Bruce Rock

Perth to Wave Rock, 11 day tour 1995, 554 km cumulative distance

The aim of this trip was to reach Wave Rock at Hyden, starting by catching the train to Merredin and returning as far as Midland or Armadale to catch the train the rest of the way back to Cottesloe. Midland was decided upon as the trip progressed.

Charles A. Pierce

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Perth to Bruce Rock, day 1, Thursday 26 October 1995. Niteroad had picked up my bike and taken it to Merredin on Tuesday 24 October. I caught the Prospector train from East Perth at 8:45 am on Thursday 26th. I had packed a brunch consisting of a salami calabrese roll with capsicum and a cheese roll with capsicum, and a couple of cans of Coca-Cola. I ate this slowly and dozed sometimes as the train rolled comfortably through the sunlit countryside.

The train was 10 minutes late leaving Perth but arrived in Merredin on time. Then I ran into the great convenience of the new, privatised, fragmented way of running the railways today. The station building was closed, and I had to hump my luggage 200 metres to the information place to find out where Marley’s Transport, the Merredin depot for Niteroad, was located.  ... Read more

Bruce Rock to Narembeen, day 2, Friday 27 October 1995. I only had 39 km to do this day, so I didn’t hurry getting going. I left Bruce Rock at 8:49. It would have been better to leave earlier because of the heat. The maximum temperature that day was about 30 and winds were ENE which meant that they would be opposing me some of the way and help me a bit on the southward legs, on the zigzag road to Narembeen.

At one point on this journey I turned a corner from heading due south to heading due east, and copped a gust of wind straight in my face at the same time that I was presented with the vision splendid, of the sunlit road extended, 10 kilometres ahead.  ... Read more

Bruce Rock is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 243 kilometres (151 mi) east of Perth and 48 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Bruce Rock. Economically the area depends on cropping of cereals, primarily wheat, but also barley, lupins and peas. Livestock such as sheep, goats and pigs are also raised in the area.