The ride starts on May 2nd and finishes May 8th, 2009.

Be Quick - Entries Always Fill Fast

I urge you to download the form, print it out and send it in ASAP to secure your spot.

Click here for 2009 Sydney to Surfers Entry Form (PDF file).

For more information contact Ken on:

• 02 9520 9820 (BH)
• 0418 976 231 (Mobile)

Regards

Kevin

We can finally announce the date of next years Macsim Sydney to Surfers ride, after an accommodation issue forced a change from Laurieton to North Haven, just down the road on the Monday night.

The ride will commence on Saturday 2nd May 2009 and conclude at Southport on Friday 8th May 2009, and will follow the same route as last year, with exception of the Monday night.

The accommodation details for North Haven are:-

Brigadoon Holiday Park, Eames Avenue North Haven (02) 6559 9172.

The nearest alternatives are:

• Jacaranda Caravan Park 02 6559 9470 or
• Beachfront Caravan Park 02 6559 9193

  and the nearest motels are:

• Haven Waters Motel 02 6559 9303,
• Woongarra Motel 02 6559 9088 and
• North Haven Motel 02 6559 9604.

We will be dining at the North Haven Bowling Club that night rather than the Laurieton RSL Club and the first two mentioned motels are adjacent to the Club

Registrations will only be accepted on our Official entry form which should be available by November this year.

Update on Ann

As many of you have been asking, a quick update on Ann Collins who is still unfortunately in hospital and has recently undergone yet another operation on her knee to remove bits of wire and floating bone fragments.

It has certainly been a long slow process for her and our thoughts and best wishes, and I know yours, are always with her.

Regards

Kevin Stuart

Well another financial year is over and the final tally for the ride resulted in cheques for $231,611.50 being handed to Fr Chris Riley at the presentation dinner last Friday.

This was a fantastic result and you are all to be congratulated for your efforts.
This takes the total for the ten rides to date to $1,078,400.

Anthony Limare from Pack 4 was the lucky winner of the Toyota Yaris this year and he is to collect the car in the near future. Congratulations Anthony.

Fraser Mackay-Sim has kindly announced that Macsim Fastenings Pty. Ltd. will again sponsor next year’s ride, which has been set down for sometime in May.

While it will basically follow the same course we have some accommodation problems to be resolved in a couple of places, and the date will be advised as soon as this is done.

The final dinner will again be held on the Friday night. Full details will be sent to you in due course.

We look forward to your company again next year.

Once again congratulations to you all for your fundraising efforts

Yours Sincerely

Ken Robinson
Ride Co-ordinator

The report below was written by Cathy Kaardal (Ken Robinson’s daughter) and the organiser of a contingent of 6 from Vancouver Island, Canada 4 of whom rode and two held as back up driver and catering assistant.

The report was written for their Canadian friends.

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Hi everyone,

Thought I would drop everyone a brief update of the Australian ride from those who went, Iam still waiting on some photos, so more to come later, but for now, WE MADE IT !!!  YESSSS..

A special thank you from Youth Off the Streets Australia, for the Canadian contribution.  I had a chance to speak to the founer, Father Chris Orielly on the last night, and told him what we had done on the Canadian end, he was very impressed, and very grateful, actually he was totally surprised, and excited that we were doing something for Youth in Canada,  bigger things to come there I can tell.

Tanya, this would be a good time for you to write to him.

It was a brilliant experience, wet but awsome.

Larry and I rode and stayed in pack 8, Jacob started in pack 7 and went up to pack 6 on day 2. Jannie was in pack 9.  Really, if you ask Larry and I the packs had little variance from 8 to 5  

Anyway, Day 1 started off just fine with a 4am start then a bus ride to the North of Sydney, by 8am we were off, the day was brilliant sunshine, about 25C.

