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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet
F rom
midday on
Monday, 27 Dec, to mid-arvo Sunday, 2 Jan '10 -
1st Annual
Illawarra Year
End
Challenge camping
at Bulli Showground,
Princes Hwy, opposite Point St,
Bulli -
90 mins to drive 70km Sth from the Sydney Harbour Bridge outside peak hour
- or
catch train to Bulli station
250m away
LATE NEWS -
Matt aka
Printer
and
Trevor aka Tornado
arrived at 4pm Monday.
David aka
CricketTragic,
PacificPete,
Martin aka
Architect,
Pete aka Pelvis and
Bank Teller
are arriving by 8:30am on Tuesday, 28th, intent on rolling out at 9am.
Pete aka Yamaha,
wife Linda and their Two Sprogs, are coming Tues arvo (if fine
weather), otherwise on Wed.
Illawarra weather forecast is cloudy or fine from midday Monday
Rap-up of
1st Annual
Illawarra Year
End
Challenge
Print
"Street
directions from Cahill Expressway to Bulli" which involves taking roads twds
Sydney Airport, in layman's terms means
to head for Sydney Airport and then follow route to Wollongong, but descend
Bulli Pass prior to The Gong.
Click on route map.
Our camping area is immediately West of the Bulli Greyhound Track
(which is the narrow long lighter green oval in the middle of the
above map) - about 400m from Bulli Beach and 300m Nth of Bulli train station
The Bulli Showground Committee has offered Muggaccinos cyclists
access to the above Bulli Showground Pavilion. Bank Teller is
restricting access to between 6:30am and 8am (whereupon we rollout cycling) and 4pm to 7pm.
Because he is responsible
for fridges, stoves therein.
Inside the Bulli Showground Pavilion
The buildings on RHS above are part of the Bulli Harness Racing
Club which is off-limits to campers
Above are the Male and Female Toilets/Showers. The grassy
knoll in front of pic is part of the camping area to pitch your tent.
More spots to pitch your Trusty Tent
Inside the Men's' Toilets/Showers
Beaut climbs up the "escarpment" are not far away
Immediately outside the Mens' Toilets/Showers
There is even a bench to clean and scale the fish you catch - all
the mod-cons
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Bank Teller
has booked 10 campsites at the Bulli Showground with John Andr_ws of the
Bulli Showground Committee on the same basis as
Bank Teller's
permanent annual booking with Hugh McCowa_t of the Berry Showground Trust.
Camping costs $6 per night - same as at Berry Showground.
The separate Male and Female shower and toilet facilities are basic and
clean.
Click on
Whereis: Bulli
to see that it is only a few hundred metres to the beach.
Plenty of motels, pubs and B&Bs listed at "Other Accommodation"
below, if you don't like camping in Summer.
Lots of beaut rides listed below, including climbing
Mt Keira which will
be available to climb most days. On other days, we can catch the train
from Bulli station -
There will also be Easy Peasy "Recovery Rides" to the beaut array of
beachside cafes if you are whacked from the day or night before, and you want to
gather your thoughts.
All rides will commence by 8am, except Day 1 which will start at 9am, leave
the arvo free to visit the majestic South Coast Beaches with Bulli and Sandon
Point nearby.
Likely Ride Routes to be selected the night before
-
52km loop from Bulli
to Nth Wollongong visiting beachside cafes - thence West to scale
6.9km Mt Keira to the Mountaintop Cafe, then across to Mt.
