Munda Biddi Cycling Adventure - Walpole to Manjimup

Today we transfer towards Walpole for our first few days of the trip. The trip begins with an 8:00am pick up in Perth (from the Tourist Coach Stand at 37 Beaufort Street, near the corner of James Street). With morning tea and lunch on the way, we will arrive in the coastal town early afternoon and we will get straight into it! A scenic and generally flat ride around the Walpole and Nornalup inlets with a couple of small hills awaits us for our first introduction to the Munda Biddi. A perfect start to this epic adventure. After the ride, we will check into our accommodation, if not already done so before the ride. Enjoy a warm shower before heading out for a meal at a local restaurant.

Meals:  L,D

We will get going after breakfast and head straight out from our accommodation. Today is day filled with variety, a variety of terrain (sand, gravel, bitumen), some flat part and some steep hills, and a variety of different environments. As we ride along today enjoy vast heath and Karri forests, open farmland and awe inspiring Jarrah/Marri forest towards the end. At the end of the day we will also have the opportunity for a short walk around Mt Frankland before heading back to Walpole.

Meals:  B,L,D

This morning we pack up before loading luggage and bikes into the trailer to make our way to the start of the ride. Back to where we finished the day before the trail heads along a gravel road through Karri forest first, then intermittently turns into single track for some downhill and gravel/sand riding through woodlands and wet heathland. After a delicious morning tea at Fernhook Falls, there is more sand and gravel riding on a single track. There will some regeneration forest and more wet heathland in the afternoon. At the end of the ride, the bus will be waiting to take us to our new accommodation near Northcliffe.

Meals:  B,L,D

A great day today! We will begin by weaving our way through some more old growth Karri and Jarrah/Marri forest. Just before morning tea, we come back onto a gravel road which is undulating with short, steep hills. We will definitely have earnt ouselves some cake to enjoy at Boorara Tree. The rest of the day will be riding through a mix of firetrail/singletrack/ bitumen through Karri forest and farmland and even a little bit of Bluegum plantations all the way straight to our accommodation.

Meals:  B,L,D

No need to drive anywhere this morning, as we head out straight from our accommodation. First off we have a nice long downhill to Warren River, but then the track takes us uphill after crossing the bridge. There is a fair amount of undulating singletrack, firetrail and old logging railway tracks until Gloucester Tree. At Gloucester Tree we will enjoy a lovely morning tea and you have the option to climb Gloucester tree if you can muster up the courage. From Gloucester tree it’s downhill to Permberton and then uphill onto bitumen road for a bit. In the afternoon i’s mainly old gravel loging roads through regenerarion and Jarrah/Marri forest with quite some undulations. We finish our day with a ride through farmland and logging coups.

Meals:  B,L,D

Our last full day of riding! You’ll start the day off with some undulating hill riding to get to the quaint town of Quinninup town. After a short break, enjoy the variety of terrain and scenery as we ride the trail through jarrah forest, pine and bluegum plantation before descending to the Warren River where we’ll have morning tea. You’ll need the energy for the hill that follows, so take your time to listen to the birds and breathe in the forest air. We turn toward Manjimup now and wind our way along less hilly tracks and trails. You’ll know our final destination is approaching when we hit the outskirts of town and some bitumen roads, before a last uphill into town where you can kick off your shoes and enjoy a relaxing picnic lunch in the park. Grab a coffee or have a look around Manjimup before we head back to our accommodation for our last night away.

Meals:  B,L

Our last day already! We will pack up in the morning and head to Bicentennial tree for another chance of climbing a tree. From there we will drive to Pemberton for a little look around and morning tea. On the way back to Perth we will stop in Bunbury where you can grab some lunch (own expense), before embarking on the last driving leg back to Perth.

Meals:  B