The statistics people tell me that day 1 is the hardest day, Iam not sure, it certainly is a day of alot of climbs, rough down hills, Jacob said he has never used his break so much, the ups were harsh but with an end always in sight.  Jannie decided to sit out for day one, on dads advice, that just made me nervous.  The day finished at about 3.30pm in Morisett, it was a hard day, and took me about half the day to find my riding legs, but by now I was ready, and I know Larry and Jacob were feeling the same.
After the ride we all hung over the shower stalls, and were chomping at the bit for a nice cold beer.  For supper we headed off to the bowling club, were everyone, crew and riders met for dinner.  Thats about 250 people everyday, it was just amazing the amount of people that were involved.   162 riders, loads of volunteers, and road crew.  Just to let you know, there were 2 riders from New Zealand, 1 from the States, although several american/australians, 2 from Tasmania, 4 from Canada, Western Australia, Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne, and a whole herd of runaways from Queensland plus NSW.

Day 2 started at 5.30am, as did every day for the next 6 days.  The day was grey and rain looming, we had all seen the forecast and we knew what was coming, rain, rain and more rain, but we mounted our bikes just the same.  We got away at about 7.30am, and managed about 1 hour of riding dry, the rest of the day was wet.  I must admit, I didn’t mind it, neither did Jacob or Larry, after all the rain was warm, and almost felt like swimming.
It only took the 2 days to realise that the Queenslanders were out of control, so dad and other pack leaders had to do some serious pack leading.  By the end of day 2 we were riding tight, rolling over, and peeling back.  Jacob and Larry totally enjoyed the efficiency of  professional pack riding, and how much faster and easier we travel when in a pack and nice and tight.  Even though for most of the time we had the spray from the back tire spiraling down our throats, it was an experience, it took a great deal of concentration, and to use Brians words, “the worst fun he has ever had”..  it was weird, you couldn’t wait to finish, but you just couldn’t wait to get back out there either.   “The Pack was Calling”.  By 3.00pm we were in, soaking wet, freezing cold, and wanting beer.
Jannie rode today for the first time in pack 9, she did amazing, considering the rotten rain.  Darlene worked tirelessly with the lunch crew, I got some inside information that the catering boss was so impressed with her, that he actually felt he could leave her all to it, and he made some frequent visits to the local pub. 
Our first casualty today, one of the ladies from pack 5 came off, first thing in the morning, after a short hospital visit, and a few bandages, she was fine.

Day 3, kept us dry for about 30 minutes, then another day spent in the rain, it was another day of hill climbing, but not as bad as the first, the skill this day was being able to see.  The temperature was mild, so we weren’t cold, just wet.  We did lots of fast riding this day, and stayed tight in our packs.  Jacob stayied in pack 6 and came in a good 2 hours of the rest of us.  Pack 8 had a bad day of flat tires and chain drop offs, it seemed every half an hour we were stopped.
We had a great night at Laurieton Bowling club,  plenty of food and booze to warm us.  The Rotarians visited with Laurieton Rotary club, and cheques and banners exchanged.
All the pack captains gave a hillarious account of the day, and it was very clear that the rivalry had started between packs 1 to 3…   and just quietly we all knew pack 5 and 6 were chasing each other.
There was no greater thrill then passing another pack, yelling out “pack 8 PASSSSING”..  and calves burned to make that happen.  Many times we could hear the groans of pack 7 and occassionally pack 5 behind us.
We had a silent auction that night, which another $1000 or so was raised.

Day 4 was met with thunderous storms and bucket loads of rain, we stood under half shelters trying to salvage breakfast from puddles..  By about 9am the day was called off, it was just too dangerous to ride.  Dad and others organised for 2 coaches to take all 162 riders and the luggage and bikes to the next stop.  Even though the rest and a day of staying dry was welcomed, we were all really dissappointed we couldn’t ride.  By the time we got to Nambucca heads, to a beautuiful beach setting, the sun was shining, and OF COURSE, we jumped on our bikes and went for a ride, well Larry and Jacob did, I took in the perfectly good excuse for resting.

