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.
July 2025
Date: Wednesday 09 July Destination: Ulladulla Distance: 320 km Difficulty: Moderate ride. Kings Highway steep twisty bits. Departure location*: Bungendore Departure time*: 0900 Leader: Steve Alford Date: Sunday 13 July Destination: Murrumburrah / Harden Distance: 265 km Difficulty: Medium distance. Relatively easy Expected departure location*: Ampol Nicholls Expected departure time*: 0900 Leader: Scott Huxtable Date: Sunday 20 July Destination: Dalton Chomp and Chat Distance: 160 km Difficulty: Short slow, easy ride. Departure: Little Sutton Bakehouse Time: 1100 Leader: Bob Mullett Date: Wednesday 23 July Destination: Kangaroo Valley Distance: 400 km Difficulty: Long ride. Some ride fitness required. Expected departure location*: Ampol Lyneham Expected departure time*: 0900 Leader: Scott Huxtable Date: Sunday 27 July Destination: Gunning Dirt Road Loop (Sutton to Sutton) Distance: 148 km Difficulty: Dirt ride for the brave at heart. Relatively easy.
Departure: Little Sutton Bakehouse Time: 1000
Lunch: Gunning
Leader: Bob Mullett
August 2025 Date: Sunday 3 August
Destination: Tumut
Approximate Distance 410 km
Difficulty: Long ride. Probable cold weather.
Notes: Might split into bitumen and dirt teams.
Expected departure location*: Ampol Nicholls
Expected departure time*: 0930
Leader: Scott Huxtable
Date: Wednesday 6 August
Destination: Narooma
Approximate Distance 360 km
Difficulty: Medium ride. Some steep twisty bits on
Kings Highway.
Expected departure location*: Bungendore
Expected departure time*: 0900
Leader: George Attard
Date: Sunday 10 August
Destination: Young
Approximate Distance 290 km
Difficulty: Medium easy ride.
Expected departure location*: Hall
Expected departure time*: 0900
Leader: Scott Huxtable
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
Destination: Temora
Approximate Distance 400 km
Difficulty: Medium distance. Relatively easy ride.
Expected departure location*: Ampol Nicholls
Expected departure time*: 0900
Leader: TBA*
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 2025Date: Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 September Destination: Culcairn Hotel Distance Day #1: 360 km Distance Day #2: 320 km Departure Point: Ampol Foodary Weston Creek Time: Briefing 0820, Stands Up 0830 Lunch: Crossroads Hotel, Collingullie Ride Leader: Bulldog Jones
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.
