This is a cue sheet for the Cooks River Cycleway (Bay to Bay Walk) Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.
| Cumulative | Distance | Where | Notes | Direction | Elevation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0km | 0km | Mouth of the Cooks river in Botany Bay. Note this is neither the start or the end of the Cycleway, just a major waypoint on way to Cronulla and Kurnell. There is a car park here, another others nearby further south, | NNW | 323° | 0m | |
| 0.1km | 0.1km | Cross under General Homes Dr. Watch for fishermen on the path. People like to fish under the bridge. | NW | 311° | 4m | |
| 0.3km | 0.1km | The path crosses on and off the local roads here, but they are very quiet streets. | WNW | 292° | 5m | |
| 0.6km | 0.3km | Car and boat trailer park. Watch for moving trailers. People backing up boats to the ramp won't be watching for cyclists, they will be watching their mate waving then towards the water, Pelicans often hang around here hoping for a free feed from returning fishermen. | WNW | 290° | 8m | |
| 1.5km | 1km | Ride on footpath over bridge. No need to try and turn onto Bestic St, which is a major interconnector road. | WNW | 281° | 1m | |
| 1.9km | 0.3km | Pelicans live here and are often seen hanging around the fishing club's fish-cleaning area waiting for scaps. | ENE | 48° | -1m | |
| 2km | 0.2km | Mixed traffic road ends. Start cycle only road. But watch for the rough surface. | ENE | 50° | 1m | |
| 2.8km | 0.8km | Watch for traffic exiting the playing fields. The two driveways here don't have good visiblity. | WNW | 281° | 1m | |
| 3.7km | 0.9km | Turn down access trail beside the M5. | ESE | 102° | 7m | |
| 3.8km | 0.1km | Cross under the M5. The pond here attacts wading birds. I think it was built as a frog habitat as part of the M5 project. | E | 80° | 2m | |
| 4.1km | 0.3km | Cross under Marsh St. Don't take the apparent 'off ramp' here. | NW | 309° | 6m | |
| 4.4km | 0.2km | Traffic lights with a Bicycle light. | ENE | 54° | -1m | |
| 4.8km | 0.4km | Cross a quiet street. Watch for traffic. Lots of parked cars here all the time. Airport employees park here and walk the rest of the way to work. | NNW | 326° | 7m | |
| 5.3km | 0.5km | Ride over Cooks River on bridge foot path. | NE | 38° | -6m | |
| 5.6km | 0.3km | Cross Princes Highway at Pedestrian Crossing. | WNW | 287° | 2m | |
| 5.8km | 0.2km | Tempe | A good starting point here. There is a carpark here, accessed via a side street off View St. (No access from Princes Highway). | NNW | 329° | 0m |
| 6.1km | 0.2km | Path under railway bridges floods at high tide. Alternate path up steps and over Tempe Railway station. Or ride up to Unwins Bridge road - but watch the traffic on the bridge, it's narrow. | NW | 302° | 11m | |
| 6.3km | 0.2km | Route splits here - choice of either side of river. Cross road bridge for route via Gough Whitlam Park. | NNE | 19° | 5m | |
| 7.8km | 1.5km | Cross river to south side. Rejoin route via Whitlam Park, | SSW | 195° | 3m | |
| 7.9km | 0.1km | Cross Homer St. Refuge island provided. Watch for traffic coming down the hill. | W | 269° | 9m | |
| 9.7km | 1.7km | Cross busy Wardell Rd. Refuge island provided. Short on road section (150m) along Lang Rd. | NNW | 322° | 6m | |
| 9.8km | 0.1km | Cross river via bridge with zig-zag approach ramps. Or stay on south side and ride along grass to next foot bridge where a concrete path starts again. | NNW | 321° | 7m | |
| 10.5km | 0.7km | Route splits again at this foot bridge. Choice of either side of river. Paved shared cycle path to Canterbury Road on both sides of the river. | WNW | 282° | 6m | |
| 10.9km | 0.5km | Old dock for former factorys | W | 262° | 6m | |
