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Thu, 26 Jun 2008
00:31 - Ride report #15
Several more ride reports combined into one blog entry. It's been so
long since my last entry that I've forgotten where I've been, a bit.
Mon 2008-04-07: Home to Moorabbin following the train line, to Gardenvale along the Nepean Highway bike path, then towards the beach to Elwood, to Port Melbourne, finishing in Southbank. Total: 63 km.
Sun 2008-04-27: Home to Baxter, train to Bittern, then cycled from there to Merricks Beach (with a detour to Mooradoo station), then turned around and cycled back to Somerville on the Westernport trail. Total: 70 km, on a mountain bike.
Sun 2008-05-04: Home to Carrum, then through Patterson Lakes along the Dandenong Creek trail, then to the eastern end of the Dandenong bypass trail in Dandenong South. Head back the way I came, taking a detour at Parkmore Shopping Centre in Keysborough for a drink, then back down the Dandenong Creek trail to Carrum station. Train home. Total: 62 km, on a mountain bike.
Sun 2008-05-11: A long ride, this one. Left home at about 12:30, just after lunch. Cycled from home to Frankston, train to Carrum, Carrum to Noble Park North along the Dandenong Creek and Eastlink trails. Eastlink trail locked at Oakwood Avenue. Detour north along Gladstone Road, then Outlook Drive, crossing over the Dandenong Creek trail, across a short unnamed path that meets up with Timbertop Drive (steep!) in Rowville. Head north on Stud Road, then east on the Ferny Creek trail in Knoxfield to Upper Ferntree Gully, arriving in Belgrave at nightfall. Two trains home. Total: about 70 km, on a mountain bike.
Sun 2008-06-22: Home to Frankston, got the train to Bentleigh, cycled from there to Caulfield following the train line. Caulfield to Windsor along Inkerman Street. Windsor to South Yarra through some back streets in the rain. South Yarra to Footscray via Kensington. Train home. Total: 47 km.
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Mon 2008-04-07: Home to Moorabbin following the train line, to Gardenvale along the Nepean Highway bike path, then towards the beach to Elwood, to Port Melbourne, finishing in Southbank. Total: 63 km.
Sun 2008-04-27: Home to Baxter, train to Bittern, then cycled from there to Merricks Beach (with a detour to Mooradoo station), then turned around and cycled back to Somerville on the Westernport trail. Total: 70 km, on a mountain bike.
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| Bike ride to Merricks Beach |
Sun 2008-05-04: Home to Carrum, then through Patterson Lakes along the Dandenong Creek trail, then to the eastern end of the Dandenong bypass trail in Dandenong South. Head back the way I came, taking a detour at Parkmore Shopping Centre in Keysborough for a drink, then back down the Dandenong Creek trail to Carrum station. Train home. Total: 62 km, on a mountain bike.
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| Bike ride to Dandenong |
Sun 2008-05-11: A long ride, this one. Left home at about 12:30, just after lunch. Cycled from home to Frankston, train to Carrum, Carrum to Noble Park North along the Dandenong Creek and Eastlink trails. Eastlink trail locked at Oakwood Avenue. Detour north along Gladstone Road, then Outlook Drive, crossing over the Dandenong Creek trail, across a short unnamed path that meets up with Timbertop Drive (steep!) in Rowville. Head north on Stud Road, then east on the Ferny Creek trail in Knoxfield to Upper Ferntree Gully, arriving in Belgrave at nightfall. Two trains home. Total: about 70 km, on a mountain bike.
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| Bike ride to Belgrave |
Sun 2008-06-22: Home to Frankston, got the train to Bentleigh, cycled from there to Caulfield following the train line. Caulfield to Windsor along Inkerman Street. Windsor to South Yarra through some back streets in the rain. South Yarra to Footscray via Kensington. Train home. Total: 47 km.
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| Bike ride to Footscray |
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008
09:51 - My complaint to UBD
Admittedly the UBD Melbourne Mini Street Directory only retails for
$10, so this may be a case of "you get what you paid for", but still,
I was annoyed enough to write in to www.ubd.com.au:
I recently purchased the 1st edition of your Melbourne Mini Street Directory. The compact size is ideal for cycling trips. Unfortunately I was very disappointed to see large Melbourne suburbs such as Epping, Craigieburn and Werribee omitted entirely from the rear of the directory. Yet, illogically, maps of distant non-urban localities (such as Somers, Tooradin and Phillip Island) are included.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide decent maps of ALL of the suburban area of Melbourne in a compact directory.
Alternatively, you may want to consider producing a compact street directory more suited for cyclists. Such a directory could highlight cycling-friendly routes, and could omit the index of streets. I'm sure many cyclists would pay $20-30 for such a directory.
Thanks,
Regards
Andrew
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I recently purchased the 1st edition of your Melbourne Mini Street Directory. The compact size is ideal for cycling trips. Unfortunately I was very disappointed to see large Melbourne suburbs such as Epping, Craigieburn and Werribee omitted entirely from the rear of the directory. Yet, illogically, maps of distant non-urban localities (such as Somers, Tooradin and Phillip Island) are included.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide decent maps of ALL of the suburban area of Melbourne in a compact directory.
Alternatively, you may want to consider producing a compact street directory more suited for cyclists. Such a directory could highlight cycling-friendly routes, and could omit the index of streets. I'm sure many cyclists would pay $20-30 for such a directory.
Thanks,
Regards
Andrew
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