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.
Important details here. Book accommodation early!
October 2025
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: Burrill Lake
Length: Medium
Distance: 334 km
Expected Departure point*: The Gathering Bungendore
Expected Departure time*: 09:00
Ride leader: Dave Mossman
Date: Sunday 21 December
Destination: Grabben Gullen (if open)
Distance: 160 kms
Depart: 10:30 (arrive earlier for coffee)
Lunch: The Albion Hotel (or Crookwell if closed)
Ride Leader: TBA
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.
