Well that is the message being put out by the Munda Biddi Foundation after the allocation of $3 million dollars. It is being reported that the

The funding, which comes as joint contribution from both the Great Southern and South West Development Commissions, will go directly into construction of the Nannup to Albany section of Trail, as well as funding a Community Development Program benefiting the seven communities that this southern section passes through.

The announcement was made by Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls who emphasized the tourism, health and lifestyle opportunities associated with the Munda Biddi Trail.  Brendon Grylls’s press release can be found here.

This is of course good news and I do hope that it actually translates into the completion of the Trail.  Mind you the pace of development so far is not encouraging.  Currently the Trail runs from Mundaring through to Nannup.

I rode the Munda Biddi Trail from Mundaring to Collie in April 2008. You can read the report here.

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Registrations are now open for the 2009 Cape to Cape Mountain Bike Ride, which is being held this year from October 15 – 18, 2009 down in the south-west of Western Australia.  Full details can be found at the Ride website.

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CrazyGuyOnABike is a great touring based website. One aspect of it is journals, its bicycle touring journals. This page is a compilation of known touring journals of bicycle tours around Western Australia. Journals posted elsewhere will be listed as well. If you know of a Western Australia bicycle tour journal not listed here, please let me know.

Tours – Planned, In Progress, Completed

1. Added February 21, 2010 – One Year By Bicycle – May to December, 2001
2. South West Oz Before Christmas – David Milne – December 2009
3. Going West – Chris Lewthwaite – September 2009
4. Perth to Sydney – AKPedalers – September – October 2009.
5. Perth, South Western Australia, Australia – October 2009 – Added September 23, 2009
6. Munda Biddi Madness – April 2009
7. FeetFirst from Perth around Australia 2010 – January 2010
8. 10 Deserts Solo  Cycle Epic – May 2009
9. Perth to Geraldton – July 2009 – Andrew Priest
10. The Great Escapade WA 2009 – Mark Hales
11. Katherine to Broome Kimberly Tour 2009 – Gordon Ross
12. Travelling Two – World tour blog with a brief visit to Western Australia
13. South-west Australia Feedback – Bike Forums posting – December 2008
14. Katherine to Broome Kimberly Tour 2009 – Gordon Ross
15. Pedalling around Plantagenet by John Galloway – Planned for December 2008
16. Around Australia -Cycling Around Australia and Tassie by Werner Fische
17. Globetrotting -Eighteen months around the world by Neil Sneddon.
18. Cunderdin Loop by Peter Bradshaw – October 2008
19. Munda Biddi Track – Mundaring to Collie – April 2008 – Aushiker
20. Weatern Australia – A hard spring by Tony Calvert – October – November 2007.
21. Mark Beaumont – World Cycle Challenge – 2007.
22. Springtime in Western Australia by Dave and Jo Whitney – October 2006
23. Canning Stock Route (CSR) Adventure by Jakub Postrzygacz – September 2005

Other Tour Websites

1. Bourkes on Wheels – The adventures of Ed and Gaye Bourke – More challenging tours for sure.

Touring Related Resources

1. How to pack your handlebar bag – Bicycle Touring Pro

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