Kelmscott

Kelmscott to Rocky Gully Tour 1996 – 13 days, 827 km cumulative distance. The aim of this trip was to follow the route of the 1991 ride as far as a resort on the Muirs Highway, then, instead of turning back west as in 1991, to continue east as far as Rocky Gully, then return by some of the route followed in 1987, but this time going all the way back to Cottesloe.

There is nothing special about Rocky Gully except that, before I successfully rode to the Stirlings from Albany in 1993, I had a plan to stay at Rocky Gully on the way from Manjimup to Cranbrook as a way of getting into the Stirlings from the west, by a series of achievable day’s rides.  ... Read more

Kelmscott to Pinjarra, day 1, Tuesday 15 October 1996. I left Kelmscott at 7.12 on a cool morning with very light southerly winds. The odometer read 864.7. This was to be the first ride using the new ‘cyclocomputer’ that works through magnetic pulses from sensors on the fork and spoke of the front wheel – no contact, nothing to get worn or broken, only a battery to go flat eventually.

I rested and took a drink at 882. At 892 I stopped at a shop to buy a bottle of the new, rich chocolate milk, that I hadn’t seen before. I was to have many of these during the ride. I stopped again and drank this at 898.

A headwind was developing but I and the bike were in fine form and this first day seemed very easy.  ... Read more

Kelmscott is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Armadale, and it is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Perth along Albany Highway. The suburb of Kelmscott is bisected by the Canning River. On the western side of the river is the flat coastal plain upon which most of Perth is situated. To the east, the suburb rises into the western Darling Scarp.