Bicycle Touring Around Western Australia

Cycling around Western Australia it could be suggested is the best way to see Western Australia; that is touring Western Australia or parts of it a bicycle (well and bushwalking the parts you cannot ride to This post is about listing those who are seeing cycling around Western Australia. It is about summarising the known cycle tourist websites/blogs/journals describing cycling around Western Australia. Hopefully it is useful for virtual touring and planning.

Rabbit Proof Fence – The Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail, Western Australia

I am summarising here journals from CrazyGuyOnABike which is a great touring based website as well as all the other blogs and websites that I come across. If you know of a Western Australia bike tour journal not listed here, please let me know.

Cycling Around Western Australia Via Roads

1. 2013 – Nullabor: Its Just Plain Silly – Sandra Lawn - Added April 2013
2. 2013 - Crocodile Dreaming - Across the Kimberly on the Gibb River Road – Graham Smith – Added April 2013
3. 2012 – Perth to Adelaide – Brian Webber 
   
4. 2012 – Perth to Adelaide by Bike (includes Holland Track) - Rikus Kaijer
5. 2012 – Around the Clubs 2012 – Peter Bradshaw
6. 2012 – A World of Difference Tour Australia – Sam Pollard
7. 2012 – Chasing the Dirt – Out and Back to Augustus by Bicycle Tour - Andrew Priest
   • Fremantle to Geraldton leg of the tour
     
   • Geraldton to Carnarvon leg of the tour
   • Carnarvon to Mullewa via Mt Augustus leg of the tour
   • Mullewa to Fremantle – final leg of the tour
8. 2012 – Bikepacking the Waterous Trail – A Revisit – Andrew Priest
9. 2012 – ? – Australia by backroads – Pierre Guillez
10. 2012 – Desert ride: across the Nullarbor on a Surly – Lisa Dempster
11. 2012 – BikeDorkDNT and the bush time meander in Southern Western Australia – Peter Westcoast
12. 2011 – Tour from Adelaide to Perth – John Twine
13. 2011 – Wandering the Darling Range – Andrew Priest
14. 2011 – Kalamunda to York and Back – Paul Borbas
15. 2011 – The Gibb River Road Challenge – Worldbiker
16. 2011 – Canning Stock Route – Martijn Boonman
17. 2011 – South West of Perth West Australia – Jim MacTaggart
18. 2011 – Tour du Monde – Perth to eastern states via the south west and Nullarbor – Fergus Kerins
19. 2011 – CyclingDutchGirl – In and out of Western Australia
20. 2011 – Hugh and Pauline across Australia and around New Zealand – Pauline Symonds
21. 2011 – FeetFirst from Perth around Australia 2009 – 2011: Section 2 – Sydney to Perth via Darwin – Dennis Smith
22. 2011 – Tony’s Cycle Rides Over The Years – Perth to Adelaide (or Sydney) – Tony
23. 2011 – Beyond the great divide – Gibb River Road – Aaron Lisco
24. 2011 – Wandering Time – Around Australia -
25. 2011 – Zig zag across Australia – GJ Coop
26. 2011 – Ride across Australia – Down the length of the west coast from Broome to Perth – Mark Carrington
27. 2011 – Nullabor tandem crossing – Alan and Wendy Baird
28. 2011 – South West Aussie dash – Dean Neal
29. 2011 – A short ride – starting in Perth, pointing the bike due east and seeing what happens – Victor Cavlo
30. 2011 – Oz odyssey: Perth to Sydney – West to East Southern Australia – Dendy Sloan
31. 2011 – Great Western Australian Bike Ride 2011 – A 9 day mass group tour of South Western Australia – Gordon Ross
32. 2010 – Bike on Australia – Bit of a travelogue … poorly designed website which is hard to follow – limited value in my view
33. 2010 – Esperance to Perth – Aushiker
34. 2010 – Six Wheels Adventures – Perth to Broome
35. 2010 – Coasting Across Australia – A 4,000 Kilometre Coast To Coast Ride Across Our Island – Shane Kelly
36. 2010 – Hyden Loop – A Ride from Narrogin, WA, throuh Lake King and Hyden, WA, and back to Narrogin – Peter Bradshaw
37. 2009 – The Great Escapade WA March 2009 – Adventure through the Margaret River 567 km round trip – Mark Hales
38. 2009 – Adelaide to Darwin (and beyond) offroad – Avoiding flies, work and the highway – GJ Coop
39. 2009 – FeetFirst from Perth around Australia 2009 – 2011. Section 1 – Perth to Sydney – Part 1 of a solo unsupported tour anti-clockwise around the perimeter of Australia and anywhere else the winds might blow me – in 2 sections – Dennis Smith
40. 2009 – Going west – Three weeks in Western Australia – Chris Lewthwaite
41. 2009 – Across Australia – Pretty Quick – Freemantle WA to Bondi NSW in under 12 days – Pete Heal
42. 2009 – Perth to Sydney - AKPedalers
43. 2009 – South West Oz Before Christmas – In the land of ‘the Freemantle Doctor’, Emu Bitter and various snake species to avoid – Dave Milne
44. 2009 – Katherine to Broome Kimberly Tour 2009 – Cruise thru the Northern Territory and North Western Australia – Gordon Ross
45. 2009 – 10 Deserts Solo  Cycle Epic – Russell Worthington
46. 2009 – The Great Escapade WA March 2009 – Adventure through the Margaret River 567km round trip – Mark Hales
47. 2009 – Geraldton to Perth bicycle tour – Aushiker
48. 2009 – You are viewing Australia – About that cargo ship…. - Travelling Two
49. 2008 – Around Australia – Cycling Around Australia and Tassie – Werner Fische
50. 2008 – Across Australia – From Perth to Sydney through the Nullarbor – Kyle Thomas
51. 2008 – Cunderdin Loop – A loop from Melville, WA through Cunderdin, WA – Peter Bradshaw
52. 2008 – Globetrotting – Eighteen months around the world – Neil Sneddon
53. 2007 – Darwin to Perth – 33 day ride
54. 2007 – Western Australia – a hard spring – Tony Calvert
55. 2007 – Ride to Nanga Mill – A short Nanga Mill vacation – Peter Bradshaw
56. 2007 – South of Perth – a trip down the roads that you never drive – Mickey Boulton
57. 2006 – Springtime in Western Australia – The tandem goes around the south western part of Western Australia (with Mark Carrington as well) – Dave & Jo Whitney
58. 2005 – Around The World – A twelve month (or more) trip across Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada –  David Holmes
59. 2005 – South & West Australia – Touring on a tandem out of Adelaide and Freemantle – Brian Brown
60. 2005 – Canning Stock Route (CSR) Adventure – Jakub Postrzygacz
61. 2004 – FeetFirst from Adelaide to Perth 2004 – A solo unsupported tour of 2,900 km across the Nullabor Plain from Adelaide, South Australia to Perth, Western Australia –  Dennis Smith
62. 2004 – Ride across Australia 2004 – Second time around from Perth to Melbourne – Mark Carrington
63. 2003 – Around Australia -Recumbent Style – Where2pedalto.
64. 2003 – A WHALE OF A TIME - A Nine day Cycle Tour with the CTA (a dash around the Southwest) – Trish Collins
65. 2001 – One Year By Bicycle