Day 5 started to look a little clearer, but after by about 9am the rain started to fall.  Today was the day of the dreaded banana hill climb.  For most, the packs race, up the hill was on.  Jacob came second in pack 6, dare I say beated by a women, but I’ll let Jacob tell that story.  The climb was great !!  it was one of those climbs that you just want to keep going because the top is in the clearing, and you know your going to make it.  And Oh yes, much steeper than General Hill, but alot more fun.   After the climb it was just continuous rolling, up and downs in the rain, when your on your bike its great, when your off its hell.  The area was very tropical and leeches were all about.  At lunch we just stood in the rain and watch our salad bread buns, turn to mush.  By this time we’de given up changing into dry clothes, going to the bathroom to ring our gloves out was as close as we got.
There were many casualties on day 5.  In pack 8 we lost one rider over a bridge, it was major catastrophe, it was the last 30klm to the end of the day, and we were going over a very old bridge, the rider got her front wheel caught in a gap, grabbed the side railing, and went over.  She fell 33 feet, right in front of me, I was the only one around, we decided to break up the packs for the last part of the ride, because of the weather, and Anne was riding just ahead of me.  It was a bad fall, she broke both legs, right ankle, right elbow, shoulder, and major bumps and bruises.  By 5.30pm she was air lifted by helicopter to the nearest hosiptal and immediately put into a induced comma.  To date she is doing fine, but it will be along time before she is back on a bike if ever.
The day was a bit of a blurrr for me, and Brian.  Luckly dad had a puncture, and Brian, ( our back up driver) was back with him, and so dad and Brian were the first ones to  find me screaming for help on the bridge.
That night we were very glad we were in a motel and not campers.

Day 6 was met with alot more caution, and finally the weather had started to break.  The day was a fast ride, much of the territory was flat, and we all got to the end much faster.   Pack 1 average was 43klm, Pack 6 I think Jacob said 31klm, and Pack 8 30klm.  Poor Jannie had developed larengitis (can’t talk) on day 4, so we all learnt sign language, IN DUTCH !!   I was so glad the weather had cleared up, I really wasn’t sure I could ride another day in the rain.  After staying dry most of the day, the rain came down again for the last 30klms, buy that time we didn’t care.  It was a great day riding, the country side was magnificant, and many kangaroos and wildlife were checking us out.
All night everyone kept talking about the hills ahead for day 7,   Jacob and Larry were ready, although Larry’s chain had taken a beating, and he visited the local chain saw dude for a new chain.  Nice one Larry lets see how that works.  heeehehee !!   Well it is the country…….
I just wanted to get the hills out of the way and I knew if I made it to morning tea I was through.
It was a great night at the club, and lucky I hadn’t managed to cancel George and Barbs room in Casino, and many of the campers would of paid me big money not to have camped in the rain another night.  So when I told them I had an extra room, it was snapped up real quick.   Originally there was 32 campers or so by day 6 there was only 12.

Day 7,  Here it was the day of the great climb, the weather was sunny and fine, not the best day to have heat, but it was good temperature.   Dad was staying very reserved about the magnitude that layed before us, I gave up asking, I didn’t really want to know anyway.  Larry and I stayed close, and I saw Jacob overtake us after the first 10klm.
Each day the packs lead off at different times.  Pack 9 leads off first, then each pack about 15 to 20 minutes later, so Pack 1 last, so if they are over taking your pack, you know your waaaaaaay slow.  Iam pretty sure pack 1 passed us, every day…   oh well.
I had already decided I was going to take the hills slow.  These hills were unbelieveable, they make The General look like a pimple.  I might tell you, they only call hills, “HILLS”, when they have grade of 8 or more, everything else is a roll.  28klms of straight up, we were travelling over the Great Dividing Range, the cruel thing was, just when you thought it was over, another sat in front of us, I kept asking dad, “is that the last one” ?  all he would say is, “a bit to go yet”.  The first 15klm weren’t too bad, and I thought I’de gotten through the worst of it, I even decided to power ahead, but then there is was, the ugliest looking hill i’de ever seen, I backed right off, I thought, save everything you have.  This hill was so steep my front tire was lifting off the ground, I really didn’t think I was going to make it, there was another girl in our pack, Larnie, she was around 25, at this point all I wanted to do was stay on longer than her…..   I did ?   she got off and walked, she was very gracious and cheered me on, it was just what I needed to stay on.   this hill was brutal, at the top some riders were sprawled out on the side of the ride cramped up.  I was fine, very slow, but fine… Larry’s chain saw, chain gave him hell, but I’ll let him tell that story, Jacob just sat comfortably, don’t you hate that, should I mention the granny wheel  :)    okay okay, we all know he is a great climber..
Luckily the rest of the day was a breeze, and the last 35klm we rode through beautiful Queensland, with beaches on our right and the sun beating down on us…. it was just great.   All 160 riders met up just 5km out of Surfers Paradise, and our final destination.  What an awsome sight, we were all in our 2008 Macsim yellow and black uniforms, and we travelled through the streets of Coolangatta as a stream of riders, it was totally an experience you wouldn’t want to miss.  We all stayed together as one big pack, and traffic was stopping, people cheering and clapping, it was really cool.

