Setting of with another glorious day: blue skies ☀ Off early, so flies scarce. If it’s going to be glorious, it’s going to be flies. You can’t have your cake and eat it here! Arriving in Walpole early afternoon. First, port of call: burger and chips! Walpole is a pleasant small town. Most tourists will…
Leaving the peaceful settings of the back roads south of Pemberton, my posse and me saddle up towards Northcliffe! Northcliffe is a nice little town, even better with a cafe serving burgers and chips! That alone makes it a nice town! Then, to top it a store selling Iranian dates … dam fine too! From here a short cycle…
After enjoying another rest day at Karta Burnu. Every-other-day would be a rest day if I had my way! The first port-of-call was a posh cafe in the swanky town of Manjimup. Once, back on the trail and well away from Manjimup, the smell of a wildfire was ominous. Smoke rising in the direction…
Leaving the quiet settlement of Jarrahwood and onto an old ‘form’ (railway line) towards Nannup. Nice easy day on the ‘form’! Nannup becomes the half-way point of the trail. Some real wild camping south of Nannup in a pine forest. Took forever to find any kind of level ground! Plus, nearly tramping on a…
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…