Pleasant and return to Bulli - this beaut "local' ride will be
available twice over the 7 days
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Train ride 27.4km Nth from Bulli to Waterfall to drop down into
RNP thence visit Wattamolla and Garie Beaches and cycle back - 90km
approx (or catch train from Waterfall reducing ride by 18km)
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Train ride Nth from Bulli to Waterfall to drop down into RNP
thence visit Bundeena Beach and Otford Apple Pie Shop then cycle
back - 95km approx (or catch train from Waterfall reducing ride by
18km)
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Train ride 41.4km Sth from Bulli to Albion Park to climb
Macquarie Pass then lunch at
Pig ' Whistle Cafe at Old Cheese Factory, Robertson,
thence descend Jamberoo Pass to catch train from Kiama back Nth to
Bulli - 60km approx
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Train ride 47.1km Sth from Bulli to Kiama to climb Jamberoo Pass
then lunch at
Pig ' Whistle Cafe at Old Cheese Factory, Robertson,
thence descend Macquarie Pass to catch train from Albion Park back
Nth to Bulli - 65km approx
Attendance:
Matt aka
Printer,
David aka
CricketTragic,
Trevor aka Tornado and
Bank Teller
are arriving by 12:00pm (midday) on Monday, 27th, intent on rolling out by
1pm to ride one of the 5 rides listed above, most probably Ride #1 above.
Martin aka Architect,
Jean aka
ChiliDog,
Terry aka Navigator,
Eric aka PapaBear
and Pete aka Pelvis
want to wait to pick "forecast fine weather days". Where is there sense of
adventure, or do they have leaky tents?
Pete aka Yamaha and
dutiful wife, Linda, plan to intro their two Billy Lids to camping, but
also want to pick forecast "fine weather".
Tony aka Samurai
and Arno aka The Kaiser
might be bringing their kids too.
Lois aka LoisLane
and hubby, Rod,
who live in the Shire, are joining some of our ride days.
Brenda aka Widget
plans to come up from Berry for at least one night's camping.
Annie aka
YesMinister is arriving New Years' Eve for a night of revelry.
Olivier aka PrivateBusDriver is hopeful of arriving Friday nite, to
ride Sat & Sun.
Nurse Kaza and another
Waratah cyclist are the latest to say,
"I'll be there".
Things
you see on the train ride to Bulli station
Useful ride Info
Illawarra Bicycle Users Group’s Guide to cycling in the Illawarra
Bulli to
Wollongong then Mt Keira and back - 70km
Bulli to
Wollongong then Mt Keira and Mt Pleasant 'n back - 75km
Other Accommodation
Heritage
Hotel 240 Princes Highway BULLI 2216 - ph: 4284 5884
Southview self-contained B&B located between Sandon Point Beach and Bulli Beach
- 200m from the beach and bike / walk path.
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Scribe's
wrap-up
of annual climb up Old Bathurst Rd to Springwood, then Richmond train to Seven
Hills and M2, Kissing Point Rd - 93km - 7 cyclists
You don't have to be Albert Einstein to work-out
that the climb up Old Bathurst Rd starts after 51.5km on the above map.
The above 139km included a train ride from Blacktown to Emu Plains and another
from Richmond to Seven Hills thereby reducing the ride to 93km
An irreverent ride group at the Start of the Old
Bathurst Rd climb thru hell.
The Bowaga Rd sign is the KOM of one of the steepest
climbs on Muggs' annual calendar as evidenced in the above Elevation Profile.
Scribe's
wrap-up
of Palm Beach, Wagstaff, Woy Woy, Brooklyn, Hornsby - 101km - 6 cyclists
About to roll-out at Hornsby station carpark at
6:35am, bound for St Ives
Familiar Lion Island early in our ferry ride
On the ferry to Wagstaff
Lunch at the Woy Woy Fish Cafe on the water
- the fishes we gobbed-down were delightful
Waiting for the Choo Choo at Woy Woy
station
A final snack at PitS after alighting
the train at Hawkesbury River station
Pics from Boxing Day Bash - 94km -13 cyclists
'in toto', not counting two recalcitrants who didn't ride
Above pics at Andy's from 7:50am
Bank Teller mist (pun intended) the ferry, but the
quicker ones, meaning all the others, kindly waited on the other sided
fur 'm.
Two wosses joined us at top of the Berowra KOM. You'd wonder how
they could bung on a smile knowing that the tough only get going when
the going gets tough!
Bank Teller met an old Mugg,
Gareth aka Whiz
at Berowra who wanted to climb to PitS on his Xmas visit from the
Gold Coast where he lives these days - fortunately it had stopped
drizzling by then
ScribePJ@BigPond.com
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