| 11.1km | 0.1km | Another route choice. Can cross over river here for route on other bank. | W | 263° | 8m | |
| 11.5km | 0.5km | Canterbury | Very narrow underpass under Canterbury road. Only about 50-60cm wide. Extreme caution needed. Signs warning 'cyclists dismount' have been vandalised. Certain wider bikes may not fit and you will have to backup and detour via Close St and cross Canterbury Rd. You may want to use the lights up the hill to cross the very busy Canterbury Rd. The upstream side has a ramp down to the cycleway. | NNW | 322° | 8m |
| 11.9km | 0.4km | Canterbury | Short on road section crossing under railway line. Watch for cars coming too fast around the corner on an otherwise quiet street. | NE | 27° | 6m |
| 13.2km | 1.3km | Cross main suburban road. Island refuge provided. | WNW | 281° | 10m | |
| 13.2km | 0km | You can turn left here and ride down the car park between the club building and the river. A small amount of rough ground has to be covered this way. Follow path to the right for a smooth path. | NNE | 4° | 10m | |
| 13.4km | 0.2km | Former horse training track. | SSW | 191° | 5m | |
| 14.2km | 0.8km | Cross main suburban road. Island refuge provided. | W | 261° | 8m | |
| 14.7km | 0.6km | Cross quiet suburban St. | WNW | 277° | 6m | |
| 14.9km | 0.2km | Short (200m) on road section. Quiet suburban street. | NNW | 317° | 8m | |
| 15.2km | 0.2km | Path starts again. | NW | 311° | 9m | |
| 15.3km | 0.1km | Underpass for busy Georges River Road. | NNW | 324° | 8m | |
| 15.6km | 0.3km | Path crosses carpark for Tennis courts. | NNW | 316° | 10m | |
| 15.7km | 0.1km | Cross quiet suburban street. | NW | 311° | 11m | |
| 16.1km | 0.4km | Underpass for Water St. | NW | 300° | 13m | |
| 17.3km | 1.2km | South Strathfield | Underpass for busy Hume Highway. | NNE | 15° | 23m |
| 17.9km | 0.6km | Cross quiet suburban street. | NNW | 323° | 19m | |
| 17.9km | 0km | Path now leaves the Cooks river, which is now little more than a creek crossing a golf course. | NNW | 348° | 19m | |
| 18.7km | 0.7km | End of the Cooks River Cycleway. On road path to Homebush Bay marked on local roads from here. | NNE | 6° | 20m | |
| 19.4km | 0.7km | You could detour here to vist the Rookwood Necropolis. Path goes out onto the Centenary Dr side of the noise barrier. | NNE | 4° | 33m | |
| 19.5km | 0.1km | Long down hill run on suburban street. | NNE | 9° | 37m | |
| 20km | 0.5km | Much traffic on Arthur St. Take care turning right. | ESE | 111° | 17m | |
| 20.2km | 0.2km | Turn right into Melville Reserve and pick up cycle path. | ENE | 64° | 18m | |
| 20.9km | 0.7km | Back onto a suburban road. | E | 77° | 12m | |
| 21.3km | 0.4km | Bridge Rd is narrow. Take care, 'crash' barriers mean there is no where to go if a car gets too close. | NE | 25° | 23m | |
| 21.5km | 0.2km | Use pedestrian crossing lights to cross busy Parramatta Road. | NNE | 13° | 18m | |
| 21.7km | 0.2km | Use footbridge to cross M4. | NE | 24° | 19m | |
| 21.8km | 0.1km | Long down hill run. | ENE | 58° | 15m | |
| 22km | 0.2km | Traffic lights. | ENE | 58° | 12m | |
| 22.2km | 0.2km | Pickup cycle path on the canal. Start of Bicentennial Park's cycleways. | NNW | 345° | 6m | |
| 22.7km | 0.5km | Watch for wading birds in the artifical wetlands created for them here. | NNW | 343° | 5m | |
| 23.2km | 0.5km | Path runs under Homebush Bay Dr to enter the Bicentennial Park itself. | NNW | 340° | 1m | |
| 23.4km | 0.3km | The cross path here has steps, keep going. | W | 260° | 11m | |
| 24.3km | 0.9km | Watch for the spiders in the spring!. | NNE | 3° | 8m | |
| 25km | 0.7km | Look for wading birds in the wetlands. | NNE | 2° | 0m | |
| 25.3km | 0.3km | Homebush Bay | Homebush Bay lookout. | NNE | 2° | 0m |