YarraBUG December - January News
- Next YarraBUG Meeting in 2007
- YarraBUG Membership
- Pigdon & Canning Street roundabout - feedback wanted
- Sustainable Living Festival
- Celebrate Yarra! Festival
- Cycling on the telly
- Cycling Promotion News
- YarraBUG Wednesday Night Wind Down Rides
- DarebinBUG Ivanhoe Xmas Lights Ride - this Wednesday 20 December
- Summer Solstice/ New Moon Ride for Geelong - this Friday 22 December
- Amy’s Ride - Saturday 6th January 2007
First of all - a cheery seasons greeting to you all and sincerely hope Santa brings you a bike or related componentry, and you have a enjoyable & peaceful time during the break.
Now - here’s some much belated YarraBUG news, sorry for the delay, but as many of you would realise it’s a particularly frantic time of the year.
Also, YarraBUG has a new email address: enquiries@yarrabug.org. Don’t worry, the yahoo email is still being used, but it did seem a bit silly not to have a matching email address when we had the domain name for the BUG!
YarraBUG Meeting
Our first YarraBUG meeting for 2007 will be on Tuesday, 20th February, at Suede Bar, 284 Smith Street, Collingwood. 2007 is shaping up to be a big year for YarraBUG, so feel free to contribute your ideas and skills to the growth of your local BUG. Tell us what you’re interested in developing with YarraBUG, be it organising social rides, campaigning and advocacy, helping with admin, website maintenance or anything else you can think of!
YarraBUG Membership
We’re currently finalising the bank account details for the BUG, so in the new year you will be able to make a simple direct payment for membership, instead of mucking around with money orders and cheques. Full details in early January, with codes and details, so membership payments will be more straight forward & hassle free. Stay tuned!
Pigdon & Canning Street roundabout - feedback wanted
Earlier this year YarraBUG made a detailed submission to Yarra City Council regarding issues with the Canning and Pigdon roundabout. What’s your thoughts on the roundabout? Do you use it frequently? Are the existing treatments provided by council adequate? Do you feel safe riding through this area or do you prefer to ride an alternative route? Please let us
know what you think, as the council are determining whether further action can be taken in the future.
Email: enquiries@yarrabug.org or drop a line or two to Yarra Council as well: info@yarracity.vic.gov.au
Sustainable Living Festival
It’s time to plan again for another pan-galactic shared BUG marquee, this time at the Sustainable Living Festival in February 2007. This will be a great event for promoting BUG’s - with an estimated 100,000 visitors over the weekend. This time we’ll be sharing a mega stall with the Cycling Promotion Fund, who have kindly paid for the space with us. If you can spare a few hours on the marquee and helping to *promote* YarraBUG, please contact us: email: enquiries@yarrabug.org
Celebrate Yarra! Festival - Sunday 18 February 2007
If the Sustainable Living Festival isn’t enough, YarraBUG has also been invited along to the Celebrate Yarra! Festival. The City of Yarra’s annual Celebrate Yarra! Festival is a fabulous community celebration which will be held on Sunday 18 February 2007 between 11am and 6pm in the picturesque surrounds of the Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy. We’ve been invited to have a stall and hopefully look after the bike parking - so it looks like we’ll be needing extra help on this weekend! Can you help out? Please let us know!
Cycling on the telly
There’s plenty of cycling on the telly over the summer months, with the return of Cycling Central on SBS, and not forgetting local cycling stuff on Sooty Park, 8pm, Wednesday nights on Channel 31.
Cycling Promotion Fund news: Two-wheeled cure for Christmas over-eating
Australia’s bicycle industry has the perfect cure for over-eating this festive season – buy yourself and your kids bicycles for Christmas and ride away those kilos. A new bike for Christmas can be the ideal gift for anyone from toddlers to grandparents, and much more fun than trying to stick to a diet for the next few weeks. Read more from the CPF press release here.
RIDES
YarraBUG Wednesday Night Wind Down Rides
Our next Wednesday night rides will be on January 17th, February 14th and March 7th. Most of these rides will be about 15k’s all up and we will be taking a leisurely pace along bike paths, quieter streets and ending for a yummy evening meal.
These rides is suited to most bikes and it is highly recommended that riders bring a puncture repair kit, pump and weather appropriate clothing. As rides will commence at twilight and end in the evening, riders must have adequate lighting for night riding and a helmet.
Wednesday January 18th - 6.30pm meet at Gipps Street, Collins Bridge in Abbotsford. Riding up to the Yarra Boulevard to the Chandler Highway and return to Abbotsford to the Carringbush Hotel (228 Langridge Street) for a delicious meal and refreshing beverage or two. If necessary we will have two groups - one for faster riders and the rest of us who prefer a more genteel pace. Note: if you prefer to ride in the slower group, we will wait for you on the hills, no one gets left behind! All rides start at 6.30pm, more details for the February & March rides TBA.
DarebinBUG’s Ivanhoe Xmas Lights Ride - this Wednesday 20 December
Start 8:30pm, ride goes for about 2 hours. Meet Dan Murphy’s Alphington. Contact Aaron Ph: 9646 5494. Please ensure you have a mechanically sound bike, helmet, adequate lights for riding at night and please follow all ride guidelines given by the DarebinBUG ride leaders. And don’t forget to have fun!
Summer Solstice/ New Moon Ride for Geelong - this Friday 22 December
From Russell: Hi everyone, Just when you’re getting caught up in the whole Christmas Season, out of control buying & party thing, don’t forget: Ride the Bellarine Rail Trail from Geelong to Queenscliff at a leisurely & pleasant pace on Friday the 22nd December which is a New Moon & the Summer Solstice. Leaving outside Café 9 Zero. 90 Pakington St, Geelong West at 7.00pm with the main start from Sth Geelong Rail Station at 7.30pm. BBQ at
Drysdale (BYO meat or alternative) then Ride on to Queenscliff/ Pt Lonsdale during darkness. Suit Beginners/ Experienced. Support for mechanical/ physical breakdowns. Return transport from either Drysdale or Queenscliff to Sth Geelong.
ALL FREE!!!!! (how cool!!) For provision of bread/ sauce for BBQ & transport please RSVP to Russell at cafe9zero@optusnet.com.au or for any other questions. You will need: bike, helmet, front & rear light (if planning to ride after Drysdale), water in bottle, snacks for ride
(fruit,lollies, biscuits) The following items can be placed in labelled bag and placed in a vehicle: meat/vegetarian for BBQ, snacks to share, extra clothing to keep warm once stopped riding at BBQ, extra drinks
Amy’s Ride - Saturday 6th January 2007
Going to Geelong for Amy’s Ride? Then contact us, as we can also help you organise contacts for budget accommodation - and - a planned *Cyclists Breakfast* in Geelong before the rides! Email: enquiries@yarrabug.org or call Chris: 0407 825 467
Entries are open. All rides start and finish in the Geelong Botanical Gardens.
More details from the AGF website.