a)       Three alternate 1st Legs to Richmond Oval
i)        From Turramurra station car park via Browns Water Hole, Vimiera Rd, Epping Rd, M2 to Seven Hills station, catch train to Richmond station – 24km:

Between 7:25am and 7:35am

*   R           Sth 200m up Rohini St
*   R           200m W on Pac High
*   L            Sth down Kissing Point Rd for 3km
*   Ahead    SW thru Browns Water Hole for 700m - caution steep decent with sharp turns
*   R           W thru 30m tunnel under the M2
*   L           SW into Vimiera Rd for 10m to meet-up with other cyclists who parked at Vimiera Rd Sag Stop (3 min).
*   Ahead    SSW along Vimiera Rd for 700m
*   R           W into Epping Rd for 1.3km
*   Ahead    W into Pembroke St for 100m
*   R           NW into Essex St for 300m
*   L           W into Chester St for 150m
*   R           N into Cambridge St and follow signs into/thru Beecroft Rd bus/rail underpass
*   Ahead    on new cycle path along Beecroft Rd to the M2
*   L           at intersection of Beecroft Rd and M2 to enter M2 breakdown lane.
*   Ahead    along M2/Abbott Rd for 14km
*   Ahead    at Johnson Ave traffic lights for 700m along Prospect H'way. 
*   Veer       Left into Terminus Rd to Seven Hills station terminal to catch the 9:50am train in a frontish carriage (joined by cyclists
                  which commence from Dural at Riverstone station at 9:08am] arriving Richmond at 9:28am for 1st Short Nosh Stop (15 mins) to 9:45am. 

ii)      From Hornsby station to Richmond Oval - 58km
7:05am rollout from Hornsby car-park N/W of station [80m N of Railway Hotel in Jersey St]:

Arrive Richmond Oval 9:15am for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) to 9:45am  -  good cheap food in Milk Bar opposite Oval.

iii)      From "Porter Scenic Lookout" (just before Dural Country Club) to Riverstone station 23.7km:
Between 7:45am and 7:55am -

• L 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 1km,

• L into Annangrove Rd for 10.5km, 

• R into Windsor Rd for 2km, 

• L into Garfield Rd East for 2.9km to Riverstone station,

where you meet the Turra' brigade in a frontish carriage on 9:08am train Sag Stop (20 min on train) which arrives Richmond at 9:28am for 1st Short Nosh Stop (15 min) to rollout 9:45am.

2nd Leg: Richmond, Bowen Mountain, Kurrajong Heights, Bellbird Hill, Kurrajong, Richmond -  41.4km

9:45am depart Richmond station pedal -

2.5km NWW along March St/Kurrajong Rd twds Nth Richmond, passing St Peter's Church and cemetery and Pugh's Lagoon over North Richmond Bridge crossing Upper Hawkesbury River.  
Ahead 700m through North Richmond shops on Bells Line of Road.

Left W at the first set of traffic lights into Grose Vale Rd for for 2.5km to Grose River Rd on LHS.  

Ahead 2km W along Gross Vale Rd to Bells Rd on RHS.

Ahead 3.5km W to Bowen Mountain Rd on LHS.

The Start of the 2.95km KOM Climb is the Left into Bowen Mountain Rd crossing Carters/Westerby Rd, thence Gunbower Rd/Serpentine Lane, then passing Grandview Lane on LHS.

Right up Wattle St for 250m (Do not veer R into Bowen Mountain Rd) to Bellbird Cres.

Continue Right into Bellbird Cres for 250m

Lieutenant Bowen Rd for 250m to Bowen Reserve where there is a huge Bunya Pine and amenities (toilets, seats, BBQ).

Sag Stop (10 min) amidst magnificent views all the way to the Big Smoke.  Three pics under the above 3 URLs from our last visit to Bowen Mtn were bereft of views, 'cause it was powerful murky on our reconnaissance of this beaut KOM Climb.

Retreat 2½km back down the route you climbed very slowly as road is very steep and corrugated in parts.

Left into Westerby Rd for 1km;

Ahead  2km along Gross Vale Rd/Old Bells Line of Road to Kurrajong Village shopping centre for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) at Sassafras Café on RHS from 11am.

3rd Leg:  Kurrajong Village to Bellbird Hill, Kurrajong Village, Richmond -  41.4km

11:30am Ahead 1km along Old Bells Line of Road to Bells Line of Road.

Left into Bells Line of Road for 500m to "Little Wheeny Creek" sign - 5 metres before concrete bridge which is Start of 6.15km KOM Climb - elevation 452m - ave gradient of 7.2^o with sections >10^o:

5km up Bells Line of Road;

Left into Warks Rd for 1.15km to Bellbird Hill/Kurrajong Heights KOM and Sag Stop (5 min).

Retreat 1.15km down Warks Rd;

Left into Bells Line of Road for 11km to Richmond Bridge;

Ahead for 2.5km ESE along Kurrajong Rd/March St to Richmond station to aboard the 1:46am (or 2:16pm) train from Richmond Sag Stop for -

(i)         19 min ride to Riverstone station alighting 2:09pm (or 2:39pm); or

(ii)        40 min ride to Seven Hills station alighting at 2:27pm (or 2:57pm). 

a)       Two alternate 3rd Legs home after alighting train
 

(i)        Pedal 22km from Riverstone station to Dural via Annangrove Rd

(ii)        Pedal 23.7km from Seven Hills station to Turra' station.

Alight at Seven Hills station at 2:27pm.

• Right  along Prospect Highway for 900m,

• A into Abbott Rd/M2 for 15.6km,

• L 30m before Optus Tower down/up Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km - click on: Exit M2 into Browns Water Hole for identifying landmarks,

• 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 3:40pm [93km].

Scribe's rap-up of 1st Tour de Robertson with lots of pics from Pelvis Pete - wet early but wonderful!!! - 15 cyclists over 3 days - also reproduced below.

Rap-up 'n pics of Inaugural Tour de Robertson - Fri 27 to Sunday 29 April '07  -  lots of pics from Pelvis Pete

Scribe   29 Apr  2007