Riding around Milsons Point in Sydney is an absolute treat, if you stick around Luna Park everyone can do it. I imagine most people that ride in this area will head up to Milsons Point station, push your bike up the silly stairs and ride over the bridge. And why not… So I keep my […]
I wanted to compare the quickest commute trail from Olympic park area to the Anzac bridge. So I rode from Rozelle to Rhodes via Lillyfield Rd then back down the north side of the river to see which side of the river was better. The result is Rhodes to Rozelle (Anzac Bridge ramp) north or […]
Here are the best bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2020 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path or facility, the path has to pretty safe, good looking and fun to ride. It doesn’t have to be long if it connects existing trails better. […]
Last year I took a ride to Dobroyd Head on the north side of Sydney Harbour. I started in Manly on the bike trail along Lauderdale Rd and turned at North Harbour Reserve to head to Dubroyd Head. I pretty well stuck to the roads that followed the coast and this was a bit hit […]
Its soo hot – here are lots of pools by the trail photos, Here is the official story with all the links and all the maps. Click on it Pools on Bike Trails in Sydney Now I am going to the beach Garry
5 Million views of my biketrail photos is about to happen on Google Maps. That story follows. Location Based Photos of Trails On the Australian bicycle trail map is a Map Layer called Photos of Trails. You can turn that layer on, find the camera icon on map where you want to ride and see […]
So the border has reopened, the safest thing to do in Victoria is ride a bicycle. Take a few masks, eat outside. Some ideas follow … High Country Rail Trail | Map Murray to Mountains | Map Great Victorian Rail Trail | Map | Photos East Gippsland Rail Trail | Map Map for most […]
Its mid November, the jacarandas are in full bloom, some spring flowers are still around and everything is green. Its time to go slow riding around Woolwich and Hunters Hill. Here is how you do it. I have been experimenting with Komoot Voice directions and I used them to direct me around all the best […]
When it comes to cycling in Sydney, I cheat a lot. I drive my car to favourite car parks and catch trains a lot. How else can you do a 40km loop that is a 60km return journey away. So today I meant to get off early in the car but didn’t. The traffic was […]
The Sydney Jigsaw map is getting really big with over 800km of combined loops. Certainly has been interesting riding and building it and still lots to do. One area that is complete and that is the Sydney Eastern suburbs. Here I have completed 4 different loops and as its the Eastern Suburbs where there isn’t […]
A common theme amongst Sydney cyclists is that the cycle paths are terrible. Well that is certainly true in middle suburbs like Punchbowl and Greenacre and much of the North Shore but its not the case as you head into the newer suburbs in the far west. Great small examples out west are Potts Hill […]
Lots of cyclists ride in the areas around Watsons Bay, Dover Heights and Vaucluse and why not, the sights up the bay and down the cliffs are fantastic. But its all roads and there are people driving around. To minimise your risk you can ride on a Sunday morning and you can take it easy. […]
One thing that I have noticed when riding around Sydney is that people love walking and running loops. There are the hugely popular Iron Cove 7km, Nepean River 8km and good old Centennial Park 4km tracks and then lots of smaller loops around football parks and small council parks. I even saw a group of […]
All around the world, the corona virus is having its evil way. Solutions everywhere are different, lockups, plead with the people, economy first and prioritize the health system. Amongst all that chaos and the huge burden on health care workers, cycling has stood out as a way to stay away from The Spray of others […]
OK, the reality has hit, we ain’t going anywhere. If you live in Sydney, its time to check the joint out. Lets start with a bicycle and a ferry ride. For this story, we are going to catch the fastest Sydney ferry called the RiverCat way up the Parramatta river to Sydney Olympic park. There […]