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Round 1 of the
2012 NSW Cranks Bikes MTBO SuperSeries
Enter Online Here
Map: Glengarry
Format: Sprint
line course Approximate Course Lengths -
Course 1 & 2: 7km
Course 3: 6km
Course 4 & 5: 5km Start: 1.00 -2.30pm.
Kangaroo Valley local, Jim
Anderson is setting the course and invites participants to make a weekend of
it. Other bike play options in the Valley include easy family rides, steep
downhill and sweet single track.
Directions:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=216846725208823157201.0004ad04d1bab0f28569a
From Sydney - Travel southwest down
the Hume Highway. Turn left onto Illawarra Highway and travel through Moss
Vale. Turn right onto Nowra Road and follow signs into Kangaroo
Valley. Just after passing through Barrengarry and 300m before Hampden
Bridge, turn right onto Jacks Corner Road, follow for approximately 7km (Turn
off for Bendeela Camp Ground in on left after approximately 4km). Turn left at
the marked driveway down to “Glengarry”. The 1km of road down to Glengarry is
steep in places (OK for 2WD) with some sharp bends, please drive slowly down
here.
Follow MTBO signs to parking.
As alternative routes from
Sydney is to go Via Wollongong on the Princes Highway to Berry. Turn right onto Kangaroo Valley Road and
travel over the mountain through Kangaroo Valley and over Hampden Bridge, 300m
turn left at Jacks Corner Road and follow directions as detailed above.
From Canberra - Drive northeast
on Hume Highway. Turn right onto Illawarra Highway and travel through Moss
Vale. Turn right onto Nowra Road, and follow signs into Kangaroo Valley
and to Glengarry (as described above).
Facilities:
There are toilets and water
available on site. Nearest shop - Barrengarry Store.
Accommodation:
There are lots of
accommodation options in Kangaroo Valley, caravan parks, motels, pub etc, plus
great free lakeside camping with facilities (no showers) at Bendeela. Just a few km down the road from Glengarry
(recommended Group Camping site for MTBO riders).
Please
note if competing on Sunday, to allow approximately 50 minutes to drive from
Bendeela to Currambene Forest.
Contact: Andy Halliday 0431 702 703
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