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MTB in Perth
Hi,
Anyone know anything about Mountain biking in or near to Perth?? I'm going over for work and will have a few days off so I'm wondering if its worth taking the MTB or the "other" bike.
Andrew
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He is the expert.
I asked one of the MTB-OZ guys who was there recently, he had this to say...
So there you have it.
FWIW, I have ridden around Margaret River on the Rails to Trails paths. We rode from Margaret River to Cowaramup and back. Pretty nice, mostly more narrow than fire trail. IIRC there was some nice sniggle near the river/Rotary Park. Theres a couple of maps on this page:
http://www.amrsc.wa.gov.au/corpcomm/trails.html
Who knows how long it will stay there, but I Googled,
"rails to trails" "margaret river"
(yes, with the quotes) to find it. The Rails to Trails map is identical to one I took a photo of there.this months australian mountain bike magazine has an article in the places that rock section
if you dont have it PM me and ill scan it and email it to you
has maps and all
cheers
Kurt
Liz and I rode the first 40k or so, in high summer a few years ago...
http://nobmob.com/node/37
I'd love to organise a trek through the whole trail some day, hopefully it has improved a lot since that ride 4 years ago now!
Oh, lookie here:
http://perthmtb.com/node/208
Depends where you'll be staying. If you can get out to Mundaring (its the big dam that holds all of Perths dam water) there's a nice loop that takes you across mainly firebreak road and old reclaimed railway clearings, with an option to ride a bit of dh single track at the end.
http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/cycling/1932.asp
Would highly recommend it. Ive got a mate back in Perth who might be able to play tour guide..