PHOTO: Richard Woolley in 1943 Richard van der Riet Woolley took up his duties on Mount Stromlo as Director of the then Commonwealth Solar Observatory early in December l939. ... I suggested to Woolley that we should hold a bicycle race from the Cotter Road at the foot of the mountain to the top, with the finishing line in front of the Observatory Building. ... I am gratified that, as the Tour de Stromlo Classic, it is still celebrated some 55 years later. ... Back to the Tour de Stromlo main page ...