Prospect Reservoir & Orphan School Creek
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MAKE CYCLING A PART OF CYCLING SAFETY CYCLING OPPORTUNITIES YOUR LIFE AND TIPS Learn to ride Make cycling a part of your life and ensure our local If you are new to cycling or want to improve your skills Prospect Bike path safety Prospect Reservoir precinct open communities are better connected and nicer places to live by: why not join a cycling group? Learn to ride, beginner and Reservoir 6 am–4.30 pm November–March; A reducing traffic congestion There are many shared use paths in Fairfield and 7 am–4.30 pm April–October intermediate levels are available for adults aged 17 and ROAD AD RO ND A making the air cleaner and reducing global warming Liverpool. You can ride your bike on these paths but KLA Walder GREYSTANES over. Shorter family adventure courses are also available PAR Park A making bike paths safer by making them busier. remember to: for you and your children. Contact the Health Promotion IPPS A give way to pedestrians Service at Sydney South West Area Health Service on G Water WETHERILL D Cycling can often be quicker than driving a car or using A ride at a safe speed Supply Ride over the graceful 9828 5911 for more information. CHA Pipeline A NDOS RD PARK Hyland Road O sandstone arches of R public transport in reaching some places and when you A keep to the left Park MERRYLAND S Parkland Rd, which T RI Boothtown aqueduct. D ST O A avoid blocking the path V follows the base of WEST cycle you are also helping the environment. O ET W Bicycle Recycling at Fairfield Showground Prospect Dam wall, is Prospect Creek R AD E A warn those who are travelling slower than you O W H R closed to traffic. Cycleway & Warali Wali; OO S DPARK before passing. If you don’t already own a bike, you can join Bicycle HORSLEY to Fairfield. RD S T T Recycling and have unlimited use of a recycled bike PARK E WOODPARK B GET ACTIVE - ALBE Whether you are walking or cycling, remember to treat and new helmet. This is managed by the Western Sydney RT Wa STREET ter S D up R ply all other path users with respect and courtesy. Cycling Network (WSCN). Contact Fairfield City Council GET ON A BIKE Follow the water supply channel R on 9725 0222 for more information. E L T that links Sydney to water From Albert St to Prospect Reservoir, HE W storages to the south. O H the route follows the disused 1888 F We need to be active to be healthy and the good news Ways to stay safe OR The Prospect Creek Cycleway links GUILDFORD D SL RI EY Sydney water supply canal. is, it doesn’t take much to make a difference. You can Family fun VE Propect Reservoir and Fairfield Town WEST A Wear an approved bike helmet Centre. 8km of the path, between Gipps GUILDFORD maintain your health by doing just thirty minutes of GUI A Ensure your bike has at least one working brake If you have children, there are lots of great places to go Rd, Smithfield, and Fairfield Rd, LDFORD moderate exercise per day. An easy way of achieving this Pimelia Picnic Take a break at Pimelia or The Dairy Farfield, is enhanced by Warali Wali, RD and either a bell or horn bike riding and have fun as a family. Here are some Area picnic areas, both adjacent to the Sydney four artworks and path markers that tell N Guildford level of activity is to make cycling a part of your life by O P At night, your bike must have a steady or flashing white The route west is marked by the ip A D places to get you started: Olympic Games equestrian cross-country Darug stories about the plants and YR e B R l Visit the Saturday markets at Fairfield huge Sydney water supply pipes. in riding to work, TAFE, school or to other local destinations. light at the front, and a red reflector at the rear of the bike course. animals of Prospect Creek. Darug e Western Sydney Showground – one of the largest in NSW, elders are this area’s traditional A Be seen - wear bright visible clothing E Suburb Park with more than 600 stalls. C Regional Park custodians. Warali wali is a Darug word T The Open 9 am–4 pm. A Be predictable for