Ride and Event Calendar
IMPORTANT: Assess your own skill level and choose your rides accordingly.
- Be there with a full tank in time for the ride briefing.
- Ride responsibly. Your safety (and that of your fellow riders) is up to you.
- Please note your ride leaders phone number - it is provided with every listed ride!
APRIL
Date: 7 April 2024
Destination: Kangaroo Valley Loop
Distance: 400 km
Leave: BP Watson
Time: Briefing 8:20am, departure 8:30am
Lunch: Kangaroo Valley
Leader: John Grace 0418 487 104
Route notes:Out via Bungendore, Tarago, Nerriga (coffee), Bomaderry (190 km, fuel) & Kangaroo Valley (lunch). Back via Fitzroy Falls, Bundanoon, Tallong, Marulan (coffee & fuel if needed) & highway.
Date: 14 April 2024
Destination: Tarago Comp & Chat. Bring your old or slow bike!!!
Distance: 100km
Leave: Bungendore IGA carpark
Time: Briefing 11:20am, departure 11:30am
Lunch: Loaded Dog Hotel
Leader: Glen Jones 0407 065 669
Route notes: This is a great opportunity for you to get the old bike out of the garage, or if you are a little hesitant, come along on a shorter ride with a slower pace. Support vehicles are welcome. For those of you who are interested, we will meet at The Gathering in Bungendore at 10:00am for a coffee. If not, we will all meet in the Bungendore IGA carpark at 11:20.
Date: 21 April 2024
Destination: Snowy Circuit via Adaminaby, Cabramurra & Khancoban
Distance: 585 km
Leave: EG Ampol Hume
Time: Briefing 7:20am, departure 7:30am
Lunch: Alpine Larder, Lake Crackenback
Leader: Scott England 0402 207 474
Route Notes: Out via Cooma, Adaminaby (coffee & fuel), Kiandra, Cabramurra, Khancoban (fuel if required), Lake Crackenback (late lunch) and Jindabyne (fuel).
Please note that this is a long and sustained ride with around 150 km of tight and winding road. Expected return to Canberra by 5pm.
Date: Thursday 25 April 2024
Destination: Temora Anzac Day Service
Distance: 400 km
Leave: Ampol Nicholls
Time: Briefing 7:50am, departure 8:00am SHARP
Lunch: Temora Ex-Services Club
Leader: Glen Jones 0407 065 669
Route notes: Out & back via Murrumburrah (coffee).
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MAY
Date: 5 May 2024
Destination: Mogo
Distance: 320km
Leave: IGA Bungendore
Time: Briefing 1020 departure 1030
Lunch: Grumpy and Sweethearts
Leader: John Grace 0418 487 104
Route Notes: Meet for coffee and chat at The Gathering in Bungendore at 0930. Alternatively meet us at 1020 at the IGA in Bungendore for a briefing. The route then follows the Kings Hwy to the coast so the route is twisty and well formed. We may encounter some heavier coast traffic on our return.
Date: 12 May 2024
Destination: Araluen Chomp & Chat
Distance: 290 km
Leave: IGA car park, Kings Hwy, Bungendore
Time: Briefing 10:50am, departure 11:00am
Lunch: Araluen Pub
Leader: George Attard 0434 504 612
Route notes: Meet at The Gathering in Bungendore for a beverage and a chat at 1000. Alternately meet us at the IGA in Bungendore at 1050 for the briefing.
Date: Wednesday 15 May 2024
Destination: Taralga Loop (via Bungonia)
Distance: 341 km
Leave: BP Watson
Time: Briefing 0850 departure 0900
Lunch: Taralga Hotel
Leader: TBD
Route notes: Bungendore – Tarago – Goulburn - Mountain Ash Road to Bungonia - Highland Way to Marulan (coffee) – Goulburn (via Hume Hwy) - Taralga (lunch) on to Crookwell (fuel if needed) then Gunning - Canberra.
Date: 19 May 2024
Destination: Burrill Lake
Distance: 425 km ex Canberra
Leave: IGA carpark, Kings Hwy, Bungendore
Time: Briefing 9:50 am, departure 10:00am
Lunch: The Fish Shop (best fish & chips on the coast)
Leader: Kevin Sherman 0412 630 354
Route notes: Meet for a coffee at The Gathering in Bungendore at 0900. If not meet at the IGA in Bungendore at 0950 for the briefing. Out via Burrill Lake (lunch). Back via Ulladulla (fuel, 200 km from start), Princes Hwy, Turpentine Rd, Nerriga, Tarago & Bungendore (coffee).
