Christmas Lights of the Inner West – Bike Ride – 18 December 2014

Each year a group of us have got on our bikes are completed an evening tour of the Christmas Light of the inner west. In past years we have started at Dulwich Hill and moved west along the Cooks River Cycleway to Croydon Park and then ended up at Second St, Ashbury. This year -we headed east instead in a loop that started at Dulwich Hill – then to Marrickville and Tempe, and then back to Dulwich Hill.

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We met at Dulwich Hill shops and had dinner, then got on our bikes. 

Dinner in Dulwich Hill

Dinner in Dulwich Hill

The boys are ready for the ride

The boys are ready for the ride

Good streets for lights are –

Dulwich Hill – Frazer St, Dulwich St, Canonbury Grove, Challis St

Marrickville – Moncur St, Livingston Rd (south of Hill St), Edward St

Tempe – Old St and South St

On our ride we visited all of these except for Edward St. The order we visited the streets was – Canonbury Grove, Challis St, Moncur St, Livingstone Rd, then down to the Cooks River and along the Cooks River Cycleway to Tempe, then back and along the new Carrington Rd Cycleway to Marrickville then backstreets to Dulwich Hill to Frazer St and Dulwich St.

Canonbury Close

Canonbury Close

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Moncur St

Moncur St

Old St

Old St

South St

South St

One of the highlights of the ride this year was the snow machine at one of the houses at South Street, Tempe.

South St

South St

South St

South St

Frazer St

Frazer St

Frazer St

Frazer St

Dulwich St

Dulwich St

More photos are on my website here.

 

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