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Sunday, 25 Sept '05  -  Tour de Hawkesbury Heights, Springwood, Mitchell Pass

*     Turramurra by 7:15am for 123km route via M2 onto Marayong and follow rail line to Windsor and main drag to Richmond for 1st Nosh Stop, then below route from Richmond

*     Or Turramurra by 8:05am for 91km route via M2 to Seven Hills station to aboard 9:20am train (reducing 1st Leg to Richmond by 32km) for 38 min train-trip to Richmond station

Thence Yarramundi, Springwood, Mitchells Pass -
*        Emu Plains train to Blacktown station; or
*        Penrith train to Seven Hills,

Thence M2, Browns Water Hole  - ETR Turramurra 2:50pm approx.
NB:  Route increases to 1
50km if you cycle M4 rather than catch train from -
*        Emu Plains to Blacktown; or
*        Penrith to Seven Hills

 

Ø      Ride Organiser:  Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm

Ø      Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø      Expend 10 min studying the street map to familiarize with the below 2nd 'n 3rd Ride Legs

Ø      Bring a hardcopy of this and Ride Description at 123km or 91km in 'Ride Calendar 2005 - April to June'

Ø      Ride two abreast on single lane roads at own peril and 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:

Long Route:  Start between 7:05am and 7:15am from Turramurra and cycle to Richmond via M2 onto Marayong, Riverstone, Vineyard by following rail line to Windsor, then along the main drag to Richmond.
Shorter Route to Richmond using train:  Start Turramurra station between
8am and 8:05am for 22km to Seven Hills station (3.7km on Kissing Point Rd, 1.45km thru Browns Water Hole, 17km on M2/Abbott Rd/Prospect Highway) to climb aboard 9:20am (half hourly)
train.  Arrive Richmond at 9:58am
Challenging 26km anti-clockwise loop, SW up Hawkesbury Heights to Yarramundi for 2nd Nosh Stop at Springwood.
Descend mountain incorporating scenic Mitchells Pass to Emu Plains station to catch train back to Blacktown station (
Or Penrith to Seven Hills) followed by 24km cycle back to Turra' station 
-  ETR 2:50pm.
Nosh Stops:
(i)(a)  Richmond Park 30 mins from
9:30am for the 7:15am START - Longer Route cyclists.
(i)(b)  On train for the
8:0
5am START - Shorter Route cyclists.
(ii)     Old Post Office Cafe, Springwood 35 mins
(iii)    Train from
-
         *        Emu Plains station to Blacktown station for 19 mins; or
         *        Penrith station to Seven Hills station for 25 mins.

KOM Climbs:
Shaws Creek Bridge to veer R sign approaching Hawkesbury Heights Lookout                     2.6km
Shaws Creek Bridge to 'Old Stone Cottage' at crest of Hawkesbury Heights                           4.1km

a)       Longer Route cycling from Turramurra  station car park via M2 to Marayong, Riverstone, Vineyard by following rail line to Windsor and main drag to Richmond 55.4km

1st Le   Start between 7:05am and 7:15am cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd.  Step descent then cross Comenarra Parkway at lights.  Ahead to end of Kissing Point Rd.  R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway flooded when it used to rain hard) followed by  300m steep climb to M2.  Pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Pass 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 14.2km to Old Windsor Rd intersection, where M2 becomes Abbott Rd.
Ahead
1.4km along Abbott Road to Johnson Ave lights and take Muggs' regular route to Windsor by tracing the rail line from 
Marayong passing thru Riverstone, Vineyard to Windsor and then along the main drag to Richmond

Short    Shorter Route catching train from Seven Hills station: Turramurra station car park via M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to Richmond station22.4km:
 

            Rollout between 8am and 8:05am cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd.  Step descent then cross Comenarra Parkway at lights.  Ahead to end of Kissing Point Rd.  R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway flooded when it used to rain hard) followed by  300m steep climb to M2.  Pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Pass 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 14.2km to Old Windsor Rd intersection, where M2 becomes Abbott Rd.
Ahead
1.4km along Abbott Road to Johnson Ave lights.

Ahead 700m along Prospect Highway
to Seven Hills station on LHS, enter via Terminus Rd.  Quickly buy a snack and catch 9:20am (half hourly) train for 38 min journey to Richmond arriving 9:58am.

2nd Leg:  Richmond, Yarramundi, Springwood -  26km

 

10:00am alight train exit Richmond station:

  • R
Market St 0.1 ~ NWW March St 22.4
  • L
March St 0.6 ~ SSW Bosworth St 23.0
  • R
Bosworth St 0.3 ~ SWW Castlereagh Rd  23.3
  • R
Castlereagh Rd  4.0 ~ SWW Springwood Rd  27.3
  • L
Springwood Rd  11.4 / SWW   Hawkesbury Heights Lookout 38.7
  • R
Hawkesbury Road  9.1 ~ SWW Macquarie Rd  47.8
  • R
Macquarie Rd  0.2 ~ W Raymond Rd 48.0
  • L
Raymond Rd 0.1 ~ S Old Post Office café, Springwood 48.0

3rd Leg: Springwood, Mitchell Pass, Emu Plains station - 16.2km

After 30 min Nosh Stop at Old Post Office Shoppe café Springwood, its down the mountain, including a beaut one-way section along Mitchells Pass to -
*        Emu Plains station
for half hourly train at 33 min past hour, or 11:03am, arriving Blacktown
station 19 mins later; or
*        Penrith station for hourly train to Seven Hills at
37 min past the hour, and 11:07am, arriving Blacktown
 station 15 mins later:

*        Penrith station for half hourly train to Seven Hills at 19 and 49 min past the hour, arriving Seven Hills station 2mins later at 47 and 17 mins past the hour.

 

  • L
Raymond Rd 0.1 ~ N Macquarie Rd  48.1
  • R
Macquarie Rd  0.2 ~ SEE Hawkesbury Road  48.3
  • R
Green Pde/Macq. Rd  4.0 ~ SEE Green Pde/Macquarie Rd  52.3
  • R
Great Western Highway  0.8 ~ SEE Great Western Highway  53.1
  • L
Wilson/Railway Pde   4.4 ~ SEE Wilson/Railway Pde   57.5
  • L
Mitchells Pass 4.3 \ E Great Western Highway  61.8
  • L
Great Western Highway  2.3 ~ NE Station St 64.1
  • A
Station St 0.1 ~ N Emu Plains station 64.2

4th Leg: Alight train at Blacktown or Seven Hills station and cycle to Turramurra station carpark - 26km

  • R into George St for 400m,

  • L into Sunnyholt Rd for 800m,

  • R into Sackville Rd for 1.2km

  • Ahead in Lucas Rd for 1.4km

  • L into Prospect H'way for 400m

  • Ahead at Johnson Ave traffic lights into Abbott Rd/M2 (take extreme car as lots of traffic proceed leftish along the Prospect H'way, and one of those Red Necks could wallop ya!) for 15.6km,

  • L at Optus Tower down/up Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km,

  • Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km

  • R into Pacific H'way for 250m

  • Left into Rohini St for 200m

  • Left into Turramurra station carpark.

ETR Turramurra station 2:50pm.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Cinque Montagnes clockwise - 7 crew - 92km

BankTeller, KoalaBear, Publican, BeanCounter 'n TugBoat at Grumpy's Nth Galston under balmy blue skies

 

The same brigade at the Berowra ferry where we were about to be joined by 70 motor bikers

Above pic taken by Scribe about 700m up the climb from the ferry which is chockers with a 2nd contingent of motor bikers

A few hours later at Pie in the Sky

Scribe   18 Sept '05