About The AussieVelo National Cycle Touring Network
Aims
AussieVelo aims to promote bicycle touring in Australia through the development and promotion of national and regional bicycle touring routes.
These routes are to be developed in conjunction with all levels of government tourism departments, cycle touring clubs, and private businesses.
AussieVelo National cycle touring routes will provide inter-State connectivity, and circumnavigate Australia - see map for conceptual National cycle touring routes.
AussieVelo Regional cycle touring routes will provide intra-State connectivity, and from National routes to major cycling visitor locations and activities.
Together, AussieVelo cycle touring routes will form a connected network, connecting capital cities with places of significance and interest to touring cyclists.
As the AussieVelo web site develops, it will be divided into two sections that:
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provide support materials and information for organisations and supporters registered with AussieVelo, and
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provide information for touring cyclists including the AussieVelo routes in detail, general touring and safety information, and links to further information.
AussieVelo cycling routes:
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may be on public roads, on cycling paths, or off road following paths and tracks.
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will be based on nodes and segments; nodes being railway stations, airports, or major service facilities; segments being the lengths of a route that may be generally ridden in one day (80km to 100km). A number of segments may be required to join nodes, and in remote areas segment lengths may be considerably longer than 100km.
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riders can start and finish anywhere along the routes, nodes provide a guide.
The AussieVelo Cycle Touring Network
AussieVelo National Cycle Touring Network comprises interconnected routes that are of two types - National and Regional.
National cycle touring routes:
have significant distance in more than one State or Territory
are over 1,000km long
provide connectivity between capital cities
provide a choice of experience for the touring cyclist
are numbered AV1 through AV9
There are currently nine AussieVelo national cycle touring routes in planning. These routes will provide over 38,000km of informed cycle touring routes, and together form a network for cycle touring connecting capital cities and places of significance and interest across Australia.
These routes are in first draft form, and comment is sought from interested persons to better delineate the routes, and potentially suggest additional National routes or major re-routing of the proposed. A guideline to the National route requirements is under development, and will be available for comment on this web site.
Regional cycle touring routes:
are generally contained within one State or Territory
provide connectivity between National routes
provide links to specific attractions and experiences
are numbered AV20 through AV99, or as required
AussieVelo regional cycle touring routes will be developed as the national routes develop and need is determined.
A 'first taste' of how the routes may be presented is available at: AussieVelo - Ambassador - Australian cycle touring network for sections 4c to 4e of AussieVelo 4, Sydney < > Adelaide via Broken Hill.
Route Descriptions
Routes will be:
classified as easy / moderate / difficult depending on terrain, climate, road or trail surface, and distance between services
general and averaged over each section
sections on maps will show surface type - sealed, gravel, track
a fourth type of route 'extreme' is being considered for adventure type routes, such as AV6 Brisbane < > Perth through central Australia, and AV9 Alice Springs < > Broome through the Tanami Desert