Munda Biddi report - Mundaring -> Dandalup
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:25 pm
As promised my Munda Biddi report from the long weekend just past.
Firstly, the ride I did is here
You may note that the Jarrahdale to Dandalup section doesn't exactly follow the Munda Biddi - That's because I got lost and and decided to make my own way there. I don't exactly regret it as it was still an enjoyable ride - plus the number of snakes I saw on the narrow trails had me rather gun shy by this point.
Total km's - 237
Total climbing - 2650m
Total snakes - 9 dugites
Total chocolate bars consumed - no idea!
Total amount of water drunk riding home on Monday into the northerly (AT) 15kmph - 5L
Day 1 - Mundaring to Wungong Campsite
77km's for this day with 1110m of climbing - Deep pea gravel made the going fairly tough but reached Wungong without dramas - Really enjoyable ride and Wungong is a great campsite.
Few pics of this ride:
Still amazes me that people use the Perth hills as a rubbish dump.
Wungong campsite
Stuart rolled in on his trike sometime in the evening but I was boring and was asleep by 7.30pm
According to my phone, the temp dropped to 3 degrees overnight - Was nice and toasty in my thermals but the midnight pee-run was pretty quick!
Day 2 - Wungong to Dandalup Campsite
Approx 70km's and 990m of climbing
Wungong to Jarrahdale was a nice little ride through some great narrow tracks - I had the Jarrahdale burger which was an epically large burger, just what a hungry cyclist needs!
The route out of Jarrahdale was incredibly frustrating with really deep pea gravel and confusing signage - I ended up getting completely lost and retraced my route back to Jarrahdale and took Scarp Road to Dandalup - It was hot, I kept seeing massive dugites and I was running out of time to make it to the camp by the evening. By the way, the climb up Scarp Road is rather fun on a heavily loaded mtb!
A welcome sight and a nice swim
Dandalup campsite
The track leading to Dandalup was incredibly bad - it has been torn up by motorcyclists and was ridiculously steep at points - I spend a fair amount of time pushing my bike up the hills and cursing the person who designed this part of the track. However this was more than compensated for by the amazing views from the campsite and the fact I had the place to myself for the night
Day 3 - Dandalup -> Perth
90km's of pain
This was the hardest day - My legs were holding up well but pushing into the northerly from Mandurah to Perth was just brutal. Went through 5L of water and just ground my way home - Wasn't a happy man by the time I reached Perth.
Overall, great trip, really hard at points -sorry for the quick report but work is busy after a long weekend.
Damo
Firstly, the ride I did is here
You may note that the Jarrahdale to Dandalup section doesn't exactly follow the Munda Biddi - That's because I got lost and and decided to make my own way there. I don't exactly regret it as it was still an enjoyable ride - plus the number of snakes I saw on the narrow trails had me rather gun shy by this point.
Total km's - 237
Total climbing - 2650m
Total snakes - 9 dugites
Total chocolate bars consumed - no idea!
Total amount of water drunk riding home on Monday into the northerly (AT) 15kmph - 5L
Day 1 - Mundaring to Wungong Campsite
77km's for this day with 1110m of climbing - Deep pea gravel made the going fairly tough but reached Wungong without dramas - Really enjoyable ride and Wungong is a great campsite.
Few pics of this ride:
Still amazes me that people use the Perth hills as a rubbish dump.
Wungong campsite
Stuart rolled in on his trike sometime in the evening but I was boring and was asleep by 7.30pm
According to my phone, the temp dropped to 3 degrees overnight - Was nice and toasty in my thermals but the midnight pee-run was pretty quick!
Day 2 - Wungong to Dandalup Campsite
Approx 70km's and 990m of climbing
Wungong to Jarrahdale was a nice little ride through some great narrow tracks - I had the Jarrahdale burger which was an epically large burger, just what a hungry cyclist needs!
The route out of Jarrahdale was incredibly frustrating with really deep pea gravel and confusing signage - I ended up getting completely lost and retraced my route back to Jarrahdale and took Scarp Road to Dandalup - It was hot, I kept seeing massive dugites and I was running out of time to make it to the camp by the evening. By the way, the climb up Scarp Road is rather fun on a heavily loaded mtb!
A welcome sight and a nice swim
Dandalup campsite
The track leading to Dandalup was incredibly bad - it has been torn up by motorcyclists and was ridiculously steep at points - I spend a fair amount of time pushing my bike up the hills and cursing the person who designed this part of the track. However this was more than compensated for by the amazing views from the campsite and the fact I had the place to myself for the night
Day 3 - Dandalup -> Perth
90km's of pain
This was the hardest day - My legs were holding up well but pushing into the northerly from Mandurah to Perth was just brutal. Went through 5L of water and just ground my way home - Wasn't a happy man by the time I reached Perth.
Overall, great trip, really hard at points -sorry for the quick report but work is busy after a long weekend.
Damo