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First-Time Bikepacking Australia’s Munda Biddi Trail (Video)
Tim Attwood recently pedaled sections of Australia’s Munda Biddi Trail with his partner Sarah for her first proper trip on two wheels. His 27-minute video beautifully and candidly captures the highs and lows of their ride. Watch it and find photos from the trail here…
Words, photos, and video by Tim Attwood
For the last five years, I’ve become quite obsessed with bikepacking, to the point I’d try to get out on at least one trip a month. This year, my wife Sarah and I have taken a year off work to travel Australia in a caravan. The Munda Biddi Trail in Western Australia has been on the back of my mind ever since we started planning the lap. It’s 4,000 kilometres from where I live on the east coast, so I thought it would be a good time to ride it while we were in the area. Unfortunately, leaving Sarah alone in a van in the bush for a few weeks while I ride it isn’t ideal, so the next best thing is to get her out on the trails with me.
She hadn’t ridden much until this road trip, and she had never been bikepacking. We strapped some gear onto our retro bikes, and off we went. Our old bikes had been battling the weather on the front of the caravan, and Sarah’s 1988 Apollo didn’t last long—about 20 metres, to be precise. The old chain finally gave way, most likely due to some dodgy repairs I had made earlier in the trip. I fixed the chain, and we were back on track.
It was late in the day, and the trail proved to be more technical than I had anticipated. Sarah was struggling, so we ended up cancelling the ride and coming back the following week with more time. The parts of the Munda Biddi Trail we rode were stunning, and Sarah loved her first trip. I’m now trying to work out where we can go next.
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