Dear friends

 

The following two events in Boroondara may be of interest to some of you.

 

Julia Blunden

 

 

Boroondara Discovery Ride No 2: The East-West Link, Sunday 12th October

The Koonung Creek and Yarra Trails provide a bike route along Boroondara’s northern boundary, and the Gardiners Creek Trail runs along its southern boundary. But an east-west bike route through the middle of the municipality is sorely lacking. One option is a route following the Belgrave/Lilydale rail line but there are other possibilities. Come along to look at the different possible routes and help to identify measures that could be taken to implement/improve them in the short and longer terms.

 

Phil Crohn will again be leading the ride under the auspices of the Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club and Boroondara BUG members Peter Campbell and John Parker have planned the route. The ride will start at 9.30am at the Box Hill Mall (Main St) outside the Bendigo Bank, near the entrance to the station. It will extend to the Yarra at Hawthorn at its furthest extreme. There will be a stop for coffee, compliments of the Boroondara BUG, at Glenferrie as we pass through, and the ride will finish at East Camberwell near the Anniversary Trail. The total distance is only about 20km but there will be lots of stops and talk along the way. Participants are welcome to finish at any point they choose.

 

Note that the ride will be almost all on-road and there will be some relatively busy roads to ride on and to cross so riders need to be confident handling such conditions. The ride will not be suitable for young children.

 

Ride to Work Day, Wednesday 15^th October – Camberwell Community Breakfast

Ride to Work (RTW) day is now a nation-wide event with workplace and community events happening all over the country.

 

Boroondara Council will be hosting a RTW breakfast on the lawns of the Camberwell Civic Centre in Camberwell Rd (Melway 59 J2) from 7.00am to 8.30am. Council Staff and other members of the community cycling to work are welcome. Boroondara BUG members will be present both to assist and to promote the BUG.

 

Offerings will include a breakfast barbecue, fresh fruit, coffee cart, fruit juice and smoothies. Massage angels will also be in attendance and there will be bike engraving as well as various prizes and give aways.