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While we have your attention. Please report any problems or hazards you know of in Boroondara that need fixing. If you have a problem with a VicRoads road (debris, potholes, etc.) report it to the VicRoads Traffic Management Centre: telephone 131 170, available 24 Hrs a day. If it's a council road call the local council. Which is which ? - VicRoads roads are marked using black and red lines in the Melway.
It's only 325 days until the next ride2work day
It's only 329 days until the next Around The Bay in a day (ATB)!
28 Nov 08, Council Elections The election will be conducted by means of a postal ballot closing at 6pm on Friday 28 November. Nominations have now closed. The BUG has posed three questions to all candidates relating to their degree of support for cycling. Watch this space for their answers.
14 Sept 08 2nd draft Bicycle Strategy is now available. A public meeting will be held by Council to hear any further feedback - 7 pm 18th Sept at Council's HQ.
26 Oct 08, Important Diary Date: Rotary River Ride! - The Rotary River Ride is a fun ride for charity and will be held on Sunday 26 October 2008. 15, 30 and 50 km rides up and down the Yarra Trail starting at Hays Paddock.
15 Oct 08, Important Diary Date: National Ride to Work Day!
On Wednesday 15 October 2008, Boroondara Council will be running a Ride2Work day community breakfast outside Council's HQ, at the Civic Centre lawns, 340 Camberwell Rd, just 400 m south east of Camberwell Junction, starting at 7am. All cyclists are welcome, so start out earlier and detour to the free breakfast.
Hot Breakfast, Giveaways, Coffee, Massages, Orange juice & fruit, Smoothies, Bike engraving:
Council officers will be staffing the barbeque, so here's your chance to talk with them re: cycling in Boroondara.
12th October 08 Boroondara Discovery Ride No 2 - The East-West Link Come along and look at options for bike routes from Box Hill Station to the Yarra through the middle of Boroondara, and let the BUG shout you a coffee in Glenferrie along the way. Meet 9.30am in the Box Hill Mall in front of the Bendigo Bank, near the station entrance.
15 Jul 08 Gardiners Creek Trail Detour: The year long diversion is now in place. Currently it is far from satisfactory. Stonnington Leader - 16 Sept 2008
Heading towards the CBD:
- leave the Gardiners Creek Trail at Great Valley Road and head SW on Great Valley Rd
- head NW along Willis St at the second roundabout
- cross Burke Rd at the pedestrian crossing near Gardiner station - alternatively just cross at the Burke Rd/Willis St intersection with the lights
- head west along Carroll Crescent till you reach Weir St immediately before Tooronga Rd
- and then:
We warn users to be careful at Weir St, just parallel to and east of Tooronga Rd. Weir St leads directly to the entrance of Stonnington's new garbage depot. Large garbage trucks use Weir St, Carroll Cres and Tooronga Rd. The Tate hardware store is also located at Weir St, attracting a lot of small vans, flat bed trucks and the like. Great caution is required here.
The current signage directs cyclists to the pedestrian crossing on Tooronga Rd, which is far from satisfactory. When heading to the CBD, it may make more sense to leave Carroll Cres at Weir St and ride on the foot path, on the north side of Carroll Cres. Continue along the east side of Toroonga Rd across the bridge. Then down and under Toroonga on the north side.
Note also: the East Malvern Station footbridge is to be altered due to the widening work on the M1. The proposed new bridge will be a switchback arrangement with two 90 degree bends plus a hairpin bend. As proposed, we think it will be unsatisfactory.
Note also: opportunities to improve the Gardiners Creek trail, as a result of the M1 widening, on the south side in Stonnington are being ignored.
16th Jun 08 Council vote in favour of Darebin Creek - Yarra Trail link, five to four.
14 Jun 08 The Age article about Darebin Bridge story here. Interesting to note at the council meeting on June 2 that the opponents who spoke and Tony Michael quoted in the article above now seem to be dancing between what the reason for their opposition is. First it was dogs, then it was the billabong and now wanting to keep the park as a 'locals-only' asset. It would be dissapointing if the council vote according to this confusing cloud of emotion rather than the facts as presented. There are no viable alternatives as the report has proven so lets start dealing in facts, not confusion
Latest Newsletter
Hi all. Here is the Newsletter and Rides Supplement:
November Rides Supplement
Julia B 21:40, 5 November 2008 (EST)
Newsletter Archive
Newsletter
The BBUG newsletter is published monthly. It is issued a week before the monthly meeting, ie on the first Wednesday of the month, except for January. Members can pay $10 per year to have a hard copy newsletter delivered or posted to their homes.
To receive notification by email each month when the new issue has been put on the website, as well as a reminder about our monthly meeting, send a blank e-mail to BoroondaraBug-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Subscribe now -->
You will also receive a call for contributions each month, about a week before the newsletter goes out. Apart from that you will rarely receive any other messages. The pdfs are also available on the links further below. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed.
The newsletter provides details of our next meeting and minutes of our last meeting. It also contains a variety of material related to cycling in Boroondara and beyond.
A supplementary section contains rides calendars for various clubs and BUGs in the Boroondara area and surrounding suburbs. The supplementary section is not archived on this web site. See the Rides page also.
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