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New Year's Day, Sat, 1 Jan, 7:45am Sutherland Leisure Centre - Tour de Stanwell Tops, Garie Beach & Bundenna Beach - 96km – ETR 1:40pm
 *         Join a 6 year tradition of Muggs' assembling en masse in Royal National Park on New Year's Day, 'cause the traffic is quiet        
*         Ride Organiser:     Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm
 *         Hardcopy these directions and bring on ride

Snap Shot:
 At sparrow fart on a Sunday morn' it is only 45 minutes drive from Chatswood [38km] to the Sutherland Leisure Centre at Waratah Park off Rawson Ave (approx 1km south of Sutherland shop).  Assemble at bottom RHS in carpark immediately outside the swimming complex to rollout 7:45am sharp Sth down Princess H'way past Waterfall.  After 21.6km on the main drag, L into Lawrence Hargraves Drive and R into Lady Wakehurst Drive descending Stanwell Tops to Stanwell Park.  Thence Nth initially up a killer 2.9km KOM Climb to Bald Hill and onto Otford KOM crest, thence 400m to Otford Pie Shop for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min).
Thence Nth 10km to 2nd 4.55km KOM Climb from McKell Ave (LHS) to Garie Beach Rd.  Then brief descent to Garie Beach for 2nd Nosh Stop (20 min). 
3rd 2.65km KOM Climb from Garie Beach, then R heading Nth to Audley Weir then up to our cars.  ETR 1:40pm.
Nosh Stops:
 Otford Pie Shop                           from   8:55am       25 min
 Garie Beach                                from 10:40am       25 min
 Sag Stops:
 Lawrence Hargraves Drive         from 8:25am           5 min
RTA barrier at Coalcliff               from 9:50am           5 min

KOM Climbs:
 2.9km from Stanwell Park Start to Stanwell Tops/Otford KOM
 4.1km from McKell Ave to Garie Beach Rd KOM

2.65km from Garie Beach to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive

1.55km 5.5% from Audley Weir to TollBooth

 

Directions from North Shore, either –

Ø         Homebush Bay Drive / Centenary Drive / Roberts Rd / Wiley Ave / King George's Rd / Princess H’way; or

Ø         Pacific Highway over Harbour Bridge onto Princess H’way at Broadway, remaining on Princess H’way crossing George’s River Bridge and passing thru Sylvania and Gymea. 
Then -

    (a)     continue straight into The Grand Pde (when most of the traffic turns L into Arcadia Rd.)

    (b)     250m later veer L into Old Princess H'way which 250m later, after passing President Ave on LHS, becomes Rawson Ave.

    (c)     150m later L into carpark at Waratah Park and park down the bottom on RHS in front of the Swimming Centre. 

1st Leg: Sutherland via Princess H'way and Stanwell Park to Otford Pie Shop -  33km - 83 min

7:45am:

Left St along Rawson Ave for 1.1km;

Ahead Sth down Princess H'way for 22km;

Left after 23km (Sambio Animal Gardens sign) into Lawrence Hargraves Drive for 1st Sag Stop (5 min) 50m off Princess H'way;

Ahead due E for 3.2km to juncture of Lawrence Hargraves Drive and Lady Wakehurst Drive Sign Post [26km] at Bald Hill;
Left 2.7km Sth descending from Stanwell Tops along Lady Wakehurst Drive to Stanwell Park to steel fence and re-group;

Then retrace 3.8km Nth (including 1st KOM Climb of 2.9km) to 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at picturesque
Otford Apple Pie Shop overlooking the Blue Pacific from 9:20am with spectacular views Sth twds Wollongong. 

2nd Leg: Otford Pie Shop to Garie Beach - 18.3km (agg 51km) - 59 min

9:50am:

Nth 10.1km up Lady Wakehurst Drive which changes to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive at McKell Ave;

Nth for 2nd KOM Climb of 4.1km to Garie Beach Rd KOM;

Right into Garie Beach Rd for 2.7km descent to quaint Garie Beach 2nd Nosh Stop (10 min).

