SHOW Paths, Tracks and Roads

[tonyturley]

Well it worked out okay, I went down it, fingers crossed 🙂

Um, yeah. That looks like a spot I would have definitely walked the bike down. I guess I'm pretty conservative in my approach to riding. If a trail looks sketchy to me, I get off and push until I feel comfortable enough to hop back in the saddle.

 

[Aushiker]

Nearing the End of the Day - Quagi Beach - Day 2-10 by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 2: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. The last stop on Farrells Road before my destination for the day, Quagi Beach in the Stokes National Park.

 

[theoldsmithy]

This was a few years ago. On a walking holiday in Portugal; we walked for a couple of miles through an area where wildfires had not long been put out.

Portugal - after a fire by -theoldsmithy-

 

[Aushiker]

South Coast Highway ~ {Day 03-03} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 3: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. Back on the South Coast Highway; some days highway riding was unavoidable. Today was one such day. Despite the lack of shoulder the traffic volumes where not to bad and hence it was not an overly bad road to ride on.

 

[tonyturley]

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[Aushiker]

Road Closed - Southern Ocean East Road - {Day 04-06} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 4: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. Well the sign on the Southern Ocean East Road did say it was closed. Of course I had to ignore it; whoops. Swimming with tiger snakes and a fatbike where not quite what I had in mind for this ride : The outcome? A detour of some 42 kilometres.

 

[Aushiker]

Someone Stole the Floodway - {Day 04-10} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 4: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. The ubiquitous floodway sign; common as in the West Aussie bush. The only problem is, the road is, eh going uphill here. Whoops! You see floodway's are normally low points where waterways cross the road.

 

[tonyturley]

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[Aushiker]

Up Up and Away - {Day 06-04} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 6: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. Time for the "fun" to start. I actually surprised myself and rode all but about 50 metres of the climb. Mind you that was about it for the day 🙂

 

[Aushiker]

Hamersley Inlet Link Trail - {Day 06-08} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 6: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. To reach the Hakea Trail proper one must first get to the beach at the inlet. Today there is a trail to provide, eh, easy access. When I walked this area in 2008 we were on our hands and knees with backpacks getting through the bush to the beach! Oh how things have changed. This is however really a walking trail and not at all ideal for bicycles: read log steps and more steps and more steps.

 

[tonyturley]

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[Aushiker]

The Path Well Travelled by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

 

[Covey22]

State Rt. 12 near Scituate/Cranston Line.

 

[Covey22]

Penske on the hardball.

 

[tonyturley]

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[Aushiker]

Amongst the Wandoo {02) by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

 

[tonyturley]

Watch out for the snakes!!

 

[Aushiker]

The Final 20 km {Day 11-20} by Andrew Priest (Aushiker), on Flickr

Day 11: Esperance to Albany: The Unconventional Ride. 750 km in 10 days. My first substantive sighting of my destination, Albany. It was so close yet so far with 20 km to ride in to the infamous Albany Doctor: a southern ocean headwind.

Taken with a Olympus OM-D E-M5 ii and a Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150 F4.0-5.6 II