Ride and Event Calendar
IMPORTANT: Assess your own skill level and choose your rides accordingly.
- Be there with a full tank in time for the ride briefing.
- Ride responsibly. Your safety (and that of your fellow riders) is up to you.
- Please note your ride leaders phone number - it is provided with every listed ride!
Ride program notes
The 2025 calendar below provides key information for each ride.
The 2025 calendar is a rolling wave plan, updated monthly covering at least the next three months of riding activity.
Further details of each ride (departure location and time, route, stops, fuel, lunch etc) will be published on the WhatsApp Group Ulysses Canberra Rides. These details will usually be uploaded within one week of the ride date.
To access Ulysses Canberra Rides, please scan the following QR code using the WhatsApp camera.
- Ride leaders for 2025
For more information about each ride, please message the ride leader.If you have any suggestions about a particular ride, the ride program generally, to suggest a new ride or volunteer to lead a ride that you have designed, please message the coordinator.Prospective new Ulysses Club or Canberra Branch members. If you are a prospective new Ulysses Club or Canberra Branch member and would like to join us for a ride, you are most welcome. Please contact the ride leader before the ride in case there are any last minute changes or for more information.
Important upcoming events
Ulysses memorial Ride 14 September
The annual Ulysses ride will take place on 14 September at 10 am, following the usual route from Narellan to Cordeux Dam.
Click here for details.
Tumut Branch Odyssey 12-14 September
As previously
noted, the Tumut branch is hosting a Ulysses Odyssey (rally) on 12-14
September 2025. If you are interested in attending please email
president Canberra branch president.ulyssescanberra@gmail.com and let me know so that they can work out pricing for meals etc. Responses are required ASAP.
Sydney Odyssey Merimbula Friday 24th to Sunday 26th October, 2025Presidents Pub Pick Ride is Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 SeptemberNote the new date.
Important details here. Book accommodation early!
August 2025
Date: Wednesday 13 August
Destination: Captains Flat, via Bungendore
Approximate Distance 112 km
Difficulty: Short easy ride.
Expected departure location*: Sutton
Expected departure time*: 1000
Leader: John Grace
Date: Sunday 17 August changed due weather
Destination: Laggan
Approximate Distance 228 km
Difficulty: Medium distance. Relatively easy ride.
Expected departure location*: Ampol Epic on Federal Hwy
Expected departure time*: 0930
Leader: Bob Mullett
(Temora too far on a cold day)
Date: Wednesday 20 August
Destination: Burrill Lake
Approximate Distance 425 km
Difficulty: Long ride. Some steep twisty bits. Ride
fitness and personal endurance required.
Expected departure location*: Bungendore
Expected departure time*: 0900
Leader: Dave Mossman
Date: Sunday 24 August
Destination: Murrumbateman, Jerrawa, Dalton, Gunning,
Sutton
Approximate Distance 150 km
Difficulty: Short easy ride.
Expected departure location*: Sutton
Expected departure time*: 1000
Leader: George Attard Date: Sunday 31 August
Destination: Canowindra
Approximate Distance 500 km
Difficulty: Very long ride. Relatively easy.
