Enno Middelberg <
[email protected]> wrote in message news:<
[email protected]>...
> I start at the Pacific Hwy / Epping rd intersection and have to go to
> the CSIRO facilities at Marsfield (Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke rds). I
> planned to follow Pacific Hwy to Fullers rd, run down to Lane Cove NP,
> take the tarred roads through the NP, then follow Lane Cove rd until I
> can turn on Talavera rd. Then it's another turn onto Vimiera and I'm there.
>
> Any suggestions to this route are welcome
I commute each day between Helen Street, Lane Cove (near the Great
Northern Pub), and the Radiophysics Labs at Marsfield. I have a bunch
of different ways to get to work, but two fairly direct ones:
The quickest is simply to ride down Mowbray road to the end, then turn
right onto Epping road to cross the river. Then I wait for a gap in
the traffic (not too long on account of the Mowbray road lights) and
cross to the M2 entrance. Once on the M2, just ride straight up past
the tolls (bikes don't pay), then leave the road at the top of the
hill (there's a mobile phone tower there). There's a gate you go
through which gets you to the end of Vimiera road. Finally just ride
straight down Vimeira road, cross Epping road, and you're at the
radiophysics labs. I usually do this one in about 25 minutes.
The scenic route is to cross Mowbray road, down Bowen street (behind
the pub), and take the back roads behind the high school to Fullers
road, then right at the lights at Lady Game Drive, left into the LC
park, across the river, and along the road (riverside drive) to the
other end of the park at De-Burghs bridge. Under the bridge, then a
short steep up-hill bit to the path alongside lane cove road. Right
at Fontenoy road, left at Khartoum (under the M2) then right at
Talavera, which takes you up the back of Macquarie uni. After you've
passed the uni you go left onto Colluden, right on Waterloo, and left
onto Vimiera. This ride takes probably 35 minutes, but is a lot more
pleasant, as you get to take in the Lane Cove park on the way.
Cheers,
Suzy