Cycling Around Western Australia – Exploring the Munda Biddi Trail

1. 2011 – July – Munda Biddi Trail Nannup to Donnybrook (should have been Jarrahdale) – Aushiker
2. 2011 – BikeDork DNT and the Munda Biddi taste test – Peter Westcoast
3. 2011 – Munda Biddi rollercoaster – when one cycle of punishment just ain’t enough – GJ Coop
4. 2009 – Munda Biddi Madness – Father and son 4 day trip on Munda Biddi trail near Perth, Western Australia – Shane French
5. 2009 – Munda Biddi trail – Munda Biddi trail Spring 2009 South West Australia -  Paul Feinler
6. 2009 – Perth, Munda Biddi and Rottnest Island – A short tour of the Munda Biddi Trail, cycle friendly Perth and Rottnest Island. – John McArthur
7. 208 – September – The Munda Biddi Bike Trail – Mal Gilbey
8. 2008 – Munda Biddi Track – Mundaring to Collie – Aushiker

Helpful Resource Websites on Cycling Around Western Australia

1. Cycling Outback Australia – Craig Bagnall and Nikki Brown
2. Munda Biddi Trail Foundation – Tales from the Trail
3. Bourkes on Wheels – The adventures of Ed and Gaye Bourke – More challenging tours for sure.
4. Cycle Trails around Australia
5. Mark Beaumont – World Cycle Challenge
6. Riding a Bicycle Across the Nullarbor – November 2011 crossing – Maree Bike Tour Oz

Cycle Around the World Resource Websites

1. How to pack your handlebar bag - Bicycle Touring Pro