Local television stations followed us from Day 3 to Day 6, Prime TV I believe.  National TV covered the ride, but mostly for the accident on day 5.

The pubs and clubs that we had dinner at every night, were fantastic, the food in abundance, and the booozze  was cheap cheap… it was just great, and every night very entertaining.

I should mention our great back up vehicle for pack 8..  Brian did a great job, and I think in total the pack had a total of 30 or so punctures…. NONE for meeeee  :)   and several chain problems, breaks, gears, wheels.   Its not easy driving between 25 and 35 klm an hour for 1,000 klms behind cyclists in the pouring raining.  But he did so very well, in fact it was hard to get him to drive faster after the ride.

Darlene also did a great job, and helped with lunches, morning teas and anything else riders needed.  Every day up early, and serving often in pouring rain.

It was a great week, and we were all sad that it was all over.  We made some great new friends, and lots of promises to come to Canada to ride were made.

Jacob, Jannie, Larry, Darlene, Brian and myself all lapped up the sun and sat on the beach the next day to recover, it was perfect.   Jacob and Jannie, just couldn’t leave the beautiful beaches and weather behind to board their scheduled flight, so Jacob move all his flights and arrangements to leave 4 days later, which was perfect, and plenty of time for us to do lots of sight seeing, and travel back down south by car and enjoy the beaches along the way.

Well thats it for brief,….. WOW  imagine what detail looks like.   Iam sure we will all be talking about it for days to come.   I’ll send some photos as soon as I have them.

Cheers for now.

Cathy

Cordially invites you and your friends

2008 Macsim Sydney to Surfers Cycle Ride
Presentation Dinner

To be held at Club Menai Allison Circuit, Menai.

On Friday 23rd May 2008 7 P.M. FOR 7.30 P.M.

Cost $45 per head

This will be the night for the presentation of the proceeds of the ride to Father Chris Riley of “Youth off the Streets” and for the drawing of the car for the successful fund raiser.

All moneys must be banked by Wednesday 21st May to be included in the calculations for the entries in the draw. Remember its one entry for $1500 and one entry for each $500 after that.

Please return all receipt and deposit books either at the dinner or by mail by that date.

RSVP

Please let Ken Robinson know on (02) 9520 9820 during business hours or 0418 976 231 before Friday 16th May if you will be attending.

The winners of the raffle this year were:

• First prize: $2000 travel voucher -Chris Navin - Ticket No. 37537 sold by Scott Brodie
• Second Prize: Electrolux Refrigerator - Lori - Ticket No 44881 sold by Laurie Montague
• Third Prize: Digital Camera - Shane Lynch - Ticket No. 47506 sold by Michael Franks

There are still a few items of clothing, both ride shirts and knicks, available for purchase, which we will sell at $50 each.

Please contact Ken Robinson on (02) 95209820 in business hours or 0418 976 231 to see if he has your size if you are interested.

Update on Ann

Ann Collins has now been transferred to Sydney and is at Bed 48 Westmead Rehabilitation Centre, 7 Coleman Street, Merrylands NSW 2160.

The Hospital phone No. is (02) 8833 3555.

There are no more serious injuries, apart from the broken bones that we were aware of, however she will be on her back for a further 4 weeks, at which time they will endeavour to get her upright.

