Day 2 of Munda Biddi - Adjusting expectations

Distance: 53km
Elevation gain: 580 metres. 

My revised expectations on daily distance is now somewhere between 50 and 60km. Any more and I'm kidding myself.  

First night on the trail and it was a lot cooler than I expected. I should have packed a warmer sleeping bag.  I wore several shirts, long pants and socks trying to keep warm.

It was another challenging day on the bike today.  I met up with 3 other gents (Ian, Owen and Adam) heading south and we travelled together some of the time today. 

There was a diversion off the official Munda Bikki trail today due to planned back-burns of the forest.  This meant 19km on road (dirt road with pea gravel) instead of the trail.  

Good to avoid the fires and the wide road was somewhat better than the twisting mountain bike track over rocks and tree roots. However whenever a car or truck went by it meant a coating of dust.  Lots of fun !!

We arrived in the small township Jarrahdale around lunch time and were all exhausted.  The heat, hills and pea gravel continued to punish us today.

Instead of pushing on we have rented a house to stay in for the night.  Warm showers and a warm comfortable bed.  Looking forward to day 3.

Also, some of the photos from Day 1 didn't show up in the blog so these are included below.

Trail head in Mundaring:

Mountain bike trail 

Tent inside the hut on Day 1, to keep the critters at bay