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Newtown-Observatory Hill Picnic Ride  
by liamvierboom

The way points of this bicycle route:

Newtown Station

Cross road at lights and ride up Australia st for calm back streets

Newtown, Australia st

Roll calmly onto Australia st

Newtown, Lennox St

Turn Right onto Lennox St...

Newtown, Church St

Turn left onto church st

Newtown, Mechanic St

Right into Mechanic St

Newtown, Egan st

Left into Egan st

Newtown, Victoria st

Right onto Victoria st

Newtown, Victoria St

Keep winding through back streets, follow around to left

Newtown, Longdown st

Right onto Longdown st

Newtown, Missenden Rd

Careful turning onto missenden road, some heavier traffic...

Newtown, Carillon Ave

Turn right at lights onto Carillon

Sydney Uni

Wind calmly left into Sydney Uni - streets very quiet, 25km limit

Sydney Uni

A few options which way to go... cruise around or follow through to University ave to get into Glebe...

Sydney Uni

Cross road with lights to enter Glebe and ease back onto road

Glebe, Glebe Point Rd

Traffic may get heavier, but is usually slow moving... watch out for crazy pedestrians

Glebe, St Johns Rd

Ease up carefully at the lights, wait until can turn right safely

Glebe, Wentworth Park rd

Careful at the bottom, gets steep quick...

Glebe, Bridge Rd

Turn right onto bridge road... heaviest traffic here... If very unsure use footpath which is quite wide, however cars usually quite patient. If using the shoulder be wary of opening car doors...

Pyrmont, Bridge Rd

Cross at pedestrian lights on the left if unsure in traffic, otherwise roll straight thru...

Pyrmont, harris st

Turn left at lights onto harris, traffic reduces, cruise nicely

Pyrmont, Pirrama Rd

Lovely scenic cruise past the water, traffic negligible

Pyrmont, Pirrama rd

Winding all the way round to Darling Harbour...

Darling Harbour, Pyrmont Bridge

Shared Bike/Pedestrian Zone... give way to pedestrians, enjoy the harbour views

Pyrmont Cycle Path

Enter narrow cycle path at the end of Pyrmont Bridge

City, Sussex St

Turn left onto Sussex with pedestrian lights,

City, Sussex St

Bike lane starts on the left here. Sussex st is massive- easy, comfortable riding

City, Hickson Rd

Sussex rolls around into Hickson road, past wharfs

The Rocks, Hickson Rd

Follow Hickson Rd all the way around to the Rocks, swing right at George and then dismount and walk through markets on Playfair st

The Rocks, Playfair St

Pick up take away lunch from soomewhere on playfair st then ride Right up Argyle to Observatory park

Observatory Hill

Picnic Time!

The Rocks, Argyle St

Follow Argyle west, then wind right down Dalgety and back around to Hickson Rd

City, Hickson Rd

Follow back the way we came earlier, round Hickson back up Sussex...

City, Sussex St

Swing right back onto cyclepath

Pyrmont Bridge Cycle Path

Darling Harbour, Pyrmont Bridge

Back across the bridge...

Pyrmont, Pirrama Rd

Turn right back down pirrama rd... can use the footpath - is a bike/pedestrian shared zone...

Pyrmont, Harris St

Turn left off Pirrama onto Harris...

Pyrmont, Bowman St

Turn Right off Harris into bowman st

Pyrmont, Bowman St

Nice quick drop down Bowman past new property developments...

Pyrmont, Quarter Master Dr

Veer left and power up quater master dr... Push hard to make Anzac approach....

Anzac Bridge

Keep going... Up and over bridge

Anzac Bridge Cyclepath

Turn left at cyclepath T-intersection and follow over the roadway...

Annandale, The Crescent

Turn left into the Crescent, best to stay on footpath

Annandale, Johnston St

Cross with pedestrian lights, then up Johnston st

Annandale, Parramatta Rd Intersection

Follow Johnston st all the way to Parramatta Rd intersection... Watch for green light, then straight thru to northumbland

Camperdown, Northumbland

Follow Northumbland down to roundabout...

Camperdown, Salisbury Rd

Power up Salisbury Rd through two sets of lights

Camperdown, Australia St

Turn right at the lights onto Australia St and back up into Newtown

Newtown, King St

Dismount, drink coffee, buy things, or cross back to the station...

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