Prologue: Start 6:30am in Rohini Street carpark NE side of
Turramurra station to Nth Vimiera Rd carpark - 4km - 8 min
Cycle
200m up Rohini St to Pac H'way,
R for 100m,
L down Kissing Point Rd to Browns Water Hole and Vimiera Rd entrance by 6:40am.
Or
park at Nth Vimiera Rd carpark, Marsfield
for 6:45am roll-out.
1st Leg: Start
6:45am Nth Vimiera Rd carpark to Blacktown station - 23.2km - 60 min
0.8 |
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0.8 |
0.9 |
Right into Epping Rd |
1.7 |
1.5 |
Right
into Pembroke St at lights |
3.1 |
0.1 |
Right onto Ray Rd |
3.2 |
1.5 |
Enter
the roundabout |
4.7 |
0.1 |
Exit
the roundabout onto Midson Rd |
4.8 |
0.5 |
Turn
right onto Plympton Rd |
5.3 |
0.9 |
Turn
right to stay on Plympton Rd |
6.2 |
0.1 |
Turn
left onto North Rocks Rd |
6.3 |
3.0 |
Continue onto Barclay Rd |
9.3 |
1.5 |
Continue onto Renown Rd |
10.8 |
1.0 |
Continue straight onto Park Rd |
11.8 |
0.2 |
Turn
left onto Cook St |
12.0 |
0.8 |
Turn
right onto Windsor Rd |
12.8 |
0.5 |
Turn
left onto Seven Hills Rd (signs for Blacktown) |
13.3 |
5.7 |
Turn
right onto Abbott Rd |
19.0 |
0.1 |
Continue onto Prospect Hwy |
19.1 |
0.5 |
Turn
right onto Lucas Rd |
19.6 |
1.7 |
Lucas
Rd turns slightly right and becomes Sackville St |
21.3 |
1.1 |
Continue onto Fifth Ave |
22.4 |
0.1 |
Turn
left onto Prince St |
22.5 |
0.4 |
Exit
the roundabout onto Prince St |
22.9 |
0.3 |
Turn
left onto George St to Blacktown station |
23.2
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Above is a section of the RTA map from Vimiera Rd
to Old Windsor Rd
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Arrive
Blacktown station
7:40am
for 15
min wait
for
train to Emu Plains departing at 7:55am
arriving Emu Plains at 8:13am.
Two 2nd Leg options:
*
Hard 2nd Leg: 17km from Emu Plains
station up mega precipitous
Old Bathurst Rd to Blaxland station, thence
Warrimoo and on to Springwood for Nosh Stop at
Aroma Cafe in Raymond Rd on LHS of Macquarie
Rd or The Subway
Alight train at
Emu Plains station at 8:16am on southern side and take path
under rail line entering Old Bathurst Rd from Mackellar St for a level 2km
stretch to a short but really steep KOM
Climb starting 15m past traffic lights at
Bus Stop sign and ending 2.05km later at
Bowaga Ave.
*
Or Easy
2nd Leg: Blaxland station thru Warrimoo and on to Springwood for
Nosh Stop
at Aroma Cafe in Raymond Rd on LHS of Macquarie
Rd -
9km
Alight train three stations later at Blaxland station
at 8.16am
and wait for cyclists
in Wilson Way (300m
after we turn Right from
Old Bathurst Rd) on our route to Warrimoo and Springwood.
Thence on roads which hug the Great Western H'way to
Springwood
arriving 9am for 1st
Nosh Stop [30 min] at
Aroma Cafe
300m down
Raymond Rd on LHS of Macquarie Rd after 41.2km.
3rd Leg: 26km from Springwood to Richmond station
alighting at either Seven Hills or Riverstone station
- 70 min
9:30am re-trace 250m back down Macquarie Rd;
Left following signs NE to Richmond, along Hawkesbury Rd, Springwood Rd, thru
Yarramundi
pulling-up at Hawkesbury Heights Lookout
on RHS after about 12km for 5 min
Sag Stop whilst gawking at the awesome view. Thence
descend from the Hawkesbury Heights Lookout to
Richmond to catch train
half hourly service at 10:40am, or
11:10am or 11:40am
for 41 min trip to Seven Hills
station arriving 11:21am, 11:51am or 12:21pm.
4th Leg: 25km from
Seven Hills station to Turramurra station - 70 min - ETR 12:50pm
Alight
at
Seven Hills station at 11:51am
-
Left into
Terminus Rd
for 300m
Left into
Prospect Highway for 700m (care two
lanes but no shoulder, so try and cycle with another cyclist beside you to
occupy the entire lane);
Right into Abbott Rd/M2 for 15.6km
being careful as some traffic roars up Seven Hills Rd;
Left at Light Tower into Browns Waterhole for 1.45km;
Ahead up Kissing Point Red for 3.7km
with a 65m section just before the apex which is killer;
Right onto Pacific Highway for 200m; and
Left into Rohini St for 250m
to carpark - ETR 1:01pm.
4th Leg (alternate):
Riverstone station
to Dural - 23.7km - 65 min - ETR 12:30pm
Alight at
Riverstone station at
11:33am
-
NE along Garfield Rd East for 3.2km, |
R
into Windsor Rd for 2.2km, |
L
into
Annangrove Rd for 10.5km, |
R
into
Kenthurst Rd for 1km, |
L
into
Pellit Lane which soon veers
R for 180m, |
L
into
Wirrabara Rd for 600m, |
L
into
Derriwong Rd for 500m, |
R
into
Langford Rd/Davey Rd
for 1.9km, |
R
into
Wyoming Rd for
850km |
R
into
Old Northern Rd for 1.2km to
Porter Scenic
Lookout
- ETR 12:40pm. |
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