The answer to this is a circuit out towards Cronulla called Kurnell loops. If you are reliant on public transport like I am then, no worries, it is easily accessed by train. Just jump on the Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line to Cronulla and get off at Caringbah, two stops before Cronulla. It takes 50 minutes from Town Hall station.
Go up the lift from the platform (or carry your bike up the stairs) and start riding, heading left away from the station. Veer left at the first lights and you will start heading down a hill. At the next lights turn left and you will go under a bridge, through another set of lights and then soon after reach a roundabout at Captain Cook Drive.
Turn right at the roundabout onto Captain Cook Drive and you are at the start of your first lap. The road takes you out to Kurnell, a suburb of Sydney on the edge of Botany Bay and right under the flight path for Sydney International Airport. Heaven for a plane buff, but reminds me of the opening scene of The Castle!
At Kurnell you will arrive at another roundabout where you can go right or left and do a small loop around the suburb, ending back at Captain Cook Drive at which point you head back out to the start.
The road is relatively flat, with the exception of a couple of small rises, and about 90% of the route has a decent sized bike lane alongside allowing for decent stretches of time trial riding without having to worry too much about the traffic whizzing by.
The full loop is around 20km and there is generally enough two-wheeled company around for any cars to have to take notice of your presence. After you complete however many laps you need to do it is a relatively easy ride back up the hill to the railway station.
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