Ride and Event Calendar
- 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 are:
Glen Jones (Bulldog) 0407 065 669 – also our President
Scott Huxtable: 0409 575 670
Dave Mossman: 0413 399 564
George Attard: 0434 504 612
John Grace: 0418 487 104
Kevin Sherman: 0412 630 354
Peter Ongley: 0418 771 503
For more information about each ride, over and above what has been published, please post a comment on Ulysses Canberra Rides.
If you have any reasonable suggestions about a particular ride or the ride program generally, please also post a comment on Ulysses Canberra Rides.
If you would like to suggest a new ride or volunteer to lead a ride that you have designed, please let the ride coordinator know via Ulysses Canberra Rides.
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 coordinator (TBA) for more information.
June 2025
Date: Sunday 29 June
Destination: Candelo
Approximate Distance 460 km
Difficulty: Long ride. Some ride fitness and personal
endurance required. Twisty parts
Expected departure location*: Ampol Hume
Expected departure time*: 0900
Leader: Scott Huxtable
July 2025
Date: Wednesday 02 July Destination: Bermagui via Batemans Bay Distance: 420 km Difficulty: Long ride. Kings Highway steep twisty bits. Expected departure location*: Bungendore Expected departure time*: 0900 Leader: George Attard Date: Sunday 06 July Destination: Gunning, Crookwell, Boorowa, Murrumbateman Distance: 260 km Difficulty: Easy ride. Lovely country riding. Expected departure location*: Sutton Expected departure time*: 1000 Leader: Scott Huxtable Date: Wednesday 09 July Destination: Ulladulla Distance: 320 km Difficulty: Moderate ride. Kings Highway steep twisty bits. Expected departure location*: Bungendore Expected departure time*: 0900 Leader: Dave Mossman 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: Dave Mossman Date: Sunday 20 July Destination: Dalton Distance: 160 km Difficulty: Short easy ride. Expected departure location*: Sutton Expected departure time*: 1000 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. Expected departure location*: Little Sutton Bakehouse Expected departure time*: 1000 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: TBA*
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: TBA*
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*
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.
