Moora

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

Cataby to Moora, day 4, Thursday 1 November 1990. I left Cataby at 8:32. The turnoff was only about 200m down the highway. Once on the Dandaragan Road it seemed increasingly difficult to push the bike, and I thought that the previous day’s work had done me in. But after a couple of km I looked back and was rewarded with a panorama of the country behind. On long country rides I become affected by ‘hill-blindness’ and can’t often tell whether the road ahead of me is climbing, falling or level. I first noticed this in 1978, when on entering Margaret River for the first time, from the north, I couldn’t understand why the bike wouldn’t run easily ‘downhill’ from the bridge to the hotel.  ... Read more

Moora to New Norcia day 5, Friday 2 November 1990. The morning was fine and cool with a light southerly. I left Moora at 8:11. I had decided to go to New Norcia the short way, through Koojan and Gillingarra rather than through Walebing. This meant that I would be going due south early, while the wind was light, then as the wind freshened from the SW later on I would be riding eastward with it. Going through Walebing I would be riding straight into the wind for the last part of the ride. The short way was 3km shorter and included about 13km of unsealed surface.

As expected the Midlands Road was flat and straight, running as it did close beside the railway line.  ... Read more

Moora is a townsite located 177 km north of Perth in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is the most substantial wheat belt town between Geraldton and Perth. Moora is often a popular stopover for tourist’s en route to holiday destinations and those following the wildflower trail.