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June 26th, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

Mandurah to Perth
\nDistance: 113km
\nTotal distance: 6510km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is the day I complete my Sydney to Perth tour! The rush of excitement was nearly unbearable! The sadness I felt yesterday has somehow diminished, so all my emotions today were positive! XD<\/p>\n

My ride today was almost entirely on cycling paths. The recently built Kwinana Freeway has an excellent bikeway adjacent to it. I don’t remember needing to stop to cross a road. The bikeway was clearly signposted throughout, regularly providing cyclists with distances left to Perth and other places. The best part was they rounded the kilometres to 1 decimal point which makes more sense to us cyclists. It was immediately obvious to me that this is very popular among Perth roadies. You can say I was the equivalent of an oversized truck when riding among the roadies. However, out of the 200 lycra-clad roadies or so I encountered, I did manage to overtake one of them and THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY THRILLING!<\/p>\n

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I don't exactly have the best expression but believe me when I say I was extremely excited<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At this point I was constantly asking myself in disbelief 'Am I really going to Perth today???'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oh c'mon! How much does it take to just put a simple 'road work' sign? >(<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Totally crushed this but thank goodness my tires didn't blow out or else it would be an epic fail on my last day, LOL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The start of the super awesome bikeway next to the Kwinana Freeway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The bikeway was relatively empty early in the morning, I guess its also because this was still far from Perth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But I wasn't alone though<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is how they completely eliminate the need to stop to cross the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A bunch of lycra-clad folks among the zillion others that rode pass me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t continued riding on the bikeway to Perth though. About 10km to the city centre, I took a turn off to Fremantle or Freo as the locals call it. I went there for two reasons, first to watch Mike Pauly<\/a> finishes his Melbourne to Perth walk for arthritis trip, and second, to ride down to Indian Ocean to do my concluding ocean dip, officially marking the end of my across Australia tour!<\/p>\n

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Well, what can I say... I guess it doesn't matter much now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fremantle, where the old 'Perth' was. This wasn't their town centre, in case you're wondering about its deadness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Moments of glory! This officially concludes my tour across Australia!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is Paul from Cairns, the guy behind the camera in the previous photo. Thanks for the photo and encouragements Paul!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At Kings Square waiting for Mike's arrival from his walking journey across Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mike Pauly arrived to a cheering crowd of 200 people and the singing of Voicemale!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I am so happy for Mike. At the age of 71, he has done a superbly epic journey that very very few others have done. Mike said in his speech 'I am... overwhelmed, I love you all' with tears of joy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The local council organised a sausage sizzle to raise funds towards arthritis research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the 2-hour stop at Freo, I headed straight into Perth at a distance of 25km from Freo and a further 5km to get to Bayswater, where I’ll be staying for the next few days while I’m in Perth. The visitor centre folks at Freo gave me a few guide maps for cyclists so my journey from Freo onwards was based on these maps. The cycling paths along Swan River between Freo and Perth were quite hilly at first, but flattens out as soon as I can see the city skyline. YES, A FULL BLOWN CITY SKYLINE! My most anticipated view ever since I left Adelaide! Felt as though I have just returned to civilisation, returning to the safety of having food to eat within the radius of 5 minutes, someone to talk to whenever you want, full bars of mobile reception, the internet being everywhere, and the thought of being completely surrounded by human activities has never been more comforting.<\/p>\n

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The journey from Freo to Bayswater took me more than 3 hours even though its just 30km. I had numerous stop to refer to the map and a couple of wrong turnings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The beautiful Swan River!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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OMG, it's PERTH CITY!!! *tears rolling*<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WHOA!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE IT!!! :'D <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I was rewarded with a stunning sunset view!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yeah they don't call it SWAN River for nothing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My ride ended as soon as I reached the doorstep of Andrew and Christina’s (my host in Perth) apartment unit at Bayswater. It was nearly dark by then. An overwhelmingly huge sense of achievement was all I felt! There was never a time I did anything anywhere as crazy as this (although whenever someone say this is crazy I would usually rebut them). What I got out of it in return of this crazy adventure is simply a very treasured and memorable experience. I now have an idea of what it feels like to live a life to the fullest. XD<\/p>\n

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This bloke actually survives riding across Australia and arrived in one piece. Well, mission accomplished! XD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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