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Sunday, 5 June '11  -  "Brunch at Warriewood" - return via Wakehurst Parkway

*      7:45am from Hornsby Jersey St carpark  -  113km  -  ETR Hornsby  2:10pm

*      8:10am rollout from St Ives carpark         -   94km  -  ETR St Ives    1:20pm

WHO, WHEN, WHERE

Ø      Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka BankTeller  0434 715.861,  The Three Stooges (or at least the smarter one), John aka Auckland, Tony aka Publican are starting at 7:45am from Hornsby Jersey St carpark.  Trevor aka Tornado is meeting us 'en route' to West Head.

Ø       David aka CricketTragic,  Jean aka ChiliDog are starting from St Ives carpark. 

If ya want to join us, e-mail BankTeller and ya will get added to this esteemed group.

SNAPSHOT
Rollout from Hornsby Jersey St carpark  to  St Ives carpark, Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (Sag Stop – pack nibbles), Church Point, Warriewood (Nosh Stop).  Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way.

SagStop:

1.      Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant                                   (10 min)

2.      West Head Lookout                                               (15 min)
 

NoshStops:

1st:    Sunrise Cafe overlooking Warriewood Beach       (30 min)

2nd:   Pattisons Patisserie St Ives                                     (20 min)

1st Leg:  Hornsby Jersey St carpark to St Ives carpark - 9km - 25 min

7:45am cycle:

Early on Sunday morn' the following route has low road traffic which follows the street signs to St Ives: 

2nd Leg: St Ives carpark to West Head, via Duffys Forest - 41km - 105 min - agg 50km
Depart St Ives car-park 8:10am:

• E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.2km;

• L into Myoora Rd at Forest Way - Sag Stop (5 mins) at Terrey Hills Vale Fruit Barn;

• 3km along Myoora Larool Rd until Tepko Rd which is 70m before Booralie Rd;

• L into Tepko Rd (70m short of Booralie Rd) for 400m;

• L into Booralie Rd and pedal like "shit out of Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);

• "U" turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner – slower cyclists must turn around as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to via same route Terrey Hills neighbourhood shops;

• Left into McCarrs Creek Rd immediately passing Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant and entering Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to "V" (dual entrances to the park);

• R at the "V" anti-clockwise and descend to McCarrs Creek;

• L over small timber bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture (Akuna Bay Marina is 2.8km on LHS);

• Ahead 12km along West Head Rd to West Head Lookout.

Pack lots of nibbles, ‘cause we take our Sag Stop (15 min) from 9:55am for a snack and a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue peninsula and The Greenies blocked the proposed McChucks on the headland.

3rd Leg: West Head to Warriewood - 28km - 70 min - agg 78km
10:10am:

• Return 12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,

• Ahead descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek small timber bridge [55km],

• L into McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina to Cabbage Tree Rd,

• R into Cabbage Tree Rd with Bayview Golf Course on LHS;

• Ahead for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,

• Ahead into Ponderosa Pde veering Left becoming McPherson St for 2km to Warriewood Rd

• R into Warriewood Rd 200m crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg L, then R] which leads to views of Blue Pacific overlooking majestic Warriewood Beach [around 11:20am - 69km] for Nosh Stop (35 min) at the Sunrise Cafe.

A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.  Nautilus Café is about 4 shops along.  Sunrise Cafe, on the corner makes grouse burgers.

2nd Cycling Blackspot Warning
Descend to Illawong Bay cautiously, as a few too many cyclists who were going too fast have hit The Wall.
 

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"

Scribe's rap-up of Tour de Wisemans Ferry, Cliftonville & Maroota  -  117km  -  9 starters plus Bill aka Glasgow who fleetingly met us at Glenorie

Above 'n below pics of Bank Teller and CampyAficinado at Hawkins Lookout with rustic, bucolic, historic Wisemans Ferry down below

Unlike our visit to Somersby General Store the Sunday before (where the burgers were like rock cakes), we all enjoyed the good-value burgers, ham 'n bacon roles 'et al' at Bush Bites Grub House yesterday

Pete aka AnotherBeanCounter, Barry aka BackPacker, Ron aka Draughtsman and John aka Auckland packing bikes après a toughish 117km visit to Wisemans Ferry on a day that just wouldn't warm up