Annual Good Friday Cycling

Enjoy a medium grade, social bike ride, almost entirely on bike trails, on scenic inner Melbourne trails. 
GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Medium, 30-40 km cycling circuit.
MEETING TIME | LOCATION: 10.30am departure from ACMI Cafe, Federation Square. Arrive a bit earlier for a coffee and chat beforehand. Bikes can be parked on Birrarung Marr (on the river side, opposite the Federation Square car park) or beside Transport Public Bar on Swanston St, opposite Flinders Street Station).
MAP REFERENCE: Melway map 1B grid P10 | Google map goo.gl/maps/c6gWtPEmWds.
APPAREL | FOOTWEAR | FOOD: Bike, helmet and spare tube. Dress for the forecast weather conditions. Don't forget sunscreen, drinking water and waterproof gear if the weather forecast indicates any chance of rain. Lunch will be purchased from a cafe in Fairfield.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: We'll depart from the ACMI cafe at 10.30am, heading along the Main Yarra Trail to the Gardiners Creek Trail, to connect with the Anniversary Trail via a scenic Ferndale Trail shortcut. We'll follow that all the way to rejoin the Main Yarra Trail briefly in order to link up with the Darebin Creek Trail via the extremely scenic Darebin Creek / Main Yarra Trail link. Lunch will be at a cafe in Station Street, Fairfield. Please be sure to register if you're planning to come along, so we can organise the lunch booking. After lunch it will be a short ride to the Merri Creek Trail, where there are many options to get you home - taking one of the many cycling routes, or exiting via a train station such as Clifton Hill, Rushall, Flinders Street or Royal Park. There are also bailout options all the way along the Anniversary Trail if needed. The distance to the lunch point will be a little over 30 km. There are no hills of note and most of this ride will be on off-road cycling paths, though there will be some short on-road connections needed to get to and from the lunch spot.

LEADER | BOOKING: Alan D. | by Wednesday 17th April. Email the Leader if you have any questions. Members can access leader contact details under Members->Leader Contacts when logged in to the website.