It will be a long recovery process and she has our best wishes.

Once again thank you all for your support and fellowship over the week and with your fundraising effort.

We look forward to seeing you at the presentation dinner

Yours Sincerely

Kevin Stuart
Ride Secretary

It was another very tough ride with terrible weather.  Everyone’s thoughts are with Ann after her accident.

Of course we can’t really post any updates here without full permission so I’ll (Brendon) be in touch with Ken & Kevin to see if we can provide any sort of update.

We have a few technical problems with the site right now.

Working on them- should be okay in about an hour.

Update at 10.05 am - side links are working. Now just the top ones to do.

Update at 10.21 am - Okay, that looks like the issues have been fixed.

Apologies for the inconvenience - not too sure what happened there but we’ll blame Jack Sinclair because he’s not here to defend himself at the moment.

If you spot a problem please email: admin@tailored.com.au.  Thanks.

Well, its just over a week till the start of the ride and there are a few things that we need to bring to your attention.

Immediate

Ride Fee: If you have not yet deposited the $1500 cut off amount, the balance of your ride fee of $840 must be paid before the start of the ride. Remember if you subsequently reach $2340 ($1500 plus the ride fee of $840) the $840 will be refunded

Raffle Tickets: These must be returned immediately either to the Club at PO Box 54 Engadine 2233 or to Ken Robinson at 15 Copeland Rd., Engadine.

Do not post them after Tuesday 1st April (unless by express post) or they may not reach us for the draw.

Do not send back your receipt books or deposit books until requested to do so just before the presentation dinner

Saturday 5th April

Start: The start will be from the car park of Hornsby TAFE in Jersey Street, Hornsby on the west side of the Railway Station.

There is no entry to the car park from the Old Pacific Highway. Assembly time is 7a.m. As it will still be daylight saving time until 2 a.m. Sunday, that means 6 a.m. Queensland time.

You should report to Kevin Stuart to log in and you will be given a name tag for your luggage.

If you are not camping, this will need the name of the accommodation that you are staying at each night to be entered before it is put in the truck.

We will call and pick up luggage at the Ascot Motor Inn and the Blue Gum Inn at about 6.30 am

Please retrieve it and attach the luggage label supplied at check in

The Pack captains are:-

• Pack 1 - Jason Lucas
• Pack 2 - Conor Kiernan
• Pack 3 - Wayne McIvor
• Pack 4 - Mark Mackay-Sim
• Pack 5 - Reg Young
• Pack 6 - Greg Briggs
• Pack 7 - Hans Noorman
• Pack 8 - Ken Robinson
• Pack 9 - Dave Edwards

The Packs are:-

Pack 1: Mark Benton Luke Clarkson Edward Draydon Brendan Elcham Tom Forbes Ben Haddin Jason Lucas (Pack Captain) Ramon Maurice Mark Style Peter Townley Werner Wilson

Back up Vehicle Toyota Camry Driver John Walters

Pack 2: John Agyik Greg Ball Barry Bance David Biddulph Michael Cain Lisa Drew Craig Gibson Helen Griffiths Werner Hrastovec Paul Hume Conor Kiernan (Pack Captain) Kevin Jury Brenden May Steve Mikulic Pat Oldham Tim Parker Glen Samuel Brett Tarlington John Valentine Mark Wakeling

Back up vehicle VW Transporter Driver Ross Jones

Pack 3: Brian Baird Scott Brodie Hugh Brown Joe Cain Brendon Dempsey Alan Devine Baron Dinte William Dove Nigel Duncan Peter Haddin Graham Hore Gary Leahy

Keith McCormack Wayne McIvor (Pack Captain) Brian McKinnon Brian Meade Garry Muharen Malcolm Rae Scott Ramsay Peter Taylor

Back up Vehicle Mazda CX 7 Driver Max Moloney

Pack 4: Julie Cunningham Michael Cunningham Lisa Gray Peter Griffiths Glen Harvey Adele Ho Nick Holdsworth Todd Horrell Tony Klienschafer Anthony Limare

