Route Details : Beyond Barrenjoey
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Ride Name | Beyond Barrenjoey | Distance | 60 | Grade | Medium Hard | RDI | 72.2964 (metres climbed = 1204.94) Calculate your REE | Usual Start | Turramurra Station, East side | Usual Pace | steady | Coffee Stop | Palm Beach or Patonga | Features | Coastal scenery, ferry across Broken Bay, Brisbane Water shoreline and Killcare Heights lookout. Possible swim in summer months | Suitability | For those normally Medium grade riders who want to extend their distance and try some hills, yet at a more relaxed pace. If you don't like hills, then this ride is not for you. | Short Description | Ride via back roads to Palm Beach, ferry across Broken Bay to Patonga, scenery around Patonga and Ettalong foreshore. Train from Woy Woy. Some hills, relaxed pace. Call to confirm | Full Description | This is a very scenic ride.
We travel via Mona Vale Rd and McCarrs Ck Rd to views of Pittwater around Church Point and Bayview. Then quiet but hilly back roads past the northern beaches and an ocean lookout to the Palm Beach wharf where there may be time for a quick coffee before the ferry leaves. Glorious views of Broken Bay and Lion Is as we cross to Patonga. Climb up through Brisbane Waters National Park. The last stage begins with a descent to sea level down then via Ettalong Beach and Booker Bay to Woy Woy station. Return by train. You need to call to confirm that you are coming on this ride as here is a limit to the number of bikes that can fit on the ferry. We usually return to Turramurra by early- to mid-afternoon. During summer months this ride may include a stop for a swim - bring the cosies! |
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