Southside Cycling

A gentle, relaxing winter's cycle ride through Docklands, South Melbourne and Middle Park.

GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Easy, approximately 28 km, cycling circuit. 

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION:
We'll depart from Southern Cross Station at 10.45am heading along Collins St West to join up with the Capital City Trail. We head south on that to cross the Yarra via Webb Bridge, onto the Yarra Edge waterside promenade. We'll stop there for a coffee (optional) at Hooks at the Yarra, 50 River Esplanade, Docklands, which has plenty of bike parking and outdoor seating. 

Upon departing from the cafe, we continue along the waterfront promenade to the end of the path, which connects with Lorimer Street to head west and eventually join the nature trail under Westgate Bridge, which we follow around to Sandridge Beach. Continuing along the Beaconsfield Parade cycling path we cut inland to the Middle Park Hotel, 102 Canterbury Rd, Middle Park for lunch.

After lunch we'll make an anti-clockwise circuit of Albert Park Lake then cross St Kilda Rd to the Shrine of Remembrance, follow the cycleway around the back of the Botanical Gardens (Anderson Road) and the cycleway following Alexandra Ave back into the city, coming up onto Princes Bridge to cross the Yarra to Flinders Street Station. If anybody wishes to, they can easily follow the Capital City Trail from there around to Collins Street and back to Southern Cross Station. 

MEETING TIME | LOCATION: 10.30am at Southern Cross Station, at the cycle parking outside Pappa Rich Cafe, 3 Collins St, Melbourne. This is close to the Collins St tram stop outside Southern Cross Station.

MAP REFERENCE: Melway map 2E grid K6/K7 | Google map goo.gl/maps/sCAivYpvUK2WWGQz9. 

APPAREL | FOOTWEAR: helmet, spare tube and dress according to the weather forecast. Warm, waterproof layers strongly recommended.

LEADER | BOOKING: Michael C. | by Thursday 18th July. Email the Leader if you have any questions. Members can access leader contact details under Members | Leader Contacts when logged in to the website.

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