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Sunday, 25 July - 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
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: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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
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L cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,
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L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,
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L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km,
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L into Derriwong Rd for 500m,
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R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m,
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R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,
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R into Kenthurst Rd for 4½km,
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 13.9km,
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Ahead into Neich Rd for 700m,
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L into Scheyville Rd for 4½km,
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L into Stock Route Rd for 2km,
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R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,
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L into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
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R into Windsor Rd for 1.6km to Windsor,
where we meet the Turra’ contingent at 10:30am for our 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at 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 -
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S along Windsor Rd for 1.6km, |
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m, |
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R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m, |
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L into Havelock Rd for 500m, |
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R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km, |
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L into Stock Route Rd for 2km, |
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R into Scheyville Rd for 5km (don't R at Neich Rd, rather R 700m further), |
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R into Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd for 13.5km, |
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R into Old Northern Rd cycling S, |
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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]. |
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| The Dural contingent continues S along Old Northern Rd for 4.5km with an ETR 12:55pm at Dural Tourist Info Centre [66km]. |
The Scribe 18 July 2003