May 28, 2021
To the Edge of Perth
Cunderdin to Mundaring
Joel and I surprised ourselves today. We unexpectedly rode 65 km by mid morning, then assessed it’d be wise to push on to avoid wet weather. We finished up doing 125km which brought us to within 40km of Perth CBD. It was a hard days ride due to rolling hills and heavy traffic as we got closer to Perth.
A highlight of today was meeting truck driver Mark Baker from Albury NSW when we were eating at Northam. Mark was very chatty and said he’d passed by us several tines in the past few weeks. He’s an owner/operator and freights long distance routinely. Mark was very complimentary about our high vis clothing and flashing lights. He said they were a major help to truckies and they’d communicated about us from truck to truck. This is why we’d often noticed large interstate trucks slowing and changing lanes to help us.
We found accommodation (The Travellers Rest) just in time in Mundaring. The skies opened with very heavy rain just as we checked into the cabins.
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Today's ride: 125 km (78 miles)
Total: 3,784 km (2,350 miles)
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Only 40km to go. And I’ve been told ‘it’s all downhill’ by a local.
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