Lancelin

Lancelin is a small fishing and tourist town 110 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is located in the Shire of Gingin at the end of Wanneroo Road (State Route 60), and a few kilometres from the start of the Indian Ocean Drive. The town’s name originates from Lancelin Island that is located nearby which was named after P.J. Lancelin the scientific writer by Captain Nicolas Baudin in 1801 as part of the Frenchman’s expedition.

Clarkson to Lancelin Tour 2010, six days, cumulative distance: 285km.

I had not been to Lancelin for 16 years. Previous rides there in 1990 and 1994 had involved long runs, broken spokes, unrideable roads, cramp, bad weather and outdated or inaccurate maps. I planned to start at the extremity of the northern rail line and go to Lancelin, in easy stages of 40 to 50 km a day, staying in different places, then come back via Gingin and possibly Bindoon.

Charles A. Pierce

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Guilderton to Lancelin, day 3, Wednesday 27 October 2010. I was not in any hurry this morning. I turned on the radio and had the other salad roll and the vanilla slice and coffee in bed while reading. I also finished off the milk that they had left in the fridge. I finally locked the keys back in the key-box and set off at 9:55.

I rode straight up the road which was the main Guilderton Road. It was easier than coming in because a cool change had come in and I had the wind behind me, and there seemed to be more downhills than up. I reached Lancelin Road at 147 and turned right. As I did so I was surprised to see what appeared to be a town on the slopes to the east of the road, where I remembered only empty country.  ... Read more

Lancelin to Neergabby, day 4, Thursday 28 October 2010. I heated the shepherd’s pie and had it and a cake for breakfast. I rolled away from Lancelin motel at 9:57. The wind was fresh from the SW as expected, and I was braced for it. I just took it easy on the winding uphill road out of town.

At one point an adult emu and ten chicks suddenly burst from the scrub and raced along the side of the road beside me. When they came to another gap in the scrub they rushed through it and disappeared. I suppose they were alarmed by me. I had no opportunity to take a picture.

I got to the top of the hill and through the big new junction and found the going manageable.  … Read more

Cottesloe to Lancelin, 5 day tour 1994. Cumulative distance 330 km.

Charles A. Pierce

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Yanchep to Lancelin, day 2, Tuesday 6 September 1994. Left the Yanchep Lodge at 8:17. The wind was NE, and it would shift to NW as I approached Lancelin, so it was a headwind all the way. I estimated the journey to be 83 km, so I should arrive at Lancelin at 29990. I reached Wanneroo Road at 29914 and headed north. I rested at 29923, then started off again, feeling quite optimistic because the wind wasn’t too bad and I felt able to complete the task.

Then at 29924, one km after my rest, I heard a familiar snap, looked down and saw the back wheel going wibble, wibble, a broken spoke. I stopped briefly to check and sure enough, it was on the cluster side.  ... Read more

Lancelin, day 3, Wednesday 7 September 1994. This was a rest day. It was sunny with a fresh southeasterly. My decision had been right. I rode around the town and down to the surf beach, not protected by the reef, and had a pleasant boisterous swim. Back at the car park the speedo read 0000 for the fourth time, so after 11 years and 30,000 kilometres it was time to retire it and fit the new one I had brought with me in expectation of this moment.

Went back to the motel for lunch and a sleep, then had another swim at the hotel beach. This time I walked up to the point closest to Lancelin Island and after deliberating, tried to swim across.  ... Read more

Lancelin to Gingin, day 4, Thursday 8 September 1994. Left the Lancelin Inn at 8:01. The winds had come around so rapidly since Tuesday afternoon that they were already North-East, but not too strong, so I expected (rightly as it turned out) that they would moderate and back around to the north later. This actually helped me, at least it did not hinder me.

I passed the Ledge Point turnoff at 43 and the Guilderton Turnoff at 50. It was clear by now, checking against the 5-km posts, that the new speedo was highly accurate and needed no correction. I came to the Gingin Road turnoff at 56. At last I would be riding on new road, the possible mental hardship of retracing the 45km struggled over on Tuesday was behind me.  ... Read more

Midland to Moora, 7 day tour 1990, cumulative distance 450 km.

Gingin to Lancelin, day 2, Tuesday 30 October 1990. From the Lands Dept. map, which did not give the distance from Gingin to Lancelin, I had guessed it at 60-odd km. The night before riding it I increased the estimate to at least 70 km.

I left Gingin at 7:28 on a cold, overcast morning with intermittent drizzle. The wind was strong WSW, against me for half the day’s journey. When I got to the Brand Highway and turned onto the Lancelin Road I had already done 5km and a sign said ‘Lancelin 75km.’ There were going to be 80km, 35 into a headwind and the rest with the aid of the wind backing more SW as the day went on.  ... Read more