Crossman

Boddington to Wandering day 4, Thursday 27 October 2011.

I had the toast and cereal and a hot pie for breakfast. I set off at 8:30, 269. Here it was, Day 4 and I hadn’t yet done 100 km. In the old days I would have done over 100km in the first 2 days. There was a light westerly wind. The road was less up-and-down now that I was getting away from the coast and the going was all right with pleasant scenery.

At Crossman, 281, I rested, and light drizzle began to fall. I say at Crossman, not in Crossman, because there is nothing there but the derelict remnants of a roadhouse. I don’t know if I remember ever visiting that roadhouse when it was alive.  ... Read more

Williams to Boddington day 7, Wednesday 24 October 2007. The day was warm and sunny with north to north-easterly winds, a headwind for 40 km of my planned day’s journey. I left the motel at 9:26 and turned onto the Albany Highway and made my way over the bridge and past the hotel and the craft shop and the Woolshed and out of town.

There is some climbing to do until about 10 km north of Williams, then a view of country ahead and a downhill run for a while. I felt optimistic and energetic despite the conditions. They weren’t so bad and I had the left turn at Crossman and 12 km of wind-assisted riding to Boddington to look forward to.  ... Read more

Boddington to Williams, day 4, Thursday 16 October 2003. The morning in Boddington was very foggy, thicker than you see fog in Perth, more like a good East Anglia fog in England. I didn’t rush to get going, I didn’t want to ride in fog, there were only another 50-odd km to do today and the road would not be so hard. The winds turned out to be helpful, moderate westerlies all day. The sun soon peeped through the dissipating fog and I left Boddington on a cool morning at 8:58.

I reached Crossman at 984. There seemed to be nothing there but a house until I turned onto the Albany Highway and looked north and saw the roadhouse beyond the house.  ... Read more

Crossman is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 125 kilometres (78 mi) south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway, and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Boddington. Crossman Wildflower Reserve is a year-round sanctuary for flora and fauna and home to a wide range of native orchids.