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Riders - off the beaten track,

I plan on heading off from the DOME in Kalamunda 8:45am on the Saturday morning for the ride to Nannup.

There will be quite a bit of open dirt road riding, including south to Dwellingup, then on to Collie and then to Ballingup for a coffee & pie break. From there, the short downhill ride to Nannup.

The ride to Ballingup is about five hours… Aiming to get into Nannup mid-afternoon.

I will be on the GSA, not the R18… There are a few rough sections that require more than a few millimetres of suspension travel

A beaut ride south along the Darling Range - very limited traffic will likely be encountered.

See you at the Kalamunda DOME?

Cheers,

Raider

Hi Raider, I’m keen but a new by. Only been off road a few times.

Riders,

I did a run trial down to Ballingup and on to Nannup today - see route below. Took under four hours Kalamunda DOME to Ballingup - steady, non-stop riding. Surprisingly dusty on the dirt sections...

The gravel sections are interspersed with black-top (exit) roads. There are tricky dirt sections that could ruin your day if you loose concentration for a moment. Not recommended for novice dirt riders.

From Nannup, headed to Kirrup (north side of Blackwood River), then to Collie and back up to Dwellingup. Reversing the dirt ride just as good! Then north on the Southwest Highway and home.

Cheers,
Raider

Kalumunda DOME
Mundaring Weir Road
Ashendon Road - all dirt, turnoff west of Mundaring Weir
Brookton Highway - head east a short distance
Kinsella Road (all dirt, sections badly pot-holed, corrugated and with loose gravel)
Albany Highway - head east a short distance
Jarrahdale Road
Jarrahdale
Kingsbury Drive
Scarp Road (loose gravel, off-camber bends and blind bends)
Del Park Road
Dwellingup
Pinjarra-Williams Road (for a short distance out of Dwellingup)
Nanga Road (loose gravel and off-camber bends from the Waroona turn-off)
A detour loops east and south away from Nanga Road, eventually returning - along various linked gravel tracks around Alcoa bauxite operations. Sign-posted (follow Collie signage); narrower and more winding with off-camber and blind bends...
Nanga Road
Harvey- Quindanning Road (short section but with some awkward merge points and loose gravel)
Collie-Tallanalla Road (all dirt - except entering Collie)
Collie
Preston-Collie Road
Donnybrook-Boyup Brook Road (head east a few kilometres to reach Grimwade turn-off)
Grimwade Road (northern half is gravel with blind intersections)
Southwest Highway
Ballingup
Ballingup-Nannup Road (look out for traffic crossing onto your side of the road on tight blind bends!)
Nannup