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After a pleasant afternoon in Collie (motel included). The following day starts with an easy cycle lane westwards out of the mining town. Watching out for swooping magpies though. No joke, they’ll swoop. Collie to Nglang Boodja hut … an easy day in comparison to others. Descended into Honeymoon pool for a brief rest. Made it brief too, before anyone had…
Heading out into what we thought might be a crafty short cut after Lake Brockman i.e. miss out a big loop … didn’t quite go to plan! Leaving the route towards Stirling Dam. There was a sign saying: ‘Picnic area closed’, but no indication the road was closed too ⛔ After 5 km’s Stirling Dam came into view, with some serious construction…
After an unexpected night indoors, curtsy of the Jarrahdale Environmental Centre At a cost of 💲17 each. Bloody bargain! And no one else at home 😁 The first port of call before leaving Jarrahdale, was to its well stocked general stores/post office 🏤 Then immediately, what felt like a mountain to climb as soon as on…
The day started early at 0500. A lift was arranged to get to the Northern Terminus at Mundaring. The temperature is already fairly warm 📛 Forecast to be a scorcher the next few days. This temperature is a bit unseasonable, even for Oz! Soon after leaving Mundaring, Weir Hotel came into view … let’s have a…
The Munda Biddi Trail is an off-road ⛰ cycling route in Western Australia 🇦🇺 running for over 1000 km’s from Mundaring to Albany – the longest trail of its kind in the world. The only other comparable in size, is the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (4455 km) from Canada down to the south of the US. But this isn’t a dedicated trail, it’s a route….
As with any journey the hardest part is getting to the start line, then getting back from the finish line 🏁 Mind-numbing, energy-sapping travel! A worm hole in the space-time-continuum would be so much quicker! Perth is truly blighted by fabulous cycle ways 🚴♂️ everywhere! One can traverse the city without hardly ever going on a…