Nosh Stops:
Mt White
Road Warriors Cafe
9:30am
-
30 min
Fish Shop at Pearl Beach
12:00pm
- 35
min Sag
Stops or
Sign Posts: 1st: Calga Interchange
10:35am
-
1 min
2nd: Wiseman's Ferry/Gosford
roundabout 10:50am
- 5 min
3rd:
Kariong Shell garage
10:57am
-
10 min
King of the Mountain
climbs
1st: Cherro
Rd to 2nd Mt White sign
KOM
7.55km 2nd 100m past Mooney Mooney bridge
to
KOM
3.60km |
Longer
1st
Leg: Nth Turramurra
to Mt White Store
- 46km
(95 min)
Park in
Nth Turramurra
shopping centre car park (700m NNE of Burns Rd) in Valley Park Cres (little road
off to the left of Bobbin Head Rd opposite the Corner Café on LHS) for 47km leg
to Mt White.
Rollout
by 7:20am.
1st Sag Stop
at Kalkari Reserve after 9.9km.
Shorter
1st
Leg: Hornsby to
Mt White Store
- 35km
(85 min)
¨
Rollout
by 8am from
Hornsby train
station car park [70m N of the
Railway Hotel in Jersey St –
N/W
side of train station] for
500m Nth then L and 20m later R at lights onto
Pacific H'way; or
¨ commence
by 8:15am (before
the convoy)
on
Old Pacific H'way opposite Berowra train station carpark.
Continue
N up Old Pacific H'way to
1st Nosh Stop
from
9:30am (30 min
from 1st arrivals) at
Mt White Road Warriors Caféé.
Second Leg:
Mt White Village Store
to
Kariong Shell garage - 19.2km (52 min)
10:05am -
-
R
Nth
up Old Pac H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange around
10:20am
Sign Post
(1 min);
-
R East
to
Gosford “Scenic Route”, remaining on Old Pac H'way,
to intermittent sounds of
chirping Bellbirds,
crossing Mooney Mooney creek 4.1km later;
-
climb
6.1km and take a
Sag
Stop (3 min)
at the Wisemans Ferry/Gosford
roundabout at Somersby Industrial Estate
- keeping well to LHS;
and
-
R Sth
for 700m on Wisemans Ferry Rd, then L gradually ascending for 1.4km
Old Pac H'way arriving at familiar
Kariong Shell garage at 11am [55.3km]
for Sag Stop
(10 min).
Third leg:
Kariong to Pearl Beach - 18km (50
min)
11:10am -
-
Initially flattish
S/Eth
along Woy Woy Rd, thence down the hill past Phegans' Bay twds
Umina Beach. After approx 12.5km from the Shell Garage
-
R
into Rawson Rd for 100m and
cross train tracks at level crossing;
-
Ahead on
Rawson Rd
for 450m to Ocean Beach Rd;
-
R into
Ocean Beach Rd
for 3km;
-
R into Sydney Ave as it veers
L for 100m;
-
R into Hobart Ave for 200m;
-
L into Mt Ettalong Rd for about
3km;
-
At the Sth. end of
beautiful Umina Beach, Mt Ettalong Rd
changes to Patonga Drive. Climb past "Mt Ettalong
Lookout" for a further 1km.
-
L into Pearl Beach Drive
for 1.75km to unspoiled, but expensive Pearl Beach
[heaps
of
Filthy Rich
“near deads” and
WOOFS (Well Off Older Folks) driving
Bentleys
'n Mercs]
for
2nd Nosh Stop
(35 min)
from 12:05pm [76km]
where Burgers 'n Cokes can be got at the store at left and behind the
too expensive
Sit ‘N’ Chat Beach
Café.
Fourth Leg: Pearl
Beach to Woy Woy station - 9.9km (25 min)
- arrive at station
by 1:20 for 1:27pm 'All Stops' or
2:02pm
'Express':
12:40pm -
-
L
into Pearl Beach Drive retracing our path out of
Pearl Beach up a mother of a hill
along (gorgeous view of Pearl Beach on RHS)
for 1.75km;
-
R
back onto Patonga Drive/Mt
Ettalong Rd for 3km;
-
R into Hobart
for
200m;
-
L
into Sydney Ave for
150m;
-
L
into Ocean Beach Rd for 3.5km; and
-
R
into Railway St for 500m to Woy Woy station
arriving around 1:08pm:
·
all stops
at 12:23pm arrive Berowra at 12:53pm and Hornsby at
1:04pm; or
·
express
at 12:58pm arrive Hornsby
at 1:34pm; or
· all stops
at 1:23pm arrive Berowra at
1:53pm and Hornsby at
2:04pm; or
·
express
at 1:58pm arrive
Hornsby at 2:34pm.
ETR Berowra 1:53pm.
ETR Hornsby
2:04pm. ETR
Turramurra 2:24pm.
Or cycle back from Pearl Beach via Woy Woy
Rd to Kariong Shell Garage, along F3 over Mooney Mooney Bridge for 7km to Mt
White exit. Thence down Old Pacific H'way to Pie in the Sky and onto
Hornsby.
Scribe's rap-up of
Sutherland to Austinmer 'n back - 100km - 8 crew
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Pigging-out on the verdant, grassy knoll at Austinmer après 50km thru RNP.
Notwithstanding the o'cast morn' this South Coast township was bubbling with
activity, particularly with Nipper swimmers.
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Most of the lads were keen "not to stop" at
Otford
Apple Pie Shop after
pedaling "Like Shit Out of Shanghai" from Austinmer and scaling Bald Hill from Stanwell Park where
Guy aka Lawyer
well recollects his initial climb with Muggs 12 months ago slogging up to
Stanwell Tops in 39/23.
Two of the older hands, Bank Teller 'n
Pacific Pete opted to soak-up the local entertainment offered at the
headland, where we chatted with the local 'model airplane flying club'.
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As Pete 'n Scribe eventually took-off from Otford after re-fueling,
they
pondered that their exuberant mates up-ahead may be feeling the pinch on a 50km 2nd Leg
after a 50km 1st Leg. With bellies full, Pete and Scribe felt
good about that, and hoped they were all hurting muchly.
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Scribe
17 Feb ‘08