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Sunday 23 May '10, "Tour de SeaSalt Cafe on the Beach, Bulli from Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark

Reduce to 57km if you catch the train from Otford station to Sutherland and cycle 2km Sth to Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark

1st Leg:  Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark via Princes H'way to Sir Lawrence Hargraves Drive -  21.5km - 65 min

8:15am - left South along Rawson Ave for 600m taking care crossing Princess Highway.

Ahead along Princess Highway for 1.1km passing Loftus Oval and Rawson Ave.

Ahead South down Princes H'way for 20km.

Left 100m past Sambio Animal Gardens sign into Lawrence Hargraves Drive.

1st Sag Stop  at crest of off ramp just past roundabout (10 min) from 9:10am to enable slower riders to catch up.

2nd Leg:  Sir Lawrence Hargraves Drive to SeaSalt Cafe, Bulli - 18.5km - 50 min - agg 40km

9:20am - ahead due E for 3.1km to Bald Hill at juncture of Lawrence Hargraves Drive and Lady Wakehurst Drive [after 25km].
Right 2.7km Sth for steep descent from Stanwell Tops to Stanwell Park continuing along Lawrence Hargraves Drive passing over crossing Coalcliff Bridge, then thru Clifton, Cape Horn, Scarborough, Wombarra, Coledale, Austinmer to Thirroul where you turn left and follow the bike path "for another click or so" arriving from 10:10am for 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at SeaSalt Cafe, Bulli with a magic view of the south coast.

(Trains depart Bulli at 10:30am and 11:36am to Sutherland station 45 mins later,  and cycle 2km Sth to Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark)

View from the SeaSalt Cafe                                                                                              The quaint SeaSalt Cafe    

3rd Leg:  SeaSalt Cafe, Bulli to Otford Apple Pie Shop -  18km  -  60 min  -  agg 58km

10:45am North retracing up Lawrence Hargraves Drive to Otford Pie Shop arriving from 11:45am for 2nd Nosh Stop (20 min).

(If you are all tuckered out, you can catch the 2 hourly train service at quaint Otford station just 500m NNW of the pie shop at 11:57am or 1:57pm arriving Sutherland station 30 mins later, and cycle 2km Sth to Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark)

4th Leg:  Otford Apple Pie Shop to Audley Weir  -  35km - 95 min - agg 93km

12:05pm North back up Lady Wakehurst Drive, initial 300m along the coast with spectacular views of the Blue Pacific, and then into the wooded forest where it is up-hill initially, then predominantly undulating.  After 67km pass McKell Ave bridge (Waterfall exit) on the LHS.  (Some cyclists may opt to cycle up McKell Ave, thence Princes H'way for a shorter route to Sutherland carpark.)

Cycle a further 9.5km N along Sir Bertram Stevens Drive passing intersection of Bundeena Drive.  Continue NW another 9.8km for a 2nd Sag Stop (10 min) from 1:40pm at Audley Kiosk 50m before Audley Weir.

5th Leg: Audley Weir to Sutherland - 5km - 15 min - agg 98km

1:50pm cycle over the weir and up steep hill to Farnell Ave then Princess H'way and R onto the H'way, shortly pass Loftus Oval on RHS.  2km after traffic lights at Rawson Ave turn R into Sutherland Leisure Centre - ETR 2:05pm.

Risk Warning
Keep well to LHS along the final legs from Bundeena to Audley Weir and up to Princess H'way.  If a cue of cars is behind you, pull over to LH side of road and allow 'em to pass.

Some forms of cycling are dangerous.  An ave of 36 Australian cyclists have been killed annually since 2000.  95% of these fatalities occur on the road.  Other cyclists in Australia break bones and incur nerve impairment from falling off their bikes in accidents. 
A cyclist could fall from his/her bike, inter alia, due to -
(i)      being hit by a car or another cyclist; or
(ii)     encountering a pothole;
(iii)    cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
(iv)    getting their bicycle wheel caught in a gap in a timber bridge.

A negligent cyclist could -

(a)    be litigated by a seriously injured cyclist, or 3rd party (ie. a woman pushing a pram on a footpath or a car driver) under common law where the damages could exceed $500,000; and

(b)    lose his/her home if he/she did not have public liability insurance which covers their negligence whilst on a push bike.

A negligent cyclist who did not have personal injury insurance (ie self-employed without income protection cover) could struggle to meet regular outgo commitments.

A seriously injured cyclist could be awarded damages which a negligent cyclist could not afford to pay if the negligent cyclist -
(I)     did not have public liability insurance cover; and/or
(II)    did not possess valuable assets.

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     Click on: Risk Management which warns of 'inter alia', 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"

Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour de Windsor via Sackville Ferry - 119km - 12 cyclists

Jane aka NeoLuddite aboard the Sackville Ferry après 57km on a glorious late autumn morn'

Harry aka KayakMan on the Sackville Ferry recharging the furnace.  Harry and Caroline had both cycled 100km yesterday in a Century Ride.  they both ended up cycling 220km over the w'end

Trevor aka Tornado and David aka CricketTragic "soaking up the ambience"

Pigging-out at The Bridge Cafe after a fast 69km 1st Leg via the Maroota/Sackville boondocks

Above 'n below pics at The Bridge Cafe, Windsor

Bums on seats on the 50km Pitt Town Rd/Kenthurst Rd return Hornsby where we all welcomed a further Sag Stop at Galston shops

The first of two timber bridges from Windsor is lethal with Scribe's 25mm tyres slipping in one of several lethal gaps

Post-ride back at Hornsby