C9C7 Peripherique – Country Canberra – Leaving 9:30am
Today’s ride will take us around the northern and eastern extremities of Canberra. This is a chance to see what the countryside may have been like before they decided to plop a capital on it.
We start out by crossing North Canberra towards the new Garden City Cycleway. This is a new family friendly bike route the connects key parts of inner-northern Canberra. Some of the early birds may have decided to have breakfast in Braddon or in Canberra CBD. Your meeting point with the main group will be at the corner of Constitution Avenue.
The first rest stop will be near the Australian-America Memorial Eagle. There is no public toilet but in the defence buildings there are a bunch of cafes. If you need a public toilet the closest is about 500m away. First we acquaint ourselves with Duntroon the only Australian military base that the public can travel through (according the internet). Please note that the speed limit for passing marching soldiers is 15km/h. For those in need of an extra challenge you can turn left on to General Bridges Drive to climb Mount Pleasant \ to see the view and the Royal Australian Artillery National Memorial.
After this we spend quite a bit of time passing through the Canberra countryside. This includes Canberra Airport, the Canberra Truffle Farm, the Army’s Majura Training Area, Treetop Advenutres and Mount Majura Vineyard. While for various reasons we won’t be visiting these places, we will, however, take a rest stop at Majura Pines. Here there are picnic tables, basic toilet facilities and kilometres of mount biking. You will be able to get your coffee and snack from the car. From here the climbing begins. Most of it is gentle but steady.
We rejoin suburbia with a pretty scenic and fast downhill. You’ll get to spy on some of the latest suburban creations and venture into those suburbs for lunch at Cypher Brewing Co. Those of you looking for short cut can catch the new tram to Macarthur avenue and zip back to Alivio.
We will explore some more of the suburbs and lakes before we arrive at Cafe Birrigai on Lake Ginniderra for afternoon tea. From here it’s just 5km through the AIS back to Alivio.
The Route is available on Strava >>> https://www.strava.com/routes/3402543902153785680 and GPX
Rest Stops/Running Schedule
- 9km (10:15am) – Quick rest stop (toilets 500m away) – Australian-America Memorial Eagle – (no support required)
- 21km (11:15am) – Morning coffee and snack stop – Majura Pines – (parking)
- 32km (12:30pm) – Lunch – Cypher Brewing – (paid parking)
- 45km (2:30pm) – Afternoon tea – Cafe Birrigai – (possible parking)
Lolo and Lola – Leaving 6:30pm
I am looking forward to this one. Lolo and Lola is a Filipino restaurant that is a favourite of one of our riders. We leave at 6:30pm.
The Route is available on Strava >>> https://www.strava.com/routes/3402495415792707268 and GPX
Variation – Mount Ainslie Challenge
The Route is available on Strava >>> https://www.strava.com/routes/3481772754239166492 and GPX