JUNE
Date: 2 June 2024
Destination: South Coast Meander
Distance: 550 km
Leave: EG Ampol Hume
Time: Briefing 7:50am, departure 8:00am
Lunch: Narooma Hotel
Leader: Scott England 0402 207 474
Route Notes: Out via Polo Flat, Bemboka (coffee), Bega (fuel), Tathra, Bermagui, Narooma (lunch). Back via Batemans Bay (fuel) and Bungendore.
Date: 9 June 2024
Destination: Young Chomp & Chat
Distance: 300 km
Leave: Ampol Nicholls
Time: Briefing 9:20am, departure 9:30am
Lunch: Australian Hotel
Leader: Dave Mossman 0413 399 564
Route notes: Not a long ride. Out via Binalong, Galong & Moppity Rd to Young (lunch & fuel). Back via Murringo,
Boorowa, Yass (coffee) then home or vice versa.
Date: 16 June 2024
Destination: Gooloogong
Distance: 460 km
Leave: Ampol Nicholls
Time: Briefing 09:20am, departure 09:30am
Lunch: Gooloogong Hotel
Leader: George Attard 0434 504 612
Route notes: Out via Murrumburrah (coffee), Kingsvale, Young, Grenfell & Gooloogong (lunch). Back via Cowra (fuel, 280 km from start) & Boorowa (coffee). Route to be confirmed on day of ride.
Date: Wednesday 19 June 2024
Destination: Ulladulla
Distance: 420 km ex Canberra
Leave: IGA carpark, Kings Hwy, Bungendore
Time: Briefing 8:50 am, departure 9:00am
Lunch: Ulladulla
Leader: TBD
Route notes: Out via Tarago, Nerriga (coffee) and Turpentine Road to Ulladulla (fuel & lunch). Return via Bateman’s Bay (fuel if required) and Bungendore. To be confirmed on day of ride.
Date: 23 June 2024
Destination: Robertson
Distance: 400 km ex-Canberra
Leave: IGA carpark, Kings Hwy, Bungendore
Time: Briefing 8:50am, departure 9:00am
Lunch: Robertson Public House & Kitchen
Leader: Scott England 0402 207 474
Route notes: Out via Tarago, Windellama, Bungonia, Marulan (coffee), Bundanoon, Fitzroy Falls and Robertson (lunch & fuel). Back via Moss Vale and the highway. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=12bZvWiMWML_8l_prqkBCGm7bJjRCvgg&usp=sharing
JULY
Date: 7 July 2024
Destination: Pambula
Distance: 500 km
Leave: Ampol Hume
Time: Briefing 8:50am, departure 9:00am
Lunch: Royal Willows Hotel, Pambula
Leader: Steven Bardwell 0417 479 057
Route notes: Out via Cooma(coffee) , Bombala, Wyndham & Pambula (lunch & fuel). Back via Candelo, Bemboka, Brown Mtn & Bredbo (coffee).
Date: 14 July 2024
Destination: Cowra - Japanese Gardens Chomp & Chat
Distance: 380 km
Leave: Ampol Nicholls
Time: Briefing 0920 departure 0930
Lunch: Japanese Gardens or Railway Hotel Cowra
Leader: Dave Mossman 0413 399 564
Route notes: Out via Boorowa (coffee), Cowra to the Japanese Gardens for lunch. Back via Boorowa Lachlan Valley Rd, Hume Hwy and Barton Hwy.(coffee). Alternative return ride depending road conditions could be: Back via Darby Falls Rd then right on Frogmore Rd through Frogmore again right at Rugby Rd into Boorowa, (coffee). Home via Lachlan Valley Way, Hume Hwy and the Barton Hwy.
Date: Wednesday 17 July
Destination: Murrumburrah via Jugiong Chomp & Chat
Distance: 260 km
Leave: Ampol Nicholls
Time: Briefing 10:20am, departure 10:30am
Lunch: Barnes Store Emporium Café
Leader: TBD
Route notes: Out via highways, Jugiong, Jugiong Road & Murrumburrah (lunch). Back via Burley Griffin Way & highways.
Date: 21 July 2024
Destination: Grenfell
Distance: 400 km
Leave: Ampol Nicholls
Time: Briefing 9:20am, departure 9:30am
Lunch: Criterion Hotel, Grenfell
Leader: Steven Bardwell 0417 479 057
Route notes: Out via Boorowa (coffee), Murringo, Bendick Murrell, Iandra Castle & Grenfell (lunch). Back via Young (245 km, fuel), Murrumburrah (coffee).
