Day one departs from St Joseph’s Subiaco at 9.00am after The Blessing. The route takes you through the Perth CBD via Hay Street. It passes the major churches in the City and into East Perth at Claisebrook and onto the Swan river foreshore. From here it meanders along the river via Maylands and Bayswater into Guildford. 18 kms
Here the journey moves out of the city and into the countryside through the vineyards of the Swan Valley to a lunch stop at the WA Equestrian Centre. You cross the bridge over the majestic power of Bells Rapids and follow a rough foot path north to the Walyunga National Park. 23 kms
The trail through Walyunga National Park is hilly, and there are some stunning views back to the City where you started out only a couple of days ago – or was it weeks? Leaving the park you cross through farmland to connect with the Lower Chittering Valley and tarmacadam! Then it’s winding roads and gentle hills for the rest of the day. Walyunga contains one of the largest known Aboriginal campsites around Perth and was still in use by the Nyoongar people late last century. The area has been used as a meeting place for more than 6000 years. Walyunga is an Aboriginal name, but its meaning is uncertain – some say: ‘Happy Place’. 23kms
Ascend the hill behind Peace Be Still, past the Labyrinth, and enjoy the trail through the Moondyne Reserve to Moondyne Road and then Keating Road to the start of the Julimar Forest. If the weather is bad, an alternative Pilgrim Trail goes through the Moondyne Reserve further to the east. 21kms.
Follow a trail through the mixed Wandoo and Jarrah trees of the Julimar State Forest. Experience the wide open farmland on one side and the