possum. LOFT Dairy Young cyclists will love the animals US R Cabramatta Bolivia Park D V A A Assertively take your space on the road D and rural flavour of Fairfield City Farm, A YENNORA R Canley Heights Arbutus Park R PRAIRIEWOOD O N A Watch out for opening car doors open daily from 9 am to 4.30 pm. N To Prospect Creek E AY Fairfield BE Y Canley Heights Peterlee Park LW Entry fees apply. AV Cycleway, Warali Wali P Yennora AI Your bike is a vehicle so failing to obey road or bike Golf Course OR I R A S N T S D E Canley Vale Hampton Street Reserve ek OA & Prospect Reservoir. re R S C T E M W rules may result in a fine. O H L L O E E IS N Carramar Carrawood Park E L Fairfield R T I E H G D P H H O D A T Showground R SA H S E V AMI UR BOSSLEY Edensor Park Bonnyrigg Town Centre Park R LTON C L E D O OU E D T N Western Sydney Y R S RD R IM T A l Fairfield Cawarra Park PARK rp Cycling Network & h M O a D P n oo ch O R S R D bicycle recycling HQ W r Fairfield p DR Fairfield Nelson Park R T h O N City Farm CO D E I A L a FAIRFIELD C V E D S E D I ULLS n E Fairfield R R V B C Fairfield Heights Fairfield Heights Reserve M T HF FAIRFIELD S I T E N I E S IM KING H L T A T E R SM D O Lansvale Bareena Park D ABBOTSBURY SA WAKELEY WEST It’s 5.5km of easy cycling on the T T E H SCENIC ROUTE Mount Pritchard Fiona Street Reserve S V Parramatta–Liverpool Rail Trail G I A PD L R GREENFIELD I back to Guildford. A GA Sch T F Mount Pritchard Prout Park A oo T L l S I C S N W Entirely on off-road paths, O PARK D O V Prairiewood Curran Street Reserve R ND A NO Y RTH this 29km loop winds through L ST SCALE 1:44,000 GE DE T P St Johns Park Hawthorn Park D I tranquil parklands and – from EE 0 1 2km CANLEY R CANLEY BR T T Yennora Springfield Park S S high points in Western A HEIGHTS C E AM r VALE ee Y Sydney Regional Park – Yennora Yennora Park C k WA IL provides outstanding views of Lurnea Meere Park E L RA L Greater Sydney. Prospect Reservoir & Orphan School Creek VI PROSPE K CT Carnes Hill Greenway Park C RD A V S A Canley Vale Green Valley Ida Kennedy Reserve T S IR Liverpool Haigh Park F Wattle Grove Wattle Grove Lake Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Lakes USEFUL CYCLING BIKES AND PUBLIC FAIRFIELD AND INFORMATION DISCOVER TRANSPORT LIVERPOOL ARE SCENIC ROUTE Bicycle NSW E PD l This 27km loop is O hoo DE rphan Sc You can carry your bike on a train at any time, provided FAIRFIELD P T mostly on off-road AS Ph: 9218 5400, www.bicyclensw.org.au E GREAT PLACES TO CARRAMAR there is space available. You need an additional paths. It reveals the Orphan School Creek Cycleway, ek AY Cre Carramar Social rides calendar: www.pushon.org.au R W T to Western Sydney Regional L O best of the region’s concession fare ticket if travelling during the peak hour I S N S A A T T Park & Prospect Reservoir. R A L H D extensive waterways E AD T period (6:00am to 9:00am and 3:30pm to 7:30pm) on a S RIDE YOUR BIKE AND PR OSP H ECT RD UREL O – Georges River and LA R T Active Transport Guide: D S CANL S weekday. At other times your bike travels for free. AV R L EY E its associated lakes VA E I R V Y LE Canl ey R RD C E CO V OO OK A and wetlands, and Vale M Cycling around Fairfield City ST R FOR FUN, I CANLEY F SIDE Prospect and Orphan TER You can only carry a bicycle on buses which are LIVERPOOL Y VALE WA HW School creeks. Ph: 9725 0222, www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au BA REENA ST wheelchair accessible and even then, this is at the SCALE 1:34,000 T LANSDOWNE E E BRIDGE P RECREATION OR 0 1 km R The route crosses the Hume discretion of the bus driver. Bikes must be secured in the T S r Hwy near Lansdowne Bridge, o ME s Local Bicycle User Groups wheelchair area. HU p LANSDOWNE BY BIKE one of mainland Australia’s e c H Cabramatta oldest, built 1836. t E Western Sydney Cycling Network (WSCN) TRANSPORT JOHN N ST R Mirambeena Y You can hire bicycle lockers at some railway stations WSCN runs social rides and helps to run LANSVALE L Regional Park A W including Liverpool and Merrylands and at some T-way S Bicycle Recycling.