Sydney Northern and Parramatta Areas
Its hot, time to think swimming pools in Sydney. This page features pools that are on the bike trails of Sydney. Probably a good idea to start riding from the pool if you can so you can finish off with a relaxing swim and then hop on the train or in the car. Checklist for […]
Sydney is a gigantic place, more than 10 times bigger than Paris. In this Wiki, content can be refined to 10 different cycling districts across Sydney. The pages on each district can be found here Northern Beaches | Lane Cove | Parramatta and NW | Penrith | Liverpool | Bankstown | Iron Cove and Cooks […]
OK, the reality has hit, we ain’t going anywhere. If you live in Sydney, its time to check the joint out. Lets start with a bicycle and a ferry ride. For this story, we are going to catch the fastest Sydney ferry called the RiverCat way up the Parramatta river to Sydney Olympic park. There […]
There has been a bit of press about the Greater Sydney BikeTrail lately including this post from Bicycle NSW. The trail is over 200km in its classic sightseeing route and can be trimmed to 150km and you can still catch most of the highlights. To whet your appetitie, check out the slideshow of 220 km […]
Every year BikeTrail.Blog and friends announce the best new cycling infrastructure across the whole of Sydney. Previous prize winners can be found here 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path or facility, the path or bridge or tunnel has to pretty […]
Its mid November, the jacarandas are in full bloom, some spring flowers are still around and everything is green. Its time to go slow riding around Woolwich and Hunters Hill. Here is how you do it. I have been experimenting with Komoot Voice directions and I used them to direct me around all the best […]
Here are the best bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2021 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path or facility, the path has to pretty safe, good looking and fun to ride. It doesn’t have to be long if it connects existing trails better. […]
One of Sydneys best cycleways is the Parramatta River Cycleway. For most people it starts at Meadowbank and heads to Parramatta Park or the other way around. Many people cross the river using the Silverwater bridge into Olympic Park wihere there are 30km more cycle paths. If you don’t like cars, this is a great […]
The Sydney cycle trail map (<<click to open) has been built using Google MyMaps and appears as an overlay to Google Maps. It has been viewed 450,000 times. It comes with a legend of 8 different types of bike tracks and related places of interest. You can turn these on and off in the map. […]
After first riding around Sydney I felt content that I had conquered the big one. Then one day I thought can I trim it down so its more accessible to those that only have a long weekend. The 147km condensed Sydney bike trail was worked out and it still follows the rules of the […]
Here are the best bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2020 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path or facility, the path has to pretty safe, good looking and fun to ride. It doesn’t have to be long if it connects existing trails better. […]
Last year I took a ride to Dobroyd Head on the north side of Sydney Harbour. I started in Manly on the bike trail along Lauderdale Rd and turned at North Harbour Reserve to head to Dubroyd Head. I pretty well stuck to the roads that followed the coast and this was a bit hit […]
Parramatta was the first place in Australia for farming European style and significant relics of those really early days exist in the area today. You can catch up on the history here without leaving your lounge chair or you can ride a bike with Paul from Parramatta Heritage rides as my wife and I did […]
We rode from Cammeray to Lane Cove Park a few months back. It’s a great circuit. I recommend that you start near Tunks Park and make your way to the trails under the freeway. You then branch of towards Chatswood and the paths winding up to Chatswood are really nice. Near Chatwwood there are some […]