pacific Pete's 2009 Berry KOM
movie
Bank Teller's pics of Berry 2009
2010 7th Berry KOM
Challenge pics
2011 8th Berry KOM
Challenge pics
2012
9th Berry KOM ride pics as well as pics of
three dodgy road sections (550m 'in toto') that Bank Teller is asking
Shoalhaven Council to resurface
2013
10th Berry KOM rides, pleasantries, cemetery and 'potholes' pics
2018 15th Berry KOM pics
2022 17th
Berry KOM showground pics
2023 18th
Berry KOM showground pics
Download below poster for
Berry KOM Challenge and invite your bike shop to display it, because more good road cycling "product", such as this annual
five days assault on all the marvelous mountains
in the Southern Highlands and Kiama, will induce more people to road cycling
in the bestest concentration of serious climbs in NSW:
*
HTM version
Risk Warning:
King of the Mountain Challenge
is targeted at road cyclists who have climbed lots of hills. The ride schedule between
Sat. to Sunday week entails climbing and descending 11 marvelous KOM Climbs. Take the descents slowly, even if the cyclist ahead is ripping down the mountain. One badly taken corner in concert with a motorist coming up the other way, could result in a bad accident...............for you, where they may need paint scrappers and blotters to get you
back up. The challenge is in the climb, not the descent.
Cinque Montagnes rap-up
- 94km - 11 cyclists (Bazza turned up later)
Above three pics from a smoky
Andy's
Cafe, Nth Galston
Above three pics at a 'hazy/dusty'
Berowra
Waters ferry
Two erstwhile Muggs,
Grant aka
BeanCounter and
Martin aka
Architect, at
Berowra Sag Stop
Above three pics at the
Berowra Sag Stop
after scaling from the ferry, with
Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller centre stage above
Above two pics at
PitS
- 2nd Nosh Stop
Scribe
0434 715.861
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