To Esperance

19/10 Depart Albany, to East Bay Camp, 55 km, 4:13, head wind 3 km back track through water treatment plant (oops).

20/10 72.8 km, 4:41 To Wellsheat Hot day, head wind before lunch, waited till change came through caravan park on old field.

Caravan Park

21/10 To Bremer Bay 81 km, flat road riding. local creeks have salt water from dry and farming salinity. Back tire had broken bead.

22/10 To Fitzgeralt NP 57 km 3:55, tire looking bad, repair holding

23/10 to Old Ongerup Rd, 82 km, 5:38, back to main road for awhile. Telegraph track closed due to Pyhtophra, Got water refil from Park ranger.

24/10 to Hopetoun, 90km, 5:44

25/10 To Manglinup Beach, 85 km, 4:55, cool day tail wind.

26/10 Qaugi beach camp site, 72 km,

27/10 To Esperance, 78km spedo not working, swim in morning before leaving beach, along highway for 65 km, cross wind most of the day.

finished Munda biddi Trail

5-10 34 km, 2:45 – 17 km along highway to avoid backtrack, detour around fire ground

6-10 37.7 km, 2:46 Stopped in Binyup at Geoff Toy got chatting around cycling touring, Geoff is the warmshowers host in Binyup and stayed the night (thanks Geoff)

7-10 55 km, 4:0 hrs to Jarrawood

8-10 85 km, 6:31 Hard day with climb at end, Karla Burma camp

9-10 69km, 5:18 to Quinniup Pine forest plantations. Eggs and Mushrooms in Mannijup

10-10 64 km, 5:03 to Northcliff cruzie day started in rain, wet overnight in bivy bag.

11-10 52 km, 4:05 dried sleeping stuff out at shelter.

12-10 45km 3:47 Kwokrlup Bella hut

13-10 30km Warpol backpackers for the night, heavy rain overnight.

lunch stop

14-10 55.7 km, 4:45 Booner Mundak shelter, started in rain. Lunch at great tree walk, too much sugar.

15-10 54.6 km, 4:05 rolling day sun/rain all day, scrub mostly low forest final hut

final hut

16-10 49km, 3:48 Denmark, onto coast, backpackers overnight. last 15 km was very up/down.

17-10 78 km, 4:58 Tail wind nearly all the way into Albany and end of Mundabiddi Trail. Last 15 km were highway and through the industrial parts of Albany.

Southern end of tail in Albany

Munda Biddi Trail-East WA 2019

27-9 Depart Perth, 33 km to Maundering Weir, good cycle along heritage trail from Midland trail station.

28-9 34 km, Single track through forest, First Camp site, Carrinyah, water avaliable

29-9 34 km, Wungong Camp site

30-9 60km, via Jarradale for lunch, Hard day finished at trail hut trashed.

1-10 70.8 km, via Dwellingup for lunch, arrived at Ngounlin Camp at dark.

2-10 56km, Bivy camp, did not make next hut.

3-10 66 km, to Collie

4-10, day off, break, post some things home 2kg less to carry, thunderstorms around and rain.

Photo album here