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Ride
- A23
MILTON TO BURRILL LAKE VIA WOODSTOCK AND
WHEELBARROW ROADS
Start
Point: Park next to Court House & Post Office, Milton
Map Ref: UD N13
Ride Finishes: Reserve, Dolphin Point Rd, Burrill Lake
Map Ref: UD Q13
Total Distance: 20 kms
Degree of Difficulty: Medium
Bike Recommended: Road or MTB
Cautions: Steep, rough descent on Wheelbarrow Rd
Allow: Two hours |
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A
scenic ride from Milton to Burrill Lake which avoids the narrow, busy Princes
Highway. Its disadvantage is the long climbs on Woodstock Rd; the sweeping
views over very attractive farming country and the shady, quiet eucalypt forest
are definite compensations. |
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kms
0.0 Leave Park next to Court House
and turn RIGHT into [MYRTLE
ST].
0.3 Turn RIGHT at T-junction
(Croobyar Rd).
0.7 Showgrounds on left - toilets.
1.1 Follow bitumen as it swings to
the left and leaves the urban
area.
1.7 Follow sign - [PIGEON HOUSE
MOUNTAIN, YADBORO]. The
road now is climbing steadily
with a number of long, steep
ascents in the next 9 kms. You
cycle first through open farm
country, and then in the bush.
12.0 Turn LEFT onto [WHEELBARROW
RD]. Gravel road starts.
Caution: begin steep descent
for 3.8 kms on narrow,
corrugated surface.
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18.0
Turn LEFT at T-junction.
[NOWRA 73] - Princes Hwy;
bitumen with sealed shoulder.
18.7 Burrill Lake.
20.0 Turn RIGHT into [DOLPHIN
POINT RD]. Reserve next to
lake entrance has toilets,
picnic tables, electric BBQs,
shelter, water. General store,
telephone, on the opposite
side of the Princes Hwy. End
of ride.
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Public Toilets: Milton (next to Library, Mick Ryan Park), Showground, Burrill
Lake.
Shops/Facilities/Water: Milton, Burrill Lake.
Bike Shops, emergency spares: nearest Ulladulla (see p 6.)
Variations on this route/alternative activities: 1. Return to Ulladulla
on the Princes Hwy (always busy, no shoulder in parts), then follow part
of Ride A25 to Milton. RIDE A23
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