Best way from Tullumarine to CBD

[geoffs]

We will be flying in to Melbourne on Thursday morning with the tandem
for nearly 3 weeks of cycling in Melbourne and its surrounds.
Any sugestions as to the best way to ride in to the CBD.

I know its illegal to ride on the freeway but we are hoping there are some backroads that we can take.

Cheers

Geoff

 

[DRS]

"geoffs" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> We will be flying in to Melbourne on Thursday morning with the tandem
> for nearly 3 weeks of cycling in Melbourne and its surrounds.
> Any sugestions as to the best way to ride in to the CBD.
>
> I know its illegal to ride on the freeway but we are hoping there are
> some backroads that we can take.

Go to
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrne...6-E31D33B512880EE4CA256DA6000B9950?open&Area=[Cyclists]
and check out map #6. It's a bit hard to read because it's so crowded but
there seems to be an off-road bike path (green) running more or less out to
Tulla. The grid numbers (grey-blue) correspond to Melways page numbers for
fine detail.

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[geoffs]

Thanks DRS
That was just the info I was after.

Cheers

Geoff

 

[flyingdutch]

We will be flying in to Melbourne on Thursday morning with the tandem
for nearly 3 weeks of cycling in Melbourne and its surrounds.
Any sugestions as to the best way to ride in to the CBD.

I know its illegal to ride on the freeway but we are hoping there are some backroads that we can take.

Cheers

Geoff

As DRS says...

If you walk/ride out the terminal and go left and left at the first lights (where the BP/McCs is) you will head UNDER the freeway and get onto the Sunbury Rd. There should be a crossover heading over to where that path is. Its on a creek over there in parkland (if you can call dead grass and no vegetatin parkland!). Looks like it follows this creek South until it hits (or becomes?) the Moonee Ponds Creek. This shadows the Tulla fwy all the way in until you go under and are under Citilink in Flemington. Then you can either ride towards the looming CBD buildings on road or follow the trail further under citistink to Footscray Rd which takes you (eventually) into Docklands region

Anyone know any more details about this path at the Airport end?

 

[geoffs]

As DRS says...

If you walk/ride out the terminal and go left and left at the first lights (where the BP/McCs is) you will head UNDER the freeway and get onto the Sunbury Rd. There should be a crossover heading over to where that path is. Its on a creek over there in parkland (if you can call dead grass and no vegetatin parkland!). Looks like it follows this creek South until it hits (or becomes?) the Moonee Ponds Creek. This shadows the Tulla fwy all the way in until you go under and are under Citilink in Flemington. Then you can either ride towards the looming CBD buildings on road or follow the trail further under citistink to Footscray Rd which takes you (eventually) into Docklands region

Anyone know any more details about this path at the Airport end?

Many thanks flyingdutch
I've printed your route guide and Marian can pin it to my back so we know which way to go.
If you see a couple riding an orange fade red Santana Sovereign riding to/from restaraunts, cafes or wineries give a wave and say hello.

Cheers

Geoff

 

[Marx SS]

At the airport end, where the landing lights are off the Sunbury Road (east of the airport), there is an access road (track) that heads east/west. This access road heading east joins up with a dirt track which goes longside south end of the bandicoot enclosure (high cyclone fence) to another track that heads south/east. If you follow this track south/east-ish it will hit Moonee ponds creek path, just head downstream to the city.

 

[HUMBUG]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:09:43 +1100, flyingdutch <[email protected]> Wrote :
>
> Anyone know any more details about this path at the Airport end?

Nope. I usually just go along Melrose Drive to Westfield shops and go right
at the roundabout onto Mathews Ave and along to Keilor Rd and then Mt.
Alexander Rd and into the city that way. YEah there's a bit (sometimes
a lot) of traffic but there's plenty of room. AND we've got some new
painted on bike lanes out this way (Essendon) along Keilor and
Mt Alexander Rds. All the roads are well signposted as an added bonus...

