Kwinana

The Town of Kwinana is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 118 square kilometres in metropolitan Perth, and lies about 38 km south of Perth’s central business district, via the Kwinana Freeway. Kwinana is an indigenous Australian word meaning either “young woman” or “pretty maiden”. The ship SS Kwinana was wrecked on Cockburn Sound in 1922 and blown onto Kwinana Beach. The nearby area acquired the name and it was officially adopted for a township in 1937.

Lake Clifton to Cottesloe, day 8, Monday 2 November 1992. I left Lake Clifton at 8.47. There was a fresh SE wind that was to last all day. The speedo read 25136 as I turned onto the Old Coast Road. I passed the Parkridge Hotel, formerly the Lazy Crab resort, at 25150. This might have been a better place to stay in terms of evening out the distances for days 7 and 8, but it was more expensive and lacked peacocks, besides which I had forgotten it was there and didn’t think to look it up. I rested at 25152.

The SE wind was opposing me quite strongly as I approached Mandurah, because the road turns more E. I reached Mandurah at 10.31, 25168.  ... Read more