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Queens B'day, Monday 14 June '10, "Tour de SeaSalt Cafe on the Beach, Bulli from Sutherland Leisure Centre carpark

8:30am 98km route due South down Princes H'way to Sambio Animal Gardens sign into Sir Lawrence Hargraves Drive - 21.5km.

Left into Lawrence Hargraves Drive, Stanwell Park, crossing Coalcliff Bridge, Coledale for 19km to arriving from 10:25am for 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at SeaSalt Cafe, Bulli fronting Bulli beach

Return -

* Thru RNP, via Otford Pie Shop, up Lady Wakehurst Drive to Audley Weir - ETR 2:20pm
* Or by leaving RNP at McKell Ave to Waterfall, Princes H'way - ETR 1:45pm

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

Nosh Stops:
SeaSalts Cafe, Bulli                                              from 10:25am      30 min
Otford Pie Shop                                                   from 12:00am      20 min
Audley Weir                                                         from 2:00pm     10 min

Sag Stop:
Sir Lawrence Hargraves Drive from 9:25am 10 min

Directions from North Shore:
At sparrow fart on a Sunday morn' it is only 45 minutes drive from Chatswood [38km] to the Sutherland Leisure Centre at Waratah Park off Rawson Ave (approx 1km south of Sutherland shopping centre). Either –

Ø Homebush Bay Drive / Centenary Drive / Roberts Rd / Wiley Ave / King George's Rd / Princess H’way; or

Ø Pacific Highway over Harbour Bridge onto Princess H’way at Broadway, remaining on Princess H’way crossing George’s River Bridge and passing thru Sylvania and Gymea.
Then -

    (a)      continue straight into The Grand Pde (when most of the traffic turns L into Arcadia Rd.)

    (b)      250m later veer L into Old Princess H'way which 250m later, after passing President Ave on LHS, becomes Rawson Ave.

    (c)      150m later L into carpark at Waratah Park and park down the bottom on RHS in front of the Swimming Centre.

WHO, WHEN, WHERE
Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller 0434 715.861, David aka CricketTragic, Richard aka Sloth, Jane aka NeoLuddite, Jean aka ChiliDog, Peter aka Pelvis, Martin aka Architect, Peter aka CampyAficionado, George aka Englishman and Lois aka LoisLane are starting at 8:30am. Ann aka ToothFairy, who now rides slower following a nasty fall in 2008 that evidenced Ann spend 4 months in four hospitals, is starting at 8:15am and catching the hourly train back from Bulli station at 10:30am, 11:36am or 12:30pm. Alternatively, catch a train north from Woonona station 3 mins earlier or Thirroul station 2 mins later. Peter aka Yamaha plans to catch the train back from Bulli.

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

8:30am - 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 9:25am to enable slower riders to catch up.

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

9:35am - 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 10:25am 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

11:00am North retracing up Lawrence Hargraves Drive to Otford Pie Shop arriving from 12:00pm 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

12:20pm 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 1:55pm at Audley Kiosk 50m before Audley Weir.

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

2:05pm 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 2:20pm.

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"