The Tour de Cowra is a festival of cycling over the Easter long weekend.

Bike North’s Tour de Cowra is a festival of cycling that occurs over the Easter long weekend,  based in the Central West region of NSW in the town of Cowra. Cowra is well known for the Japanese gardens and cultural centre, wineries and food on the banks of the Lachlan River.

The Tour de Cowra program is based around doing a ride each day into the surrounding country to discover small towns. All rides start and finish at the Rose Garden Cafe/Visitor Centre with a sign on/sign off. The rides are suitable for every level of rider with various routes and options available on Saturday and Sunday.

The Weekday rides are around the 40 to 70 km range with some local undulations, maybe the climb of Mt Collins or the undulation climb up the Darby Falls Rd.

The Weekend rides are variable in length and destination each day to accommodate the different riders levels.

On Saturday, the Tour de Cowra rides range from a 55, 95 and 120 km loops to the north west towns of Canowindra and Gooloogoong through the patchwork of fields.

On Sunday, the rides range from the 80 km out to Greenthorpe and back, or the alternative 80 and 100 km rides out to Wyangala Dam.

The real treat of the Tour de Cowra is to discover the towns that are out of the way and off the highways. Return for further visits later in the day or as required.

You’ll find other cycling events, like the  Tour de Cowra, in our online Cycling Event Calendar.

Is this ride on your bucket list? Why not create an online Bucket List and keep track of rides you really want to do.

Enjoy!

The Tour de Cowra is a festival of cycling over the Easter long weekend.

The Moonta Easter Cycle is a weekend of relaxed ‘cycling’ fun with family and friends.

The Moonta Easter Cycle is a relaxing 3 day cycling weekend at Moonta with family and friends over the Easter long weekend. Moonta is found just 160km from Adelaide on the Yorke Peninsula.

This is not just a weekend of cycling. It is a weekend away that is filled with activities and rides of varying distance and duration for riders of all abilities (the kids included). You’ll be camping and it is fully catered, which means a weekend off from cooking! You’ll find rides to satisfy the needs of both road, gravel and mountain bikers.

This sounds like the perfect weekend away, where you can spend some downtime with family and friends, as well as get in a few rides.

There are 4 rides on Day 1:

• Self guided tour of Moonta – 15km flat (bitumen)
• Heritage Trail ride of Moonta – 16km flat (bitumen)
• Moonta, Port Hughes, then return via coastal bike path to Moonta Bay and return –
  16km (bitumen/unsealed bike path)
• Moonta to Wallaroo and return 32km undulating (bitumen)

There are 9 rides on Day 2:

• Moonta to Ardrossan via Agery and Arthurton and return – 106km undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Kadina via Ninnes and Bute and return – 101km  undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Balgowan, along coast to Cape Elizabeth and return. Fantastic Coastline. A challenge for the ‘fat tyre’ lovers – 60km undulating, hilly and steep and a challenge (unsealed roads/tracks/some sandy terrain)
• Moonta and the Copper Coast – Kadina, Wallaroo and return – 43km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Agery, (Agery/Moonta Rd) via Green Plains and return on the Moonta/Wallaroo Rd – 60km undulating (bitumen/unsealed)
• Moonta Mine Loop and Gelato surprise! – 18 km undulating (bitumen/unsealed)
• Moonta to Wallaroo – a visit to the Heritage & Nautical Museum – and return 32km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta Bay, Pt Hughes and return – 12km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Pt Hughes and return via bike path and Moonta Bay – 16km flat and undulating (bitumen/unsealed bike path)

There are 13 rides on Day 3:

• Moonta to Port Broughton via Wallaroo and Alford, return via Bute and Kadina, with lunch in Port Broughton (for those who really want to stretch spin those pedals) 150km undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Ardrossan via Agery and Arthurton – 106km undulating (bitumen)
• Children’s Easter Egg Hunt – Ride to a secret location and hunt for those Easter eggs that have been well hidden by the Easter Egg Team 5km flat (bitumen and paths)
• Moonta to Balgowan and return – 100km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Wallaroo, Point Riley, Tickerra, along the coast and return. (Point Riley to Tickerra – unsealed roads) 60km flat and undulating (30km bitumen/30km unsealed)
• Moonta, Agery, turn left ride 14km then turn left back to Moonta – 45km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Wallaroo – a visit to the Heritage & Nautical Museum – and return – 32km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta to Wallaroo, via Kadina, Alford and return – 55km undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta Mine Loop and gelato surprise! – 18km undulating (bitumen/unsealed)
• Moonta Bay and return on bike path – 8km flat (bitumen/unsealed paths)
• Heritage Trail ride of Moonta –16km flat (bitumen)
• Moonta Bay, Port Hughes and return – 12km flat (bitumen)
• Family Night Ride 8km flat

There are 4 rides on Day 4:

• Moonta to Agery, via Green Plains and return – 60km undulating (bitumen/unsealed)
• Moonta, Kadina, Wallaroo and return – 43km flat and undulating (bitumen)
• Moonta, Pt Hughes and return via bike path and Moonta Bay – 16km flat and undulating (bitumen/unsealed bike path)
• Moonta to Wallaroo and return – 32km flat and undulating (bitumen)

The organiser, BikeSA, is a not for profit organisation, independent of government, who promote all types of cycling and is focused on improving riding condition in SA.

You’ll find other cycling events, like the Moonta Easter Cycle, in our online Cycling Event Calendar.

Is this ride on your bucket list? Why not create an online Bucket List and keep track of rides you really want to do.

Enjoy!

The Moonta Easter Cycle is a weekend of relaxed ‘cycling’ fun with family and friends.