Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

One for the bucket list
Saturday 26th of September
Lithgow to Goulburn via Jenolan Caves - approximately 230 km 3500 metres of climbing.
Not for the faint hearted, you'll be a long way from home with few bail out options apart from walking and hitch hiking.
Train to Lithgow departs from Central (Country Train Platforms) at 3.48 am arrives 6.40 am
Train from Goulburn to Campbelltown departs 9.02 pm
Current information is that travelling with bicycles on these trains is no problem - you may have to pay half fare for your bike.
13.5 hours is not a lot of time for stuffing around so the pace will be pushed.
Various participants are contemplating staying Friday night in Lithgow and/or staying Saturday night in Goulburn and riding some or all the way back to Sydney on the Sunday.
We need to be self sufficient on this ride, at a minimum bring ample food as there aren't many shops out there, 2 bidons, 3 spare tubes, pump and money for pies.
*Additional info; Link to Strava route, accommodation arrangements to follow
Peter B
Paul M
Andrew M
Neil M
Adam W
Raphael B

Strava route here: https://www.strava.com/routes/3204766

here is the link to the accommodation in Goulburn http://www.booking.com/hotel/au/alpine- ... tal;ucfs=1&

Honestly, anyone who catches the 3.48am train is just crazy. Forget the ride

Or the train departs at 2.41am from Cronulla Next stop Daiso to get inflatable pillows and a plastic bowl for brekky...

The climb up from Jenolan Caves towards Oberon is way steep.

Is it as bad as back of falls? I'll find out I guess.

Hope I remember to put the 32 on the back

6.5 km at 8.5% apparently

Honestly, anyone who catches the 3.48am train is just crazy. Forget the ride

Lol. Agreed.

Your having a baby baby Emma and your not going to be up that early ?

"approximately 230 km 3500 metres of climbing"

This is almost exactly the same as Grafton to Inverell

"approximately 230 km 3500 metres of climbing"

This is almost exactly the same as Grafton to Inverell

Another ride on the bucket list

Can we get a train to Grafton and then one home from inverell

Grafton - Yes
Inverell - countrylink Bus to Armidale then train to Sydney

ok guys my address is 1/210 wilson st newtown if you want a bag taken down i will need on thursday night my number is 0412252827

When I've done Grafton to Inverell I've driven to Grafton. For 2 times I had a support driver, for the 3rd time I didn't and got support from local riders

Thanks Neil, very kind of you.

Will definitely drop a bag in by Thursday evening.

Honestly, anyone who catches the 3.48am train is just crazy. Forget the ride

Agreed x 2. This is crazy, even for the long distance crazies. Take video please.

What about riding back from goulburn to Wollongong on the Sunday Stuart

Agreed x 2. This is crazy, even for the long distance crazies. Take video please.

I'll be doing my best to keep the farcebook posts coming on the day [emoji12]

One word epic