Perth Coastal Rides

number31

Perfect riding weather today in Perth (21C and small breeze) so I decided to ride along the coast. starting at port beach i rode up to scarborough beach and wasn't impressed by the quality of the paths up there considering what the government has spent on the river paths.

Does anyone know of some better rides along the coast? (starting in a diff location/direction)

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Skull

From Port to Challenger Pde I use the roads so I can't comment on your opinion of the paths there but from Challenger Pde to the Observation City is fine. I use the road along Challenger now it has been resurfaced and widened but all the rest is top notch and the view very good. If you continue past Obs City or whatever its called now, and go up too Trigg and beyond you will find the path from very good all the way to Ocean Reef Road. I also use the roads along that way now, but there is NO better scenery both on and Westward.

Aussie Steve

The bike path is not advisable due to the number of masochistic surfies wandering from the beach, oblivious to cyclists...they just refuse to look when crossing the path. In summer it's worse. Kids chasing soccer balls, dogs chasing kids chasing soccer balls, voluptuous bikini-clad young ladies walking to and from the beach...actually that last one makes up for the bad bits
but can be a bit hazardous, keep your eyes on the path soldier !!!

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Aussie Steve

Nice signature...about Uni
so did you ride past the OBH before or after your OBE?

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number31

didnt have to do OBE thank god.

still no matter where u go in australia there is always someone to inform u that u r homosexual for riding in proper cycling gear. even in the upmarket areas of cottesloe. they really provide a quality service to the community.

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Aussie Steve

I moved to Perth in 1998, having been born and bred in Melbourne. Done thousands of k's in Melbourne with some comments and funny stares about my outfit...but after looking forward to moving to Perth, with the warmer climate, more suited to riding than bitterly cold Melbourne , I find the people in Perth narrow-minded and culturally backward. Very annoying the way they just stare and stare...They behave like my 10 year old son. In fact anything that's a bit different, they behave strangely. Like the day I came out of a cinema after having watched the Da Vinci Code; I was wearing a St Kilda Polo top. Black T-Shirt with St Kilda logo including a white cross. One guy watched me walk past and turned his whole body to watch me walk past and just stared at my shirt. The dumb fool probably thought I was a member of Opus Dei

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Skull

Damn West Aussies wouldn't know a good shirt if it bit them on the butt.

I find alot of people to be presumptuous and arrogant.

Ricardo29

well skull....pss.off and support a real team. is that arrogant and presumptuouse enough for you?

but seriously, why would you wear a st.kilda shirt? it serves you right

Skull

R29 you've taken my post the wrong way. I am WA through and through and can't stand people who because of what sounds like a few bad experiences has labelled the rest of us as being narrow minded and culturally backward. That is presumptuous. The fact that he thought someone was staring at him has a splash of arrogance to it.

The team I support (Freo, dont get me started on that) are currently no more real than St kilda at the moment. Maybe I should of put a sarcastic smilie and the end of my sentence instead of the grin.

Ricardo29

nah skull my reply was very much tongue in cheek

im a freo man too. regretably!!

Skull

No worries. We do have some drama with Freo but this is not the forum to discuss it.

Its a "journey" isn't it.

number31

A journey that never ends with chris connelly.

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Doublee

This guy goes to see tripe like the Da Vinci Code and signs ALL his posting with "West Coast Eagles suck big time Worsfold is a knob" and says people in Perth are "culturally backward". Need I say more?

Aussie Steve

A friend of mine in Melbourne asked me the other day (via e-mail) what Perth is like. I told him to borrow that movie "The Village", the one directed by the guy who made "The Sixth Sense". That's what Perth is like. Because I am from Melbourne originally, I think Perth folk have that big country town mentality...not their fault, they are not exposed to as much stuff as people in Melbourne or Sydney.
One columnist in a local newspaper made some really good points about the narrow-mindedness: he said that some ladies from Cottesloe (a seaside suburb) were discussing maternity hospitals and one mentioned ?Mercy Hospital", another asked "where's that ?" the reply was "Mount Lawley" and the other ladies said "where's Mt Lawley?" (Mt Lawley is only about 18 kms from Cottesloe)...he mentioned how disappointed he was that people seemed to live their entire lives in a 6 km radius of their home suburb.

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