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Lunch at Yarramalong Manor
Route via Terrigal
Day
out on the Central Coast along some excellent winding roads, with morning
tea at Broken Head, Terrigal, lunch at Yarramalong Manor and home via Wiseman's
Ferry.
| Timetable: |
9:00am |
Meet: Berowra
in the fork between the Old Pacific Hwy and the F3 on-ramp, where
the toll gates used to be |
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9:30am |
Depart for Terrigal |
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1:00pm |
Lunch at Yarramalong
Manor |
Stage
1:
9:30am - Drive up the Old Pacific Hwy to Gosford, down to Woy Woy,
through Kincumber to the Terrigal Boat ramp, Broken Head (The Skillion)
for morning T/P/Coffee/whatever.
Stage
2:
12:00pm - Drive North via Tumbi Umbi, Berkley Vale and Tuggerah to
the Yarramalong Manor, Yarramalong, for Lunch at 1:00pm.
Stage
3:
Drive home via one of 3 routes according to preference:
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Via Wiseman’s Ferry:
Up Bumble Hill,
through Mangrove Mountain, on to Wiseman’s Ferry (stop for coffee/T/P/ice
cream/ whatever) and home via Dural.
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Via Old Pacific Hwy:
Up Bumble Hill, through Central Mangrove, Peats Ridge to Calga then
onto the Old Pacific Hwy (retracing first part of Stage 1).
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Via F3 Freeway:
As for Old Pacific Hwy but at Calga, keep straight on for the Freeway.
Lunch
at Yarramalong Manor: The Manor is a pleasant, fairly modern, country pub
with a reputation for fine food.
It is often difficult to get a table at weekends so book well ahead.
Route
Card
Stage
1:
Berowra to Terrigal Boat Ramp.
Run time approx 1.5 Hrs
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km |
Directions |
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0 |
RESET TRIP COUNTER
Proceed north along Old Pacific Hwy to Gosford |
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28.7 |
At CALGA, right then 300m right again to Gosford
– stay on Old Pacific Hwy |
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39.5 |
Right at roundabout to Gosford – stay on Old Pacific
Hwy |
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40.5 |
Left at t-junction for Gosford – stay on Old Pacific
Hwy |
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41.8 |
Right at 2nd set of lights to Woy Woy
(Woy Woy Rd)
BEWARE OF PERMANENT SPEED TRAP ON WOY WOY RD. – Approx 48km on trip
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53.5 |
Straight across railway crossing in Woy Woy
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54.7 |
Straight on at next roundabout for Kincumber
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Right onto Allfields Rd (T-junction)
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56.6 |
Left at roundabout to Kincumber and across the Rip
Bridge |
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68 |
Straight on at roundabout for Terrigal – follow Empire
Bay Dr |
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68.6 |
Right at roundabout for Terrigal
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70.6 |
Straight on at roundabout to Terrigal on Scenic Hwy
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73.4 |
Straight on at roundabout to Terrigal on Scenic Hwy
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75.8 |
Hard right to Terrigal Boat Ramp & Broken Head park.
The park is in front and below you as you round a left hand
bend going down into Terrigal, soon after you first glimpse the
sea. |
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We stop here for T & P. |
Stage
2: Terrigal to Yarramalong.
Run time approx 1 hr. Start time 12:00pm
|
km |
Directions |
| 0 |
RESET TRIP COUNTER on exit from park. Right
onto Scenic Drive to Terrigal |
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Follow one way round Terrigal shopping center (left,
right, right, left) – stay on Scenic Drive |
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1.3 |
Right at roundabout to The Entrance (Ocean View Drive)
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3.8 |
Right at roundabout to the Entrance (The Entrance
Rd) |
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5.5 |
Left at roundabout to Tumbi Umbi
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11.9 |
Left at roundabout to Wyong (Wyong Rd)
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Straight on at all roundabouts (about 9 or 10 and
one set of lights at Berkley Rd) heading for Freeway
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21.1 |
Don’t go onto Freeway. Stay in right hand lane for
Yarramalong (Cobbs Rd)
Watch for bridges from here to Yarramalong. One is a sump-buster.
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24.9 |
Right at T-junction for Yarramalong (Yarramalong
Rd – I don’t think road name is marked) |
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40.6 |
Right into Yarramalong Manor car park, 50m past Linga
Longa Rd on right on slight rise in middle of Yarramalong.
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Stage
3:
Yarramalong to home.
Several
options for getting home, all start the same way, up Bumble Hill.
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Via Wiseman's Ferry - approx 2 hrs to Thompson’s Corner (excluding stop at Wiseman's
Ferry) (nice fast corners and few restrictions to Wiseman's Ferry) |
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Via Old Pacific Hwy - approx 1 hr to Berowra (lovely windy road but watch speed restrictions,
especially on a Sunday afternoon) |
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Via Freeway - approx 45 mins to Hornsby (quickest)
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40.6 |
Right into Yarramalong Manor car park, 50m past Linga
Longa Rd on right on slight rise in middle of Yarramalong.
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| 0 |
RESET TRIP COUNTER on exit from car park
Right onto Yarramalong Rd |
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0.05 |
Left almost immediately up hill signposted
to Kulnura (nice hill climb for next 4 km.
Good for the digestion!!) |
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5.4 |
Straight on at Bumble Hill Studio (or stop and browse
– beautiful glassware, pottery and paintings)
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7.9 |
Left at T-junction into George Downes Drive
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Now
it depends upon which way you want to take back to Sydney.
For
Wiseman's Ferry:
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11.3 |
Right into Bloodtree Road past Gliding Club
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14.9 |
Right at T-Junction signposted to Wiseman's Ferry
and follow your nose. (approx 50km to Wiseman's Ferry)
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Across the Ferry, head for Dural and home
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For
Freeway or Old Pacific Hwy:
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11.3 |
Straight on at Bloodtree Road through Central Mangrove
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16.3 |
Right onto Pacific Hwy at Peats Ridge
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30.1 |
Right to Sydney at Calga |
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30.2 |
For Freeway:
keep right
For Old Pacific Hwy to Berowra: turn left
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Put together by Hugh Buckle, CDCofA Inc, July 2000
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