1st
Leg:
Sutherland Leisure Centre
carpark
via Princes H'way to
Sir
Lawrence Hargraves Drive - 21.5km -
65 min
8:40am - 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 9:45am to enable slower riders
to catch up.
2nd
Leg:
Sir
Lawrence Hargraves Drive
to
Ruby's Cafe
on the Beach
at
Bulli - 18.5km -
50 min -
agg 40km
9:55am - 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 10:35am for 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) at
Ruby's Cafe
on the Beach
at
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)
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View Southish from Ruby's Cafe
The quaint Ruby's Cafe
3rd Leg:
Ruby's Cafe,
Bulli
to
Otford Apple Pie Shop - 18km -
70 min - agg 58km
11:10am North retracing up Lawrence Hargraves Drive to Otford Pie Shop arriving from 12:20pm
for 2nd Nosh Stop (25 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
12:45pm
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 2:20pm at Audley Kiosk 50m before Audley Weir.
5th Leg: Audley Weir to
Sutherland Leisure Centre
carpark - 5km - 15 min
- agg 98km
2:30pm 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
2:45pm.
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Bulli Beach and the marvelous escarpment in the
background
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