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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet
Sunday, 17
Aug 08,
7:40am from Hornsby (106km) or 8:10am from St Ives
(86km) via Duffy's Forest, clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay, with option of 8km in/out of Cottage Point, for Brekkie at Church Point with a
Sag Stop at Narrabeen - return via Wakehurst Parkway/Forest Way - ETR St
Ives 12:50pm or Hornsby 1:30pm
Bank Teller and
Peter aka
CampyAficionado will start at Hornsby at 7:40am
Ø Ride
Organiser: Phil Johnston
9114.6689 0412 045 224
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø Click on:
Risk Warnings
which warns of the dangers of cycling on
public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber
planks with gaps
Ø Cycling with
Muggs is predicated upon notifying
Bank Teller if you
materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos'
"Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
Ø
Car descending to Illawong bay when approaching The Wall which has claimed
several cyclists, including Siggy
Ø
Cycling
without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party
property cover. Join Bicycle NSW or Bike Vic for P.L. insurance, or upgrade your household policy to
include P.L. beyond your front fence, so that all Muggs are better protected,
'cause if you cause a serious accident it could cost you upwards of $1m in P.L.
claims by the injured 3rd party
Snapshot
Hornsby station carpark 7:40am or St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd [opposite
Pattisons Patisserie and Stanley St. junction] for
8:10am rollout. After our customary 12km Duffy's Forest out/back, we drop down to Akuna Bay CLOCKWISE. Upon completing the circle back to McCarrs Creek timber bridge, we hook left and drop down to
Church Point Café for 1st Nosh Stop from
10:45am (30 min) [48.3km
from St Ives] adjacent to the water’s edge.
Rookies can cycle 20.1km directly to
Church Point
Cafe and retrace back unaccompanied.
We then cycle N/E twds Mona Vale, before taking a right into Cabbage Tree Rd thru Warriewood to Narrow Bean Cafe 10 Waterloo St, Narrabeen 9913.3026 for 2nd Nosh Stop from 12am (20 min) [59.6km].
Thence W up Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives [84km - ETR 1:20pm]. |
Prologue Leg:
Hornsby Jersey St carpark to St Ives carpark -
10km -
25 min
7:40am
cycle
-
Early on Sunday morn' the following route
has low road traffic which
follows the street signs to St Ives:
*
L down Pacific H'way for 800m
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L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km
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Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km
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R into Eastern Rd for 700m
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L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,
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Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,
* Right into Memorial Ave
for 500m,
*
Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m.
If cycling from St Ives back to Hornsby at
the tail of this ride, due to increased traffic after church, the back road route listed at the bottom of this ride
invitation is recommended.
1st Leg: St Ives, via Duffy's Forest, Akuna Bay, Church Point
Cafe 49km or 40.3km if U skip the in/out of hilly Cottage Point
8:10am:
| | Mona Vale Rd | 0.0 | St Ives car park |
L |
Mona Vale Rd |
6.5 |
Myoora Rd |
L |
Mona Vale Fruit Barn |
|
1st Sag Stop |
L |
Myoora Rd |
2.9 |
Tepko Rd |
L |
Tepko Rd |
0.3 |
Booralie Rd | L | Booralie Rd | 5.5 | "U" turn at end Booralie Rd |
U |
Booralie Rd |
5.7 |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
A |
McCarrs Creek Rd to Thai Restaurant |
|
2nd Sag Stop |
A |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
1.5 |
"V" entrance to park |
A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
3.9 |
Cottage Point Rd |
| L |
Cottage Point Rd |
4.0 |
Cottage Point Marina |
| R |
Cottage Point Rd |
4.0 |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
1.7 |
Illawong Bay |
A |
Gen. San Martin Drive |
2.1 |
Akuna Bay | A | McCarrs Creek Rd | 3.3 | T' West Hd Rd & McCarrs Creek Rd |
R |
West Head Rd |
1.6 |
McCarrs Creek Bridge |
L |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
5.3 |
Church Point Café |
|
|
Church Point Cafe |
|
1st Nosh Stop
(30 min) from 10:30am |
|
2nd Leg: Church Point to Narrabeen cafe - 13km |
|
11am remount to return up McCarrs creek Rd or continue to Narrabeen Cafe
and then Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd loop back to St
Ives |
A |
McCarrs Creek Rd |
3.8 |
Cabbage Tree Rd on RHS |
R |
Cabbage Tree Rd /Samuel St |
2.5 |
Mona Vale Rd |
A |
Ponderosa Pde/ McPherson St |
1.9 |
Warriewood Rd |
R |
Warriewood Rd |
0.3 |
Pittwater Rd |
A |
Harwood Place |
0.1 |
Hunter St |
L |
Hunter St |
0.1 |
Narrabeen Park Pde |
R |
Narrabeen Park Pde |
1.3 |
Ocean St | R | Ocean St | 2.3 | Narrabeen cafe | | Café Narrabeen | | 3rd Sag Stop
(20 min) from 11:40am |
|
3rd Leg: Narrabeen cafe via Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way to St Ives - 23km |
|
12 midday remount then Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd loop
back to St Ives |
L |
Ocean St |
0.9 |
Waterloo St | L | Waterloo St | 0.1 | Pittwater Rd |
R |
Pittwater Rd |
0.3 |
Wakehurst Parkway |
L |
Wakehurst Parkway |
9.9 |
50m before French's Forest Rd |
| |
LHS of Rd 50m before lights |
|
4th Sag Stop
(5 min) |
R |
French's Forest Rd / Naree Rd |
1.0 |
Forest Way |
R |
Forest Way |
5.4 |
Mona Vale Rd |
L |
Mona Vale Rd |
6.5 |
St Ives car park
- ETR 12:50pm |
|
|
86.2 |
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4th
Leg:
St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km -
30 min
|
1pm -L
|
Mona Vale Rd
|
0.9
|
Pentecost Ave
|
|
R
|
Pentecost Ave
|
2.0
|
Ku'ring'gai
Ave
|
|
A
|
Boomerang St
|
0.7
|
Eastern Rd
|
|
R
|
Eastern Rd
|
0.7
|
Bangalla St
|
|
L
|
Bangalla St
|
1.0
|
Millewa St
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R
|
Millewa St
|
1.4
|
F3 Overpass
|
|
A
|
Alexandra Pde
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1.5
|
Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
|
|
L
|
Pattisons Ave/Leonard St
|
0.5
|
Pacific H'way
|
|
R
|
Pacific H'way
|
0.8
|
Coronation St
|
|
R
|
Coronation St
|
0.3
|
Jersey St
|
|
L
|
Jersey St
|
0.1
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Hornsby car park - ETR 1:30pm
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Scribe's
rap-up of
Cinque Montagnes
anti-clockwise
- 93km - 5 diehards
The above pic was snapped at PitS after 38km
from Nth. Turra' where
Rex aka MediaMan and
Bank Teller commenced,
along with Ed who rode with us the Berowra. It was freezing at the bottom
of Bobbin Head. Rex was in a hurry to beat the forecast colder snap which
arrived around 11:30am. Harry also bailed-out early having to cycle back
to Seven Hills
Post-ride at Hornsby after
surviving a shower of freezing rain during the climb out of Galston Gorge.
Unsure what
Pete aka CampyAficionado was pointing at.
Bank Teller
10 Aug '08 | | |