The way points of this bicycle route:
Start from in front of the public access to Dunc Gray Velodrome on top of the Handlebar Tavern.
Roundabout, head across Carysfield Rd into Thorton Ave.
Roundabout, left into Neville St.
Roundabout, cross Clarke St, continue along Neville St.
Roundabout, cross Horton St, continue along Neville St.
Right into Saltash St.
Roundabout, left into Glassop St.
Roundabout cross Edgar St, continue along Glassop St.
Roundabout, cross William St, continue along Glassop St.
Roundabout, cross Highland Ave, continue along Glassop St.
Roundabout, cross Little Rd, continue along Glassop St.
Right into Allum St.
Left into Coleman Ave
Cross Brancourt Ave to get to the path. Don't forget to check for cross traffic! Head for the underpass in front of you.
Underpass. In heavy rain water and debri can build up in it.
Path finishes, turn right into Weigand Ave.
Weigand Ave ends, use the shared ped/bike path. Slow down, watch out for pedestrians.
Path finishes, get onto Bungalow Cr. Watch for turning traffic from Marion St.
Right into Marion St. It can be very busy, at peak times you'll need to move fast to get across. You need to head to the left lane under the railway bridge.
Traffic lights at intersection of Marion St, Greenwood Ave and Olympic Pde. Head across the intersection to Greenwood Ave.
Roundabout, turn left into Brandon Ave.
Right into Northam Ave. At some times this is no right turn.
Roundabout, cross Cambridge Ave. Continue along Northam Ave.
Road narrowing, pedestrian crossing.
Roundabout, cross Shenton Ave. Continue along Northam Ave.
Roundabout, cross Irvine St. Continue along Northam Ave.
Roundabout, cross Eldridge Rd. Continue along Northam Ave.
Left into Claribel St. It would be great to have a route that went straight ahead here, but it is fenced and locked off. For the moment we will have to go around it.
Right onto Canterbury Rd at the traffic lights, which can be busy. If you move fast, the lights give you enough time to reach an extra left lane on Canterbury Rd before the traffic catches up with you.
pedal fast!
Extra left lane starts about here.
Left into Lachlan St. Its good to get off Canterbury Rd!
Right at the T-intersection to continue along Lachlan St.
Left into Napoli St.
Right into Snowsill Ave.
Right into Turvey St.
Left into Mackenzie St.
Mackenzie St is cut by the M5. Use the bridge to cross the M5.
Mackenzie St Bridge across the M5.
Theres bollard/barriers at the south end of the bridge, but they are well designed. I can still get a bike and trailer around them, they just force you to slow down, not dismount.
Mackenzie St continues. March 2007 the pipeline work has made a dogs breakfast of Mackenzie St southbound.
Roundabout, head across to Doyle Rd.
Roundabout, cross Sphinx Ave, continue along Doyle Rd.
Doyle Rd becomes Baddeley St at intersection with Arab Rd. Veer right to cross bridge over railway.
Left into Doyle Rd.
Roundabout, cross Howard St.
Left into Faraday Rd. We need to get to Orient Rd.
Cross Faraday Rd at the first driveway entrance.
Turn right onto the footpath.
Left on the footpath at the road closure to head to Orient Rd.
Left onto Orient Rd.
Left into Davies Rd, often busy. To your right is a hill. To your left at the bottom of the hill about 100m are some areas to seek refuge from the traffic, theres a bus stop, an area in the middle of the road for flood water to pass through, and a small path for peds to get across just north of that.
Pedal fast!
If there wasn't much traffic I'd just use the flood water crossing in the centre island coming up on your right. Lets assume theres some very unfriendly looking traffic bearing down on you at 80km/h or more. That bus stop is looking very nice.
Wait for a break in the traffic, then head to the gap in the centre island, its marked with a yellow bollard.
Once you are on the refuge, have a good look to your north up Davies Rd before turning right, the traffic is typically moving fast here and coming over a crest just to the north.
First left into the Cutting Reserve access road.
The gate in front of you may be closed, look for the entrance onto the path to your right. Unfortunately some people like to park their vehicles in front of it.
Cross a small bridge.
You have reached the Salt Pan Creek path. Theres a toilet, water, picnic table with shade and seating, and kids playground within view.
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Dunc Gray Velodrome to Cutting Reserve at Padstow, to meet the Salt Pan Creek path. Mostly quiet back streets, just a few short bits of main road to cycle flat out on.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Low traffic, High traffic, Urban
