EVENT DETAILS

Event Details

Now into it's fourth year the annual Seven Bridges Walk will return on Sunday 25 October 2009 bigger and better than ever. The course will be open from 8am to 5pm on event day. You can register for the event from 2 September by following the links on this site. This is a great day out for the whole family and it is FREE.

The past three yearrs has seen a total of 24,000 walkers take part in the Seven Bridges Walk and over $100,000 raised for the four charities. The event is a great way to see Sydney, benefit your health, join in a great community activity and raise money for charities. You can donate online or at any of the event villages or bridges along the way.

It is not a race and everyone is a winner. You can start at any of the seven event villages and walk clockwise around as much or little of the 25km closed loop circuit as you like. As part of the new offerings for the Seven Bridges Walk villages this year there will  be food, music and activities at each of the locations.

If you are attempting to complete the entire course, we strongly recommend that you start prior to midday in order to finish before the 5pm course and village closure.

Participants will be able to download a certificate for their efforts after the event.

In 2009 the Seven Bridges Walk will be part of Crave Sydney, a  major new celebration of Sydney's unmatched way of life, offering 31 days of food, outdoor art and activity. To plan your Crave Sydney experience visit www.cravesydney.com

Crave Sydney is one of five anchor events in the NSW Master Events Calendar by Events NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

Course

The Seven Bridges Walk will be an experience celebrating walking; it’s not a race and everyone will be a winner. The course is a 25km closed loop circuit that travels clockwise around Sydney Harbour, highlighting many of the magnificent views around the harbour.

The course and facilities will be open from 8am - 5pm on event day.

Participants can start at any village, where they can pick up their event passport which includes a course map. 

There will be water stations at each village for participants to fill up their own water bottles.

To assist our four charities in this event we are encouraging people to donate online or on event day at any of the seven villages.

Around the course participants will use existing pathways and will therefore need to abide by normal pedestrian road rules.

No special event clearways or road closures will be in place. There will be road closures for Breakfast On The Bridge, please see rta.nsw.gov.au/newsevents for details

All participants walk in a clockwise direction only, this is to ease congestion and make the walk safer for all.

Click here to preview the course map
A map will be provided on the day in your participant passport.

 

Villages

There will be seven villages around the course that participants must pass through to complete the circle walk. Each of the villages will provide information, registration, first aid and toilets

Village Music Act Food Stall Other activities
The Rocks Philharmonix
 Poffertjes Please Cadmans Cottage- Open to  the public
Pyrmont Nuage Swing Michelles Turkish Gozleme  
Rozelle Paul Sun - Jazz Vocalist Dim Sum Station  
Hunters Hill Daniel Conway Hunters Hill Scouts BBQ  
Lane Cove Rosie Catalano/ Miss Little  Turkish Gozleme Taronga Zoo Mobile
Wollstonecraft The Little Scallywagz
 CM Catering- Wraps and Salads Free face painting
Milsons Point Mandi Jarry Various Kirribilli arts and crafts markets

 

The locations for the villages are clearly marked on the course map and are found at:

  1. The Rocks Village – Cadman's Cottage, Circular Quay Way, opposite OPT
  2. Pyrmont Village - Pyrmont Bay Park, Pirrama Rd, opposite Star City Casino
  3. Rozelle Village - King George Park, Manning Street, near Rozelle Hospital
  4. Hunters Hill Village - Hunters Hill Scout Hall, Durham Street, near the Church Street overpass on Burns Bay Road
  5. Lane Cove Village - Blaxlands Corner - Central Park, William Edward Street and Kenneth Street
  6. Wollstonecraft Village - Brennan Park, Hazelbank Street and King Street
  7. Milsons Point Village - Burton Street, Corner of Alfred Street and Burton Street

Toilet facilities in between villages are marked on the course map.

Transport

Extremely limited parking is available around the course. It is advised to travel by public transport to and from the event. For more information and timetables please contact: 

City Rail – www.cityrail.info
State Transit Bus Service – www.sta.nsw.gov.au
Transit Info Line – 131 500
Transit Info Line Website – www.131500.info

The Harbour Bridge and some surrounding roads will be closed from midnight till 1pm for Breakfast on the Bridge.

NB: There will be very limited parking at Milsons Point due to the participants of Breakfast on the Bridge

To avoid delays and get to your destination on time:

  • Check for trackwork on your line before you travel
  • Allow plenty of extra time for your journey
  • For trackwork information visit www.cityrail.info/trackwork/index.jsp
  • Use the 131 500 Trip Planner to help plan your journey. It will give you up-to-date train and bus timetable information.
  • Timetable information for buses replacing trains is available from Thursday 23 October.

For timetable information visit www.cityrail.info/timetable/index.jsp

For those participants not undertaking the entire course, a special event bus and ferry service will be available free of charge on event day only for event participants only.

The special event buses will run in an anti-clockwise direction along the event route at regular intervals and the event ferry will run between Birkenhead Point, Milsons Point and Circular Quay on a less frequent basis. Details of these special services will be available at the Villages on the day. You will require an event passport to use these services. Event buses will take longer to circulate than previous years and may experience further delays due to Breakfast on the Bridge.
 
 Ferry departure times:

 

 Depart Birkenhead  Milsons Point Cicular Quay
  1130  1155  1205
  1230 1255 1305
  1400  1425  1435
  1500 1525 1535
  1600 1625 1635
  1700 1725 1735