Kondinin

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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Narembeen to Kondinin, day 3, Saturday 28 October 1995. I left Narembeen at 7:47. The morning was cool and the winds were light SE turning to S and SW. The land rose to some highish country between Narembeen and Kondinin, then fell gradually towards Kondinin.

I had drink breaks at 2936, 2950 and 2964. At one point a large kangaroo bounded across the road in front of me and kept going into the scrub. It would have been taller than I. My stomach ache was a lot less and the ride, which I had been worried about because it was the longest (though still short by the standards of previous years) for the trip so far, was quite steady and straightforward.  ... Read more

Kondinin to Hyden, day 4, Sunday 29 October 1995. I left Kondinin at 7:32. The first 8 km or so of the road to Hyden are mostly uphill. This is usually the case – inland towns are either near a river or for other reasons on relatively low-lying land. One can usually count on a climb to get out of a town and a downhill run for the last few km into the next one.

The wind was easterly, against me all the way. There was some cloud, but the day was mostly sunny with a maximum of about 29 in the part of the country where I was. The road from Kondinin was at first lined with trees, pleasant on a cool sunny morning.  ... Read more

Hyden to Kondinin, day 6, Tuesday 31 October 1995. I didn’t have the buffet breakfast, just the usual biscuits and cake and milk before an early start. This was to be a challenge day. The winds were indeed from the WNW, gusting up to 20 knots, the sky was overcast and the morning cool. I left Hyden at 7:21 and took drink breaks at 3063, 3078 and 3093.

Because I had expected a hard time it didn’t seem so bad, I just took it steadily, up and down the gentle slopes and along the long straight stretches of road, where you can see 5 or 10 km ahead. The maps told me that the last 8km into Kondinin were mostly downhill, so when I was 15km out and making good time, realising that I could make it in under 4 hours I started to push hard.  ... Read more

Kondindin to Corrigin, day 7, Wednesday 1 November 1995. Rain had fallen during the night. There didn’t seem any need to rush for an early start since this wasn’t a challenge day, the wind wasn’t going to get any stronger and might back a bit more southerly as the day went on. I had decided to go to Corrigin via the Pioneer Cemetery and Kondinin Lake. Tourist brochures show this lake as a shining expanse of water with a yacht on it but of course I’m a local and I knew it would only be that good under exceptional conditions.

The winds were fresh from the west and the skies threatened more rain. I left Kondinin at 8:43, heading south out of town instead of north, the usual route to Corrigin, which would have taken me back part of the way I had travelled from Narembeen the previous week.  ... Read more

Kondinin is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 279 kilometres (173 mi) east of the state capital, Perth via the Brookton Highway and State Route 40 between Corrigin and Hyden. It is the main town in the Shire of Kondinin.