Mark Mackay-Sim (Pack Captain) Aneek Mollah Laurie Montague Jerzy Ostrowski Roy Peat Matt Robbins Joe Robinson John Towey Craig Wainwright Trevor Webb

Back up vehicle Dual Cab Driver George Fairbairn

Pack 5: Bradley Albury Anthony Benjamin Linda Carmody Trish Field Michael Field Ken Grady Aire Hendriks Alistair Lockhart Anthony Lloyd-Jones Marina Mikulic

Mary Rae Brian Scattergood Steph Taylor Bill Thompson Scot Wakeling Lenny Wall Lorraine Werry Reg Young (Pack Captain)

Back up vehicle Lexus 4×4 Driver Leon Smith

Pack 6: Siggy Bloch Ross Bobbermein Greg Briggs (Pack Captain) David Dufour Kevin Garvey Adam Guise Pauline Guise Miche Hodgetts Glen Johnson Peter Keech

Paul Kelly-Taylor Nik Laskaris Stephen Long Klaus Masannek Neil Matthews Rod Matthews David Mills Kevin Phillips Bruce Steele

Back up vehicle Ford LTD Driver Catherine Briggs

Pack 7: Tony Addis Stephen Clifton Rosalie Day Bob Favaloro John Hardy Stephen Heathcote Leo Iiosifidis Colin Kindred Fraser Mackay-Sim Greg Morohan

John Morton Hans Noorman (Pack Captain) Timothy Papmichos Amanda Porch Evan Snow Graeme Steele John Stellios Andrew Thomson

Back up vehicle Subaru Wagon Driver Bob Harding

Pack 8: Ann Collins Julie Coote Craig Cougle Dianne Gowanlock Stephen Hewitt Allan Jones Kathy Kardaal Peter Keech Lorraine Longato Peter Madden Chris Maxworthy Mike Pearson Larnie Roberts Ken Robinson (Pack Captain) John Sheerin Mandy Smith Dave Speakman Neil Tahi

Back up vehicle Mazda 6 Driver Brian Kardaal

Pack 9: Tom Burnell Theresa Clancy Roger Coombes Terry Cunningham Dave Edwards (Pack Captain) Bernard Fitzpatrick Janice Fitzpatrick Sam Issa John Kelleher

Mark Kelleher Yves Linxe Carol-Anne Land Brian McMillan Tim Shephard Noeline Walsh

Back up vehicle Subaru Wagon Driver Judy Edwards

Route Change:

For those of you who have taken details of the route from our web site there are a couple of small alterations (we’ll be editing the web site in 2 secs):-

1. A slightly different route through Wallsend on Day 2 - make a right hand turn at the roundabout past Thomas St., and follow the signs to Sandgate

Lunch at Karuah is again on the right hand side of the bridge - turn right at the traffic lights and then left to the lunch site and

2. Day 5 approaching Coffs Harbour from Sawtell Road, at the turn to Coffs Harbour at Hogbin Drive go left at the roundabout and immediately turn right onto the cycle track.

At the end of the cycle track, rejoin Hogbin Rd., go straight through two roundabouts and turn right at the Orlando St. roundabout to Coffs Harbour Jetty and proceed about 500 metres to turn right to morning tea next to the Porpoise Pool.

3. The ride will end at the Crown Hotel/Motel in the centre of Grafton rather than at the Gateway Village and will leave from the Services Club car park the following morning.

4. Day 6 we will leave from the bowling club car park on the final morning.

5. The ride will end at Seaworld car park on the Friday Afternoon

Final Dinner

The final Dinner this year will be at the Southport Sharks Football Club Musgrave Ave., Southport and final numbers will be taken on the Monday or Tuesday night of the ride.

Riders have their fee included in their ride fee but guests are $40 a head with children under 12 being $10.

For those of you who have not done the ride before we suggest you go to our web site www.sydneytosurfers.org.au and read the “Must read - Useful documents” articles.

It will give you a good insight as to what the ride is all about from a riders perspective..

