Australind Train

Perth to Donnybrook, day 1, Friday 15 November 1985. As in some other years, I decided to take the morning Australind train and start my ride from Bunbury. I was going to stop at Donnybrook for the first night so there was no hurry. For the first time the old Australind stopped at the new rail terminal which made it easier for me because it was closer to the start of the south-western highway.

I got the 9:30 am train from Perth. It took about 3 and a half hours to get to Bunbury in those days and I arrived there at about 1 pm. I had had ‘brunch’ on the train, pies and cakes from a deli.

I got the bike out of the luggage compartment, stowed the bag, donned the backpack, left the station and rode along Picton Road to find the T-junction.  ... Read more

Perth to Busselton, day 1, Monday 27 November 1979. This year I planned to do things in a different way. I would start the ride by taking the Australind train to Bunbury, then ride all the way back to Perth after going around the South-West.

I had a notion to try the 100 km stretch from Bunbury to Mandurah, which seemed a great challenge for me at that time, but it scared me and I would decide about it when the time came. It was only even thinkable because of one significant change from 1977 and 1978 – a new bike!

I still had the old Philco, which was my very first bike, bought in 1972, but from now on it would only do little trips to the shops or the beach.  ... Read more

The Transwa Australind is a diesel railcar train operated by Transwa that runs between Perth, Western Australia, and the south-west city of Bunbury on the South Western Railway (Western Australia). The Australind fleet consists of three powered railcars ADP101, ADP102 and ADP103, with two non-driving trailers ADQ121 and ADQ122. These units form one railcar with an ADP car at each end, and the two ADQ cars in the center. The remaining ADP car is normally stowed at the maintenance depot for servicing.