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RANDWICK BOTANY MEMBERS NOTE: We
are meeting at 6am at the Randwick gates of Centennial Park and then
proceeding to Sutherland for the 7.30am official start of the Jamberoo Valley
Cycle Classic. Wear your Club kit as Mike Tomalaris has once again
arranged for this classic event to be filmed and telecast on "Cycling
Central" There will be a cost involved of $10 per rider to
go to the Sydney Cancer Foundation. A few of the riders are having
their Wives, family, girlfriends, boyfriends (whatever) drive down to the
Jamberoo Pub to enjoy a lovely
lunch in the beautiful gardens out the
back whilst the kookaburras laugh at us from the trees above.
Having been suitably re-hydrated, fed & rested, most of us will then throw
the bikes in/on the vehicles and enjoy a pleasant DRIVE home. For
those die-hards who just have to do 200km or else die, they can turn around
and ride home.
1st Stage:
34kms
Royal National Park
gates to Bald Hill Lookout
Departure:
7.30am
Distance from finish:
110kms
Access:
Loftus City Rail Station, disembark east
side of station in Pitt Street
Tour Route:
Sir Bertram Stevens Drive – Lady Wakehurst
Drive – Sir Lawrence Hargraves Drive
Character:
Sealed National Park roads, magnificent
bushland scenery & ocean views… nasty hill about 5 kms into stage
Tour Notes:
Marvellous stage, decent roads, a very
serious climb out of Audley, which comes 5kms into stage. At least the legs
will be fresh! After that mostly flat along the ridge, breath-taking descent
back down to Hacking River valley then steady climb to Bald Hill for a great
view.
NOTE: Bald Hill Lookout has great café and
fantastic look out over Tasman Sea
(1st Stage
pick up)*
* For riders who wish to take train to
Waterfall and cover 90kms)
Distance from finish:
90kms
Location:
T-intersection of McKell Ave & Lady
Wakehurst Drive, in Royal National Park
Access:
Waterfall City Rail Station, disembark east
side of station into car park, enter McKell Avenue, follow into Royal
National Park to T-intersection with Lady Wakehurst Drive. 5 kms trip,
descending all the way.
WARNING: Be at pick up point early as
peloton won’t wait!
2nd Stage:
26kms
Bald Hill Lookout to
Lyrebird Lookout (Bulli)
Distance from finish:
76kms
Route:
Sir Lawrence Hargrave Drive – F6 Freeway
(briefly)
Character:
Sealed National Park road, then freeway
shoulder
Tour Notes:
Scenic steady climb leaving RNP then
continue on Sir Lawrence Hargrave Drive then designated bike lane, with
buffer zone to freeway lanes.
3rd Stage:
38kms
Lyrebird Lookout (Bulli)
to Albion Park
Distance from finish:
50kms
Route:
F6 Freeway (briefly) – Bulli Pass old
Pacific Hwy – Wollongong streets – Illawarra Hwy
Tour Notes:
Give the legs a big rest, hands do the work
on the big descent down Bulli Pass, then continue with high-speed roll on
Illawarra Hwy
4th Stage:
12kms
Albion Park to Jamberoo
Distance from finish:
12kms
Route:
Jambero Valley Way
Character:
Sealed, winding valley roads
Rest point:
Albion Park has a pub – what else do you
need to know?
Tour Notes:
Almost there! Testing climb out of Albion
Park, but then a lovely roll down into the valley and the Jamberoo Pub.
Post-Tour Agenda (ETA
12.30 pm)
Serious eating & drinking at Jamberoo Pub
Jamberoo Pub bus & trailer will be provided
to transport bikes & bodies to Rail Station.
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