Riscombe Farm, Self Catering Cottages, Exmoor National Park, England

 

Brian & Colins' proposed route for their bicycle ride across Australia - Aug/Sept 2008

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ycle route Perth to Sydney - 2008
Perth to Sydney

The completed route from Perth (actually Fremantle) to Sydney was:

From To km miles

Fremantle
Perth
Northam
Kellerberrin
Carrabin
Bush camp
Rest Day
Kalgoorlie
Bush camp
Norseman
Fraser Range
Bush camp
Caiguna
Madura
Mundrabilla
Border Village
Bush camp
Nullarbor RH
Nundroo
Ceduna
Poochera
Lock (+ ferry)
Rest Day
Wallaroo
Port Wakefield
Eudunda
Waikerie
Renmark
Mildura
Balranald
Rest Day
Hay
Goolgowi
West Wyalong
Grenfell
Blayney
Lithgow
Katoomba
Sydney tour


Total

Perth (circular)
Northam
Kellerberrin
Carrabin
Bush camp
Kalgoorlie

Bush camp
Norseman
Fraser Range
Bush camp
Caiguna
Madura
Mundrabilla
Border Village
Bush camp
Nullarbor RH
Nundroo
Ceduna
Poochera
Lock
Wallaroo

Port Wakefield
Eudunda
Waikerie
Renmark
Mildura
Balranald
Hay

Goolgowi
West Wyalong
Grenfell
Blayney
Lithgow
Katoomba
Sydney

55
107
106
103
140
158

100
91
107
113
162
159
117
79
109
80
145
155
142
141
140

66
107
108
85
142
161
134

110
148
105
126
106
40
110
30

4,087

34
66
66
64
87
98

62
57
66
70
101
100
73
49
68
50
91
96
88
88
88

41
67
67
53
88
100
84

68
92
65
78
66
25
68
19

2,539

Time taken: 33 days cycling, plus 3 rest days and 2 half days rest

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Riscombe Farm, Self Catering Cottages, Exmoor National Park, England

©2009 Brian Martin

The route for Brian and Colin Martin's bicycle ride across Australia, from Perth to Sydney. Contact us at Riscombe Farm which offers self catering holiday cottages in Exmoor - Exmoor National Park - near Exford, Minehead, Somerset just by the Devon border in south west England. We have ponies, horses, sheep, a goat, ducks, chickens, chicks, cats and dogs.We offer stabling, with nearby riding holidays, and pets welcome, ideal for walking, cycling, mountain biking, fishing, canoeing, and much more. Pets welcome, bring your own dogs, cats and horses. See the wildlife, with Exmoor ponies, red deer, buzzards, a zoo and wildlife centre. Other villages nearby are: Simonsbath, Dulverton, Wheddon Cross, Withypool, Winsford, Lynton, Lynmouth, Porlock, Allerford, Bossington, Selworthy, Horner, Luccombe, and Dunster. Visit Dunster Castle, Wimbleball Lake, Valley of Rocks, Lorna Doone, Arlington Court, Hestercombe Gardens, Knightshayes, Rosemoor. Travel on the West Somesret Steam Railway, visit Exmoor zoo, Tarr Steps, Heddon Valley, Watersmeet, Snowdrop Valley. Walk the Coleridge Way, the Two Moors Way, the Tarka Trail and the South West Coast Path. . Climb Dunkery Beacon, follow the River Exe or River Barle.