Liverpool Area

Liverpool area is large and has some decent trails to ride. The best rides are Georges River (East Hills to Fairfield 20km), the Liverpool Rail Trail (25km), Chipping Norton Lake, the M7 and Narrellan and Mt Annan (30km of tracks). There is also the path to the M7 from Glenfield Station and Narellan Rd, Banks […]

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M7 Cycleway and Prospect Reservoir

This page covers the M7 cycleway (north and south) in Sydneys West, the Parklands Trail, Bungarribee,  Duck Creek, Prospect Reservoir. and the Liverpool Railtrail.  See all the videos across this area here  Note:  All links to Google MyMaps are shown with a  >>   You will need either a PC or a Google Account to make this […]

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The Greater Sydney Bike Trail

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 […]

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Northen Road heading south

Add 25km and more to your M7 Cycleway Ride

A common theme amongst Sydney cyclists is that the cycle paths are terrible or non-existent. Well that is certainly true in middle suburbs like Punchbowl and Greenacre and much of the North Shore but its not the case as you head into the newer suburbs in the far west. Great small examples out west are […]

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Sydney’s Top 10 Bike Trails

When I first started thinking about Sydney trails, my head was filled with thoughts of steep hills, cars and faded white pictures of bikes on green patches on the road. After a much exploring, I can now reveal that Sydney has some very good places to ride if you have the motivation to going exploring. […]

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Best New Sydney Cycle Infrastructure Awards -2019

awaHere are the best 3 bicycle infrastructure improvements in 2019 across the whole of Sydney. To win, there must be an increase in the numbers of people using the path, 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. 1st […]

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Beat the Bus #4 – Rooty Hill to Horsley Park Estates

In Beat the Bus no 4, I was excited to check out using the M7 Cycleway to get to work. It just so happened my son was meeting a manager at a giant warehouse in an industrial estate called Oakdale, so we began investigating ways he could commute by public transport. The nearest station was […]

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