Ludlow

Busselton to Cottesloe, day 6, Saturday 26 November 1983. I had a leisurely breakfast in my room, then a morning swim, before packing up and taking the easy ride up to Bunbury.

I stopped in the Ludlow Forest and at Capel of course. I might have ridden the rest of the way to Bunbury non-stop, as I often did if the wind was favourable, since I would not have to ride any more after reaching Bunbury.

In the early afternoon I reached Bunbury, where I bought tickets for myself and the bike on the Australind train, then went up to the ocean beach for a swim. The afternoon train got me back to Perth in time to catch the recently re-opened Fremantle train home to Cottesloe.  ... Read more

Busselton to Bunbury, day 9, Tuesday 29 October 1991. There was no hurry about leaving Busselton this morning because I was only going to Bunbury and the Bunbury-Busselton road could be ridden by a cripple in his sleep (that description nearly applied to me a couple of times in past years).

I had a morning swim and set off at 9.39, going as usual by Geographe Bay Road to get back to the Bussell Highway through Wonnerup. There was something nudging at my memory but I couldn’t remember what it was, until I came up against a pile of sand, and I recalled from 1988 that a storm washed away a section of Geographe Bay Road during 1986. It was much too close to the sea and they haven’t bothered to rebuild it.  ... Read more