Expected departure location*: Ampol Nicholls
Expected departure time*: 0900
Leader: TBA*
September 2025
Date: Sunday 7 September
Destination: Tarago Chomp and Chat
Distance: 106 km
Expected departure point*: Little Sutton Bakehouse
Expected departure time*: Coffee from 10, leave at 11:00
Ride Leader: Bob Mullett Date: Wednesday 10 September
Destination: Gunning loop dirt road ride
Distance: 148 km route
Expected departure Point*: Little Sutton Bakehouse
Expected departure time*: Coffee from 10, leave at 11:00
Lunch: Hume Cafe Gunning
Ride Leader: George Attard
Date: Wednesday 24 September
Destination: Adaminaby loop dirt road ride
Distance: 189 km route
Expected departure Point*: B&W Espresso In Lanyon
Expected departure Time*: 10:30, arrive earlier for coffee
Lunch: Nimmitabel Bakery Adaminaby
Ride Leader: Bob Mullett
Date: Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 September
Destination: Culcairn Hotel
Distance Day #1: 360 km
Distance Day #2: 320 km
Expected departure Point*: Ampol Foodary Weston Creek
Expected departure time*: Briefing 0820, Stands Up 0830
Lunch: Crossroads Hotel, Collingullie
Ride Leader: Bulldog Jones
October 2025
Destination: Crookwell
Length: Short
Distance: 182 km
Expected Departure point*: Sutton Bakehouse
Expected Departure time*: 10:30
Ride leader: George Attard
Date: Wednesday 8 October
Destination: Young
Length: Long
Distance: 400 km
Expected Departure point*: Ampol Nichols
Expected Departure time*:
Coffee: Boorowa
Lunch: Wilders Bakery
Ride leader: Dave Mossman
Date: Sunday 12 October
Destination: Araluen Chomp and Chat
Length: Short
Distance: 152 km
Expected Departure point*: IGA Bungendore
Expected Departure time*: 10:30
Ride leader:
Date: Sunday 19 October
Destination: Cowra
Length: Medium
Distance: 380 km
Expected Departure point*: Ampol Nichols
Expected Departure time*: 09:00
Coffee: Boorowa
Lunch: Rose Garden Coffee Place
Ride leader: Dave Mossman
Date: Wednesday 22 October
Destination: Brindabellas (dirt via Wee Jasper)
Length: Short
Distance: 171 km route
Expected Departure point*: Molonglo Maccas
Expected Departure time*: 10:00
Coffee: BYO
Lunch: BYO
Ride leader: Bob Mullett
November 2025
Date: Sunday 2 November
Destination: Tumut
Length: Medium
Distance: 364 km
Expected Departure point*: Ampol Nichols
Expected Departure time*: 09:00
Ride leader: TBA
Date: Wednesday 5 November
Destination: Mogo
Length: Medium
Distance: 236 km
Expected Departure point*: The Gathering Bungendore
Expected Departure time*: 09:00
Ride leader: Dave Mossman
Date: Sunday 9 November
Destination: Captains Flat short ride
Length: Short
Distance: 87 km
Expected Departure point*: Spotlight Queanbeyan
Expected Departure time*: 11:00
Ride leader: Bob Mullett
Date: Sunday 16 November
Destination: Kangaroo Valley Loop
Length: Medium
Distance: 367 km
Expected Departure point*: The Gathering Bungendore
Expected Departure time*: 09:30
Ride leader: Scott Huxtable
Date: Wednesday 19 November
Destination: Burrinjuck Dam (some dirt)
Length: Short
Distance: 193 km route
Expected Departure point*: Daughters at Hall
Expected Departure time*: 10:30
Ride leader: Bob Mullett
Date: Sunday 23 November
Destination: Candelo
Length: Long
Distance: 400 km
Expected Departure point*: Ampol Hume
Expected Departure time*: 09:00
Ride leader: Scott Huxtable
December 2025
Date: Wednesday 3 December
Destination: South Coast Loop
Length: Long
Distance: 478 km
Expected Departure point*: Ampol Hume
Expected Departure time*: 08:00
Ride leader: Scott Huxtable
Date: Sunday 7 December
Destination: Harden via Jugiong
Length: Medium
Distance: 280 km
Expected Departure point*: Ampol Nichols
Expected Departure time*: 10:30
Ride leader: George Attard
Date: Sunday 14 December
Destination: Tarago short ride
Length: Short
Distance: 106 km
Expected Departure point*: Sutton Bakehouse
Expected Departure time*: 10:30
Ride leader: TBA
Date: Wednesday 17 December
Destination: Burril Lakes
Length: Medium
Distance: 334 km
Expected Departure point*: The Gathering Bungendore
Expected Departure time*: 09:00
Ride leader: Dave Mossman
Notes
* Departure location and time subject to change by the ride leader. Confirmation and further ride notes will be communicated to members about one week prior to the ride via WhatsApp.
