Banyule Bicycle User Group LYCRA GROUP RIDE PROGRAM March — May 2021 v.3

All rides start at Warringal Park (Melways Map 32 C4) unless otherwise indicated. Visitors always welcome — just turn up at the start time and say hello. Scheduled rides may be varied to suit conditions. Regular Rides Tuesdays & Sundays 9:00 am Mar—Nov; 8:15 am Dec-Feb. Shorter ride (35-40 km) on first Sunday of each month. BYO food/drink. Contact Ride Leader directly for information on route. Night Ride Wednesdays 8:00 pm from Rivergum Walk at Banyule Rd pedestrian traffic lights. ~20 km on Koonung or Yarra Trails. Good front and rear lights essential. Contact: Lou 0432 004 526 Yum Run Thursdays 9 am Mar—Nov; 8.15 am Dec—Feb. 40 km loop of Koonung, Mullum and Main Yarra Trails. Stop at Petty’s Orchard Café for delicious snacks and coffee. No leader – whoever turns up joins in Adventure Ride Third Friday each month. Anything goes — could be long rides, hill & dale rollercoasters, grimy gravel, bitumen, deep bush, out in the country rides. Details published on the program. Contact Ride Leader with any questions.

March 2021 * rides usually start at 9.00 am * Date Ride/Event Description Leader Upper Darebin W to Darebin Ck trail. N to Ring Rd, Whittlesea Gardens, Hume Trail to N Epping. E Maurie A Tue 2 Creek ~55km to top of Darebin Ck Trail. Ring Rd, Macorna St, Watsonia home 0409 186 082 Alamein & Box Hill Bob W Sun 7 Anniversary and Gardiners Creek Trails. Some H1 and H2. 40 km MAP 0401 772 362 Strathewen Too MYT, DCT, Wattle Glen. Doctors Gully, Nankervis Rd. Strathewen. Cottles, St John Pi Tue 9 87 km MAP Andrews Rd, H'bridge, etc. Train back on H'bridge line, if preferred. 0418 511 587 Tue 9 Club casual dinner night — All welcome. 6.30 pm, Godfather’s Restaurant, Briar Hil Quarry Hills Park River Gum trail to Watsonia and Mill Park. H2-3 into Park & some walking possible. John Pe Sun 14 42 km MAP Return through South Morang but avoiding Plenty Rd. 0425 886 261 The Basin Koonung Trail, Ringwood Lake. Mountain Hwy Trail to The Basin. Forest Rd (to Robert R Tue 16 68 km MAP Ferntree Gully. Belgrave Trail to Bayswater. D’nong & Eastlink Trails home. 0412 430 244 Mordialloc 87 km 8.00 am start from Warringal. Inland route out; hug the coastal road back to St John Pe Fri 19 * new * MAP Kilda, Albert Park Lake, etc. Plenty of train stations for return, if preferred. 0425 886 261 Ceres To Fairfield by Yarra Trail, to Ceres for break. Continue on Merri Lou B Sun 21 40 km MAP Creek Trail to Broadhurst Av. Reservoir streets to Darebin Trail 0432 004 526 Three Southern S to HA Smith Reserve in Hawthorn. Gardiners Ck Trail to Parker Reserve, Alan Pr Tue 23 Velos 56 km MAP Blackburn. Scotchman's Ck Trail and streets to E Burwood Reserve. 0419 878 660 Caulfield Park Arthur’s indubitable guide to the Skyrail, Caulfield ponies, plus more stories than Sun 28 Arthur I ~45 km you can poke a stick at. Rated #1 ride on TripAdvisor. Kororoit Creek Ext Wilson Res, CCT, Maribyrnong River to Newport Lakes. Rest. Streets to Fed Trail, Randall D Tue 30 74 km MAP Kororoit Creek. Rail route to W. F’cray. F'cray Rd Trail & CCT home. 0448 040 486 April 2021 * rides usually start at 9.00 am * Date Ride/Event Description Leader Sun 4 Riders’ Choice Rider who suggests a route is leader, otherwise by agreement (Easter Sunday) Tue 6 Riders’ Choice Rider who suggests a route is leader, otherwise by agreement (Easter Tuesday) Blackburn Lake Out by Koonung Trail and streets. Return by Mitcham pipe track and streets to Sun 11 Bob W 40 km MAP Koonung Trail. 