Parliamentary Triangle – Canberra’s Monumental Centre – Leaving 9:30am
Today’s ride will take us to the heart of our nation’s national monuments. But before we get there we will ride around Black Mountain starting with a steady climb through some lovely bush and long downhill towards the south western part of Lake Burley Griffin.
Our first stop will be a short toilet break at the beginning as the route joins Lake Burley Griffin. Those who are adventurous and with too much energy might decide they want to leave early to visit the National Arboretum. They can join us at this stop.
We continue on the Lake Burley Griffin Trail riding over the Scrivener Dam, around Government House and Royal Canberra Golf Course. The morning tea stop will be in Weston Park. You can consume your coffee with a snack or you can purchase your requirements from the Yarralumla Play Station. Toilets are also available.
We continue on the Lake Burley Griffin trail until we arrive at Commonwealth Place. We then follow the Canberra Centenary Trail. We can park our bikes at the National Portrait Galley Bike Park. In this area you can explore the National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia, the High Court, the National Library of Australia, Old Parliament House, New Parliament House, the National Carillon and Questacon. We will be staying in this area until 2:30pm. If you decide to visit New or Old Parliament House you can negotiate to meet the group there.
We continue on the Canberra Centenary Trail past both Parliament Houses and then some pretty natty paths. Around the back of Parliament Houses and then we a small hill climb to enable a nice downhill run through Manuka past Saint Christopher’s Cathedral and Manuka Oval. Then it’s back to Lake Burley Griffin. We cross the bridge to continue on the northern shoreline. Our afternoon tea stop is the National Museum of Australia. We will be there for just over an hour.
After the National Museum of Australia we head through The Australian National University to Bent Spoke for dinner, a cycling themed microbrewery for dinner in the trendy inner city district of Braddon. Let’s hope we don’t bend a spoke en route. After dinner, we head up through North Canberra to Dickson to join the C6.
Rest Stops/Running Schedule
- 11km (10:15am) – Toilet Stop – (no parking)
- 17.5km (10:45am) – Morning coffee and snacks – Weston Park (Depart 11:30pm) (parking)
- 26.5km (12:00pm) – National Portrait Gallery (Depart 2:30pm) (paid parking)
- 39.5km (3:30pm) – Afternoon tea and snacks – National Museum of Australia (Depart 5:00pm) (parking)
- 45.0km (5:30pm) – Bent Spoke for dinner (paid parking)
The route is available on Strava >> https://www.strava.com/routes/3481415657318785326 and GPX
Variation – Parliamentary Triangle, National Arboretum, and Bent Spoke
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Variation – Parliamentary Triangle without Bent Spoke
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Variation – Bent Spoke Loop
This is a short loop to Bent Spoke leaving from Alivio.
The route is available on Strava >> https://www.strava.com/routes/3402489975585602056 and GPX