Perth to Adelaide - Trip Summary

This page is here to share my trip data from the Perth to Adelaide tour, and may be useful for others planning a similar trip.

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Day 1:   Perth to Mandurah / 110km / +? -? / No route link, sorry
Day 2:   Mandurah to Bunbury /  103km / +226m / Route
Day 3:   Bunbury to Margaret River / 142km / +609m / Route
Day 5:   Margaret River to Alexander Bridge / 85km / +607m / Route
Day 6:   Alexander Bridge to Northcliffe / 123km / +1154m / Route
Day 7:   Northcliffe to Bow Bridge / 128km / +1297m / Route
Day 8:   Bow Bridge to Albany / 96km / +593m / Route
Day 10: Albany to Jerramungup / 173km / +1117m / Route
Day 11: Jerramungup to Jerdacuttup / 173km / +1154m / Route
Day 12: Jerdacuttup to Esperance /  131km / +573m / Route
Day 14: Esperance to Salmon Gums / 109km / +431m / Route
Day 15: Salmon Gums to Norseman / 97km / +324m / Route
Day 16: East of Norseman / 161km / +687m / Route
Day 17: 90 Mile Straight / 161km / +190m / Route
Day 18: Cocklebiddy / 161km / +197m / Route 
Day 19: Mundrabilla / 163km / +117m / Route
Day 20: Nullarbor Plain / 133km / +228m / Route
Day 21: Nullarbor Roadhouse / 131km / +147m / Route
Day 22: Nundroo /  142km / +602m / Route
Day 23: Ceduna / 153km / +542m / Route
Day 25: Ceduna to Streaky Bay / 111km / +443m / Route
Day 26: Streaky Bay to Wudinna / 137km / +490m / Route
Day 27: Wudinna to Kimba / 102km / +604m / Route
Day 28: Kimba to Port Augusta / 158km / +520m / Route
Day 30: Port Augusta to Gladstone / 122km / +768m / Route
Day 31: Gladstone to Riverton / 102km / +760m / Route
Day 32: Riverton to Tanunda  / 57km / +439m / Route 
Day 33: Tanunda to Adelaide / 82km / +396m / Route

Total Distance: 3,562km
Total Elevation: 12,371m
Rest Days: Margaret River, Albany, Esperance, Ceduna, Port Augusta
Daily ride Average: 127km per day
Nullarbor Average: 151km per day

2017 Information on Roadhouses between Norseman & Ceduna

As a cyclist you will depend on these, as I saw nowhere else to get water on my trip that you could count on. Just looking at a roadhouse seems to empty your wallet! So be prepared for that. For example, a 1.5 litre bottle of water costed about $6 when I went through. The better roadhouses were Eucla, Balladonia, Border Village and Nullarbor. The worst: Mundrabilla, Nundroo with the rest somewhere in between. Some other resources online talk about a roadhouse at Yalata, but this is now permanently closed.

These are the distances between roadhouses, riding West to East From Norseman towards Ceduna:

Balladonia:        190km
Caiguna:            181km
Cocklebiddy:     66km
Madura:             91km
Mundrabilla:     116km
Eucla:                64km
Border Village: 13km
Nullarbor          186km
Nundroo           142km
Ceduna:            152km

I will add some more information about weather and gear sometime soon.