3rd Leg: Garie Beach to Bundenna Beach -  18.7km (agg 70km) - 53 min

11:00am:

East retracing 2.7km up 3rd KOM Climb at gate before to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive;

R Nth 4.6km along Sir Bertram Stevens Drive to Wattamolla Drive;

Ahead Nth 1.1km to Bundeena Drive;

Right East 10.5km eventually descending Bundeena Drive to Bundeena Beach for 3rd Nosh Stop (25 min)

4th Leg: Bundenna Beach to Audley Weir - 20.3 (agg 90.3km) - 57 min

12:15pm:

West retracing 10.5km up to Sir Bertram Stevens Drive;

R 9.8km Nth along Sir Bertram Stevens Drive passing Flat rock and descending Artillery Hill to Audley Weir for 4th Nosh Stop (10 min)

5th Leg: Audley Weir to Waratah Park -  5.7km (agg 95.6km) - 18 min

1:30pm:

Cross Audley Weir for Start of 5th KOM Climb from Audley Weir NE up Sir Bertram Stevens Drive to TollBooth;

Ahead 2km along Sir Bertram Stevens Drive/Farnell Ave to Princess H'way;

Right Nth 1km up Princess H'way;

Ahead Nth into Rawson Ave for 1.1km returning to Sutherland Leisure Centre, Waratah Park - ETA 1:40pm.



Scribe's rap of Sunday, 26 Dec, Tour de Windsor - 12 crew - 101km

 

Yamaha admiring his 'sample', after a hard fought 49km leg to Windsor with a censorious Samurai backstage (or did we just catch Tony in between "you can trust me smiles") with the late John Bulshi circa Blues Brothers about to chomp into a Bacon and Egg Sandwich with a pair of shootin' irons.  What's wrong with using your paws like the rest of us?

 

We were joined by ToothFairy & Princess Caroline who had started from Porters Lookout Dural.

 

 

We discovered a new cafe at Windsor.  Don't know its name.  Service was a tad slow.  However, the coffees kept comin' and comin' some more.  All female crew led by new owner Linda renders it a "must" for future Muggs' sorties west to Windsor.  Address 2/80 George St about 50m along on LHS.  And with a "BYO" label on the front window, maybe Muggs should arrange a w'end ride to/from Windsor to party Sat night with the "Brunette Brigade" to find-out what happens after dark at 2/80 George St.

 

The attractive brunette waitress (RHS of above pic) seemingly thought somethin' was a glowing down a yonder on our Samurai.

 

Cafe owner Lynda (LHS) with Muggs Scribe, Denis aka Dapper, ToothFairy, nonchalant Printer, Paul, Tornado, Phil, Samurai

 

The familiar Hornsby Heights bus shelter after the equally accustomed climb from Galston cement bridge to the bus shelter, with tyros Paul and Phil on RHS - these two know how to hammer. 

Pictures can be cruel.  If you had to caption a 'one liner' for the faces on the above motley lot, you wouldn't come up with too many cheery descriptions especially from Yamaha (2nd from LHS). 
Lets give it a go!  L to R:

Samurai - "When will the silly prick click that bloody camera? 'cause I busted my balls over that 3.6km climb to the bus stop and I just want to get back to my jalopy!!!'"
Yamaha - "I think I've got something stuck up my ass!!!  And I don't think it feels good."

Bank Teller - "Stuffed if I know why I'm so cheery.  It must 've been the Rocket Fuel that I was on last night, 'cause I still came last on the KOM Climb from the bridge."

Printer -  "I just feel mellow!!!  Something to do with what I was smokin' a few hrs before dawn."

Dennis aka Dapper - "I'm not sure how I feel.  But when someone is clicking a camera, I'm all smiles."

New chums, Paul and Phil, on RHS - yet to be monikered, so too early to presume "mind-thoughts" 'cause Scribe can't go presuming what is going on in the pea-brained grey-matter when he can't afford litigation for defamation proceedings, until Scribe can postulate if his cycle buddy has the wear-with-all, 'n deep pockets to bury him in a court of law for lowering the plaintiff's already rock-bottom fame.

 

Scribe      28 Dec '04