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The Bullsheet
Sunday,
29 June -
Tour
de Windsor:
i) Turramurra @ 8:30am
via M2
- 98km - ETR 2:10pm;
or
ii)
Dural @
9:10am
via Pitt
Town Rd - 66km - ETR 12:55pm
Ø Due
to trackwork on the Wyong to Hornsby line, our delightfully pleasant
"Yarramalong Manor Iron Horse" ride has been switched by a week
with, voila, the
following sojourn out West:
Ø Ride Leader: Phil Johnston
9498.3684 hm
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø
Expend
10 min studying your UBD/Gregory's to
familiarize with the below
Ø Don't leave your brain at home on
battery-recharge, 'cause this is a
complex route
Ø Ride two
abreast on single lane roads at own
peril
Ø Get off
the road at Sag Stops
Ø
Cycling
without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party -
join Bicycle NSW for PL insurance, so that all Muggs are better protected
Ø
When passing a
fellow Mugg, always provide a metre clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing inside
tight" etc
Snapshot:
Both start groups meet-up at 1st Nosh
Stop in
Macquarie St Windsor from 10:30am. By
11:05am, all return via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie; thence either -
* to Dural (66km)
- ETR 12:55pm;
or
* L to Galston, Hornsby, Turra'
(99km) - ETR 2:10pm.
a)
Two alternate 1st Legs to
Windsor
i) 1st
Leg:
from Turramurra station
to Windsor
– 48.5km:
Rollout
at 8:30am up
Rohini St to Pac H'way and descend Kissing Point Rd. to Browns Waterhole, M2 to Riverstone, Mulgrave, Windsor
[47.5km]
where we meet cyclists that started from Dural for our 1st Nosh Stop
(35
min)
from 10:30am [if dampish] on eastern side at
Aldo's
Pizza in Macquarie St [historic Thompson Square]
off George St. Windsor, or if sunny at Kate's
Place Café on western side of Macq St.
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Detailed
instructions of Turra' to
Windsor:
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Cycle
60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.
50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd and commence
step descent shortly crossing Comenarra Parkway at lights and proceed
to end of Kissing Point Rd. Take
R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole
(caution steep decent with sharp
turns, causeway may flood)
followed by a short steep climb to M2.
We pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before
joining M2 on south side. |
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Passing
2 on and 2 off roads, we cycle 15kms to where Old Windsor Rd meets Abbott Rd
and continue straight along Abbott Road. R into Johnson
Avenue at lights for Sag Stop
(5 min). 1.1km later L
into Vardys Rd. at the roundabout,
crossing Sunnyholt Rd at the lights. |
| Approaching Marayong
Station we cycle
under the railway bridge and L at roundabout and 75m later pull-up
with Marayong
Station 50m in front of you
Sag Stop
(5 min).
We then L to climb onto Railway Road bridge, effectively
heading N beside the railway line until Quakers Hill station where,
after we reach the Give Way sign, L, then a R and R
again, to take you onto the bridge over the railway line onto Quakers Hill
Parkway. A few hundred metres on, L onto Hambledon Rd. Soon L again onto Walker Street (through
housing estate) at "T"
junction L onto Burdekin Rd and follow this around - it
becomes Railway Terrace. Follow
railway line to Schofields and continue to Riverstone along Railway Tce. |
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At
Riverstone station do a quick R and L and follow the railway
line on your LHS. Riverstone Parade
will take us to Vineyard Station. At Vineyard station road veers to the R.
Take Wallace Rd - the first street immediately to your L. |
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Follow
the railway along and Wallace Rd will end at a "T"
intersection. Cycle over a
level railway crossing on your L, and take Railway Rd first on your
R and remain on it until Mulgrave Station where we R onto
Mulgrave Rd and follow until you reach Windsor Rd.
Turn L onto Windsor Rd, and follow it 3km to Windsor. |
ii)
1st
Leg:
from “Hills
Tourist Info Centre” car-park (656B Old Northern Rd Dural – UBD 131 -
on LHS just after
"Porter Scenic Lookout" and before
Dural Country Club) to Windsor
35km:
9:10am
-
-
L
cycling
Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,
-
L
into Wyoming Rd
for 700m,
-
L into
Langford Rd/Davey Rd
for 1.6km,
-
L
into Derriwong
Rd for 500m,
-
R
into Wirrabara Rd
for 600m,
-
R
into
Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,
-
R
into Kenthurst Rd for 4½km,
-
L
into Pitt Town
Rd for 13.9km,
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Ahead into
Neich Rd for 700m,
-
L
into Scheyville Rd for 4½km,
-
L
into Stock Route Rd for 2km,
-
R
into Wolseley
Rd for 1.2km,
-
L
into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R
into
Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m, -
L
into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
-
R
into Windsor Rd
for 1.6km to
Windsor,
where we meet the Turra’
contingent at 10:30am for our
1st Nosh Stop (3 5 min)
at Aldos Pizza or Kate's Place Café in historic Thompson Square off George St. Windsor.
b)
2nd
Leg:
Return to either start point via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie, thence to Dural
or Galston/Hornsby/Turra'
11:05am
-
-
S
along
Windsor Rd for 1.6km,
-
L
into
Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
-
R
into
Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
-
L
into
Havelock Rd for 500m,
-
R
into
Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,
-
L
into
Stock Route Rd for 2km,
-
R
into
Scheyville Rd
for 5km (don't R
at Neich Rd, rather R 700m further),
-
R
into
Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd for 13.5km,
-
R
into
Old Northern Rd cycling
S,
The
Turra’
crew after
800m turns L into Wylds Rd and R into Arcadia Rd to GreenShades Café for a
2nd Nosh Stop
(35 min)
[80.5km]
at 12:55pm. Thence, at
1:30pm its down/up The Gorge with a Sag
Stop (5 min) at the KOM Bus Shelter [88km],
whereupon onto Hornsby, where we short-cut
along the east side of the rail line. ETR Turra’ 2:10pm
[97.6km].
The
Dural contingent continues S along Old
Northern Rd for 4.5km with an
ETR 12:55pm at
Dural Tourist Info Centre
[66 km].
The
Scribe
24 June 2003
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