0401 772 362 Oakleigh Ann Trail S to Hughesdale, through Oakleigh S). N on Atkinson St etc to Gardiners Tue 13 Les D ~50 km Ck trail at Holmesglen. N through Box Hill, Bushy Ck, etc, home. 9459 2701 Warburton Rail Trail 9.00 am at Lilydale Station car park (or pick up at any station on the trail). John Pe Fri 16 82 km MAP Includes a section of O’Shannassy Aquaduct Trail. 90% gravel. 0425 886 261 Lower M’nong River Thornbury, Brunswick, Moonee Ponds streets to River. Rest. Continue down Trail to Sun 18 Randall D 49 km MAP Footscray Rd Trail and home by . 0448 040 486 Epping/Wollert Rivergum trail & streets to Plenty Rd. Mill Park streets to Epping. Aurora Estate for Tue 20 Lou B 60 km MAP break. Harvest Home Rd to Hume Fwy & return by Ring Rd Trail. 0432 004 526 Prahran Market Ivanhoe, Darebin Ck, MYT, S on CCT, St Kevin’s College, Selborne Rd, Simmons St. John Pe Sun 25 *new* 45 km MAP Market. Fawkner Park, Anderson Rd, MCG, Napier St, home. 0425 886 261 Seven Trails Yarra, Anniversary, Gardiners Creek, Scotchmans Creek, streets), Dandenong Ck. Alan Pr Tue 27 63 km MAP Break. Join Eastlink (some H3), and Koonung home. 0419 878 660 May 2021 * rides usually start at 9.00 am * Date Ride/Event Description Leader Yarra Bend Streets west to Merri Ck (1 x H2). Down the Trail to break at Studley Park. Return Sun 2 Bob W 40 km MAP by Boulevard (some H1) and MYT. 0401 772 362 Williamstown Les D Tue 4 The usual way. With coffee and nibbles to nourish a hungry body. 65 km MAP 9459 2701 Sun 9 Riders’ Choice Rider who suggests a route is leader, otherwise by agreement (Mothers’ Day) Epping N to Ring Rd, Edgars Rd, Whittlesea Gardens. Cooper St and Epping. railtrail Rail Tue 11 Robert R 50 km MAP trail to Sth. Morang. Plenty Rd, Uni. Hill. Plenty River Trail and home start. 0412 430 244 Tue 11 Club casual dinner night — All welcome. 6.30 pm, Godfather’s Restaurant, Briar Hil Preston Market Studley, Sherwood Rds. Wingrove St, St Georges Rd, Cramer St, Preston Mkt. John Pe Sun 16 40 km MAP Cheddar, Dalton Rds. Ring Rd, to home. 0425 886 261 Ringwood Lake Koonung Trail, Eastlink, Ringwood exit to Ringwood Lake. Rest. Lena Gv, railway Alan Pr Tue 18 51 km MAP to Dandenong Ck Trail, Eastlink, Mitcham streets, Koonung Trail. 0419 878 660 Chapel Lane Plus 8.30 am at Warringal. An undulator’s delight! Cheerful climbs; marvelous views; Fri 21 John Pi 75 km MAP welcome descents. Train options home, eg H’bridge, Eltham, etc 0418 511 587 Time Machine Another Brunswick/Coburg special led by the Indomitable Arthur. Learn about Arthur I Sun 23 ? km ladies wearing crinolines, gents wearing spats and roads covered in horse poo. Yarraman Out by Anniversary trail to Murrumbeena. Follow bike path and streets along rail Maurie A Tue 25 75 km MAP line to Yarraman station. Home by Eastlink trail. All sealed surface. 0409 186 082 Plenty Reserve River Gum trail to Binnak Park and Plenty streets, Memorial Rd to Plenty Park. Sun 30 Lou B 42 km MAP Back by Yan Yean Rd path and Diamond Creek streets and trail. 0432 004 526

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