Dwellingup to Collie, Western Australia
September 19th 2006 05:40
The section of the Munda Biddi that runs from Dwellingup to Bidjar Ngoulin Camp is one of the easiest of the whole Munda Biddi trail. We took our time, sleeping in, buying groceries and sending postcards (some of us still do) in Dwellingup before setting off to do this leisurely 30kms or so.
The wide/gravel tracks and roads of the Munda Biddi take you past the Nanga Mill campsite and into the shady forest. You're likely to have the Bidjar Ngoulin shelter, which is close to a gurgling stream, to yourself apart from the truly enormous spider that hangs near the dunny roll in the toilet. Check out the comments book for some light entertainment.
Following the Munda Biddi still, the next day for us was another short one at around 43kms to the Lake Brockman Tourist Park at Logue Brook Dam. This campsite is run by an eccentric old fellow who is always "up the back" when we call in. It costs just $15 per person for a cabin overlooking the lake and overlooked by dozens of friendly magpies. It's worth it as the tentsites are on a rocky slope. The camp store has chips, baked beans, drinks and ice creams. It advertises takeaway's but I've never seen it dish any up.
After a couple of days on gravel tracks it is great to sprint down potholed Logue Brook Dam Road to join up with the South Western Hwy. The Highway rolls into Harvey. The info centre and the Stirling Cottage Tea Rooms are in the gardens on your left as you enter the outskirts of Harvey. Great setting but there are lots of bicycle signs with bit red marks over them indicating that bikes aren't welcome.
Harvey's town centre is over the bridge and down a sideroad on the right. The Eureka Bakery on the way into town does good pasties. To avoid a section of highway cycle over the railway and turn left. Follow this road to the end then turn right then right again down Hockets Rd before left and left again onto Dixon Rd which will return you to the Hwy.
Just before turning left down Mornington Rd, the Wogalup Roadhouse is your last chance for cold drinks before Collie. This is a nice quiet road gradually being made. It takes you past a winery and some farms before plunging you into the West Aussie bush again.
At the end, there is a T Junction. Turn left then right over the railway for the last 13kms (out of a total 65kms) into Collie. There's more traffice but less uphills than on Mornington Road. At the end turn left for the main street. The Caravan Park is over the highway and at the top of a steep hill on Porter Street. ($15AUS/2pax for an unpowered tentsite.)
The wide/gravel tracks and roads of the Munda Biddi take you past the Nanga Mill campsite and into the shady forest. You're likely to have the Bidjar Ngoulin shelter, which is close to a gurgling stream, to yourself apart from the truly enormous spider that hangs near the dunny roll in the toilet. Check out the comments book for some light entertainment.
Cycling the Munda Biddi Trail, WA
Following the Munda Biddi still, the next day for us was another short one at around 43kms to the Lake Brockman Tourist Park at Logue Brook Dam. This campsite is run by an eccentric old fellow who is always "up the back" when we call in. It costs just $15 per person for a cabin overlooking the lake and overlooked by dozens of friendly magpies. It's worth it as the tentsites are on a rocky slope. The camp store has chips, baked beans, drinks and ice creams. It advertises takeaway's but I've never seen it dish any up.
After a couple of days on gravel tracks it is great to sprint down potholed Logue Brook Dam Road to join up with the South Western Hwy. The Highway rolls into Harvey. The info centre and the Stirling Cottage Tea Rooms are in the gardens on your left as you enter the outskirts of Harvey. Great setting but there are lots of bicycle signs with bit red marks over them indicating that bikes aren't welcome.
Harvey's town centre is over the bridge and down a sideroad on the right. The Eureka Bakery on the way into town does good pasties. To avoid a section of highway cycle over the railway and turn left. Follow this road to the end then turn right then right again down Hockets Rd before left and left again onto Dixon Rd which will return you to the Hwy.
Just before turning left down Mornington Rd, the Wogalup Roadhouse is your last chance for cold drinks before Collie. This is a nice quiet road gradually being made. It takes you past a winery and some farms before plunging you into the West Aussie bush again.
At the end, there is a T Junction. Turn left then right over the railway for the last 13kms (out of a total 65kms) into Collie. There's more traffice but less uphills than on Mornington Road. At the end turn left for the main street. The Caravan Park is over the highway and at the top of a steep hill on Porter Street. ($15AUS/2pax for an unpowered tentsite.)
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