The crew is ready to go and we look forward to seeing you all on Saturday morning

Ken Robinson
Ride Co-ordinator

Well, it’s less than 4 weeks until the ride commences and we have had a tremendous response to the ride this year and we hope that you are all training strongly and looking forward to the ride.

We are just about to complete the pre ride inspection to ensure that everything is in order for the ride, check the road conditions etc, and the committee has been very active in their planning.

There are a few things that we would like to draw to your attention at this stage

1. Ride Fee: If you have not yet deposited the $1500 cut off amount, the balance of your ride fee of $840 must be paid within the next 2 weeks.

It will be strictly “No fee - No Ride”.

This is to forwarded to the Club at P O Box 54, Engadine NSW 2233 or we are to be authorised to debit your credit card.    It is not to be banked through your deposit book.   

Remember if you subsequently reach $2340, ($1500 + $840) before the presentation night on 23rd May 2008, the $840 will be refunded upon request.

2. Raffle tickets - Could you please return the butts from your raffle books to the Club at the above address.

Funds are to be banked through your deposit book with Westpac.

All books are to be returned by Monday 31st March, whether sold or not. Do not post any back to us after that date as they may not arrive in time for us to leave and we do not want to delay the draw.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you all on 5th April

Yours Sincerely

Ken Robinson
Ride Co-ordinator

If you require other accommodation, please let the park know that you are on the cycle ride but that you require your own accommodation. It will be your responsibility to arrange the booking and the payment

Saturday 5th April 2008

Lake Macquarie Caravan Village’ 1A Stockton St., Morisset (02) 4973 1883

We doubt there is anything left at Lake Macquarie Caravan Village and the closest alternatives are:

Lake Macquarie Hotel/Motel Morrisset - 02 4973 1466 (1km from camp, 6 rooms) and Bay Hotel Motel, East Morisset (Bonnells Bay) - 02 4973 3177 (5km from camp, on Fishery Point Rd, 20 rooms)

Sunday 6th April 2008

Alum Mountain Caravan Park, Pacific Hwy., Bulahdelah (02) 4997 4565

Nearest Motels are:

• Bulahdelah-Myall Motel 02 4997 4533,
• Lady Jane Motor Inn 02 4997 4274,
• Bulahdelah Motor Lodge 02 4997 4520 and
• Mount View Motel 02 4997 4292

All are on the Pacific Hwy.

Monday 7th April 2008

Laurieton Gardens Caravan Resort, 478 Ocean Drive, Laurieton (02) 6559 9256

We also understand that there is nothing available at Laurieton Gardens Caravan Resort or The Haven and the nearest alternatives are:

• Mariner Motel (about 500 meters away) 02 6559 9398,
• Haven Waters Motel 02 6559 9303,
• Woongarra Motel 02 6559 9088 and
• North Haven Motel 02 6559 9604 (the latter 3 are at North Haven about 2ks past Laurieton).
• Jacaranda Caravan Park 6559 9470
• Beachfront Caravan Park 6559 9193

Tuesday 8th April 2008

White Albatross Holiday Centre Wellington Drive Nambucca Heads (02) 6568 6468

Wednesday 9th April 2008

Those tenting will be provided with Hotel accommodation in Grafton as we are not welcome at the Caravan Park

The suggested alternatives in Grafton are:

• Comfort Inn Fitzroy (Motel) 02 6642 4477,
• Quality Inn Grafton (Motel) 02 6643 3444,
• Grafton Civic Motel 02 6642 4922 and
• Key Lodge Motel 02 6642 1446

Thursday10th April 2008

Kyogle Caravan Park, Summerland Way Kyogle

As this park only caters for camping sites and does not have any cabins, the accommodation available in Kyogle is:

• Kyogle Country Inn Motel 02 6632 2536
• Kyogle Motel 02 6632 1070
• Commercial Hotel 02 6632 1017
• Exchange Hotel 02 6632 1026

Friday 11th April 2008

The ride will end at Southport Yacht Club in the afternoon and be followed by the farewell dinner that evening. You will be responsible for your own accommodation.

We suggest the nearby Main Beach Caravan Park, Main Beach Pde., Main Beach (07) 5581 7722.