1. • CommentAuthorRobK
   • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008 edited

    
   * Map (Full Route)
   * Cue Sheet (Overview of full route). See Cue sheets of individual days for more detail.
   
   This is the full route of a 5 day tour around Outer Western Sydney, with the start & finish in Rooty Hill, beside the Railway Station. (See notes on Rooty Hill Railway Station if arriving at the start by train). Except for day 2, the route goes close to one or more railway stations on each day, so there is some scope for leaving or joining the ride midstream.
   Camping on the first night is free of charge, but costs up to $14 per person per night (Bents Basin, Jan '08) on the other 3 nights. Note that for Glenbrook camping is supposed to be booked 2 weeks in advance, and 1 week at Bents Basin. Note that water should be carried or filtered at some campsites. Please read comments for each day for route and camping details.
   
   The full route was ridden as an unsupported tour by three of us in April 2008. Another three riders joined us at Windsor on the first day, and finished at Windsor when we passed through on the 3rd day.
   Click on image to see Web Photo Album of April 2008 ride.
   
   Full details of individual days can be found from the links below:
   
   Day 1 : 57 km - Rooty Hill to Wheeny Ck - Map | Cue Sheet | Comments
   Day 2 : 43 km - Wheeny Ck to Sackville via Colo - Map | Cue Sheet | Comments
   Day 3 : 62 km - Sackville to Glenbrook - Map | Cue Sheet | Comments
   Day 4 : 42 km - Glenbrook to Bents Basin - Map | Cue Sheet | Comments
   Day 5 : 43 km - Bents Basin to Rooty Hill - Map | Cue Sheet | Comments
   
   Most of the roads are reasonable quiet, although there are a few stretches of busy road and road with less than adequate shoulders. The first two days contain a few reasonable stretches of unsealed road, although I think I've managed to squeeze in at least a short stretch each day. The section at the end of day 1 was fairly corrugated and rutted in April 2008. The majority though are quite reasonable. There are a few good hills - both up & down. I've walked a few of the uphills!
   
   On Day 3, there are several Lookouts & Points of Interest either en-route or via short detours. If visiting a few, it may be worth extending this route over 2 days, and maybe staying somewhere like the A-Vina Caravan Park, which is a few kms east of Windsor. (Address: 217 Commercial Rd, Vineyard, Ph: (02) 9627 1847, email: avina@bigpond.com.au).
   Note that at the end of Day 3 there are two steep downhills and 1 steep uphill to negotiate in the last 4 km to the Euroka Clearing campsite once inside the National Park at Glenbrook. Depending on fitness levels, allow around 40 minutes to do this. (This is in addition to the climb up the Lapstone hill from Emu Plains to Glenbrook). Allow plenty of time for the last leg of the ride from Emu Plains !! Likewise, at the beginning of Day 4, you have to negotiate the same hills but in the other direction. This took us over an hour for the first few kms.
   
   For more details on the route please email robkemp@tpg.com.au

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