The hardest part is finding Melrose Dve at the airport.
http://tinyurl.com/4a7wy

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[Huw]

geoffs wrote:
> We will be flying in to Melbourne on Thursday morning with the tandem
> for nearly 3 weeks of cycling in Melbourne and its surrounds.
> Any sugestions as to the best way to ride in to the CBD.

http://www.gfarnsworth.com/BikeAcce...ustralia,Zealand&Article=Melbourne, Australia

I've never ridden from Woodlands Historic Park onto the airport site - hopefully you can figure that short bit out. From the park you can get to the CBD by bike trail all the way.

 

[dave]

geoffs wrote:
> We will be flying in to Melbourne on Thursday morning with the tandem
> for nearly 3 weeks of cycling in Melbourne and its surrounds.
> Any sugestions as to the best way to ride in to the CBD.
>
> I know its illegal to ride on the freeway but we are hoping there are
> some backroads that we can take.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
>
melrose drive... (right at the airport hilton left at the
roundabout.... Mathews ave (right at the lights.. before the freway n
ramp ant airport west (at airport west shopping centre) ... Left at
keilor rd (the very end ) and follow the tram line into town..

Dave

 

[geoffs]

melrose drive... (right at the airport hilton left at the
roundabout.... Mathews ave (right at the lights.. before the freway n
ramp ant airport west (at airport west shopping centre) ... Left at
keilor rd (the very end ) and follow the tram line into town..

Dave[/QUOTE]

Well this is the route that we took to the YHA. No problems at all and a bike lane most of the way. We did have a look for the path along Moonee Creek
but with only 28c tires I thought the risk was to great of getting punctures, and the road was very direct. Only took us an hour to get to town.

We've been taking it fairly easy since we arrived but we will try to get out tomorrow and do a decent ride before breakfast. The traffic here is so quiet
compared to Sydney, with bike lanes everywhere. I haven't even thumped anyone yet! )

We will head off for the yarra valley/glen area on Sunday and then head down to Belgravr via the dandenongs for a bit of excercise. Back to Melbourne, then to Geelong via train and over to Queenscliff, Sorrento and back.

Thanks agian for the help with the directions

Cheers

Geoff

 

[flyingdutch]

We will head off for the yarra valley/glen area on Sunday and then head down to Belgravr via the dandenongs for a bit of excercise. Back to Melbourne, then to Geelong via train and over to Queenscliff, Sorrento and back.

sure know how to spend a holiday!
thawt of doing the Lilydale-to-warburton-railtrail while youre out that way?
Altho sounds like you are gonna be busy sampling the local vineries.
Just got back form the races at Yarra Glen. Lovely place

 

[dave]

geoffs wrote:
> melrose drive... (right at the airport hilton left at the
> roundabout.... Mathews ave (right at the lights.. before the freway
> n
> ramp ant airport west (at airport west shopping centre) ... Left at
> keilor rd (the very end ) and follow the tram line into town..
>
> Dave
>
> Well this is the route that we took to the YHA. No problems at all and a
> bike lane most of the way. We did have a look for the path along Moonee
> Creek
> but with only 28c tires I thought the risk was to great of getting
> punctures, and the road was very direct. Only took us an hour to get to
> town.
>
> We've been taking it fairly easy since we arrived but we will try to get
> out tomorrow and do a decent ride before breakfast. The traffic here is
> so quiet
> compared to Sydney, with bike lanes everywhere. I haven't even thumped
> anyone yet! )
>
> We will head off for the yarra valley/glen area on Sunday and then head
> down to Belgravr via the dandenongs for a bit of excercise. Back to
> Melbourne, then to Geelong via train and over to Queenscliff, Sorrento
> and back.
>
> Thanks agian for the help with the directions
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
>
No sweat THat bike lane... last time I used it... its been a
while ...vanished in moonee Ponds... for a few hundred metres and was
strictly for amusement value only.

The yarra path... actually useful for commuting for some people Is a
lovely ride be sure and catch it.

Dave