Narembeen

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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Bruce Rock to Narembeen, day 2, Friday 27 October 1995. I only had 39 km to do this day, so I didn’t hurry getting going. I left Bruce Rock at 8:49. It would have been better to leave earlier because of the heat. The maximum temperature that day was about 30 and winds were ENE which meant that they would be opposing me some of the way and help me a bit on the southward legs, on the zigzag road to Narembeen.

At one point on this journey I turned a corner from heading due south to heading due east, and copped a gust of wind straight in my face at the same time that I was presented with the vision splendid, of the sunlit road extended, 10 kilometres ahead.  ... Read more

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

Narembeen is a town in the Western Australia wheatbelt. It is 286 km, almost due east, from Perth, the capital of WA. It is the major settlement in the Shire of Narembeen, in which the major industries are growing cereal crops and raising cattle and sheep. Narembeen means place of female emus in the local Aboriginal language.