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Half Day Cemeteries Ride (Saturday) 8:45am
Jun 12

Half Day Cemeteries Ride (Saturday) 8:45am

Free
Registrations Closed
Date & Time
12 June 2021 8:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Timezone
(UTC+10:00) Australia/Sydney

Registrations Are Closed

8.45am - Briefing

9.00am - Depart McDonalds, St Peters

9.20am - Arrive Botany Cemetery, Matraville. Ride through only                                                

 

Numerous graves of early settlers and Sydney personalities are located here.

 

9.40am - Arrive Coast Hospital Cemetery, La Perouse                                                                                

 

This old cemetery is attached to Prince Henry Hospital and began life as the resting place of a number of lepers who lived in a nearby colony during the late 19th century.                                 

 

10.00am - Depart Coast Cemetery, La Perouse

 

10.25am - Arrive Waverly Cemetery                                                                                                   

 

Dramatically located on top of the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean at Bronte.                                      

 

10.45am - Depart Waverly Cemetery

 

11.10am - Arrive South Head Cemetery. Grumpy Baker morning break 

                                                                                        
The unusual headstone of Maroubra Speedway racing champion Reginald Gordon "Phil" Garlick, at South Head Cemetery. He lost his life when he crashed his Alvis during a race on 8th January, 1927.

 

11.40am - Depart South Head Cemetery

 

12.15pm - Arrive Gore Hill Cemetery

 

The Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery was established on 19 May 1868 and is one of the oldest and most significant remaining cemeteries in metropolitan Sydney.                                                                      

All the cemetery scenes for the movie STONE were shot here.                                                                                                                                              

 

12.30pm - Depart Gore Hill Cemetery

 

1.00pm - Arrive Rookwood Cemetery. Lunch at the Village Café                                                   

 

Rookwood Cemetery was officially named The Necropolis (meaning "City of the Dead"). It is the largest multicultural necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere that documents the cultural and religious diversity of the Australian community.

                                                                                            

2.00pm - Make your own way home from Rookwood

 

 

What a great day out amongst so much history.

 

Lead - Fred,

Shotty - Ches,

Sweep - Doug 

The route: https://goo.gl/maps/8y2pKNTwFLaAC4978                                                                      

 75k - 2 hours 12 minutes saddle time, plus plenty of time to discover, take photos and chat

Event Type
Half Day Cemeteries Ride
Event Location
McDonald's St Peters
Cnr Princes Highway & Bishop St
St Peters NSW 2044

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