Not sure this really counts as touring given the short distance involved, but for the last few years a few friends and I have done a 2 or 3 day ride around the Hunter Valley area in the first week of the new year.
This year we were thinking of perhaps doing a two day ride from Newcastle to Sydney, but not the usual Pacific Highway route. We were thinking of heading down the central coast, catching the Ferry across to Palm Beach, then riding into Sydney proper. We are thinking of around the 3rd and 4th of January.
Now the Newcastle to Central coast shouldn't be an issue (I do Newcastle - The Entrance return several times a year, this isn't that much further and I think I can track a route from The Entrance ok), but I don't think I have ever been in Palm Beach, let alone ridden there.
Has anyone done anything similar and has any advice on the route ?
Newcastle to Sydney - Via Palm Beach
-
- Posts: 195
- Joined: Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:17 pm
- RonK
- Posts: 11508
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:08 pm
- Location: If you need to know, ask me
- Contact:
Re: Newcastle to Sydney - Via Palm Beach
Postby RonK » Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:14 pm
It’s mapped as an alternative route for the NSW Coastal Cycle Trail, so no doubt many have done it.
https://www.nswcoastcycle.com/
https://www.nswcoastcycle.com/
Cycle touring blog and tour journals: whispering wheels...
- trailgumby
- Posts: 15469
- Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:30 pm
- Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney
- Contact:
Re: Newcastle to Sydney - Via Palm Beach
Postby trailgumby » Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:57 pm
If you don't mind a bit of vertical, the route by the beaches through to Narrabeen is quite pleasant. It gets a bit nasty with rough pavement and lots of traffic after Ocean St Narrabeen joins Pittwater Rd, but if you cross Pittwater Rd you can link up with quite a nice off-road track that runs past the southern end of Narrabeen Lagoon to Cromer and from there you link up with bike paths through to Dee Why and can resume riding along the beaches to Manly.
Alternatively a right turn at Warriewood will link you up with the McCarrs Creek Road climb and you can take in West Head or Akuna Bay.
Alternatively a right turn at Warriewood will link you up with the McCarrs Creek Road climb and you can take in West Head or Akuna Bay.
-
- Posts: 195
- Joined: Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:17 pm
Re: Newcastle to Sydney - Via Palm Beach
Postby Newcastle Dave » Wed Dec 26, 2018 4:02 pm
Is that the dotted blue line in the map in the link above ? (going through Collaroy and Cromer down to Dee Why) Sorry to sound so ignorant but I don't really know the areatrailgumby wrote:If you don't mind a bit of vertical, the route by the beaches through to Narrabeen is quite pleasant. It gets a bit nasty with rough pavement and lots of traffic after Ocean St Narrabeen joins Pittwater Rd, but if you cross Pittwater Rd you can link up with quite a nice off-road track that runs past the southern end of Narrabeen Lagoon to Cromer and from there you link up with bike paths through to Dee Why and can resume riding along the beaches to Manly.
Alternatively a right turn at Warriewood will link you up with the McCarrs Creek Road climb and you can take in West Head or Akuna Bay.
- trailgumby
- Posts: 15469
- Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:30 pm
- Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney
- Contact:
Re: Newcastle to Sydney - Via Palm Beach
Postby trailgumby » Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:36 pm
That's the one.Newcastle Dave wrote:Is that the dotted blue line in the map in the link above ? (going through Collaroy and Cromer down to Dee Why) Sorry to sound so ignorant but I don't really know the area
Jump to
- General Australian Cycling Topics
- Info / announcements
- Buying a bike / parts
- General Cycling Discussion
- The Bike Shed
- Cycling Health
- Cycling Safety and Advocacy
- Women's Cycling
- Bike & Gear Reviews
- Cycling Trade
- Stolen Bikes
- Bicycle FAQs
- Serious Biking
- Audax / Randonneuring
- Retro biking
- Commuting
- MTB
- Recumbents
- Fixed Gear/ Single Speed
- Track
- Electric Bicycles
- Cyclocross and Gravel Grinding
- Dragsters / Lowriders / Cruisers
- Children's Bikes
- Cargo Bikes and Utility Cycling
- Road Racing
- Road Biking
- Training
- Time Trial
- Triathlon
- International and National Tours and Events
- Cycle Touring
- Touring Australia
- Touring Overseas
- Touring Bikes and Equipment
- Australia
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- ACT
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- Country & Regional
- The Market Place
- Member to Member Bike and Gear Sales
- Want to Buy, Group Buy, Swap
- My Bikes or Gear Elsewhere
- Cycling Brands
- Cannondale
- Garmin
- Giant
- Shimano
- Trek
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users
- All times are UTC+11:00
- Top
- Delete cookies
About the Australian Cycling Forums
The Australian Cycling Forums is a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like.
Bicycles Network Australia
Forum Information
Connect with BNA
Brought to you by Bicycles Network Australia | © 1999 - 2024 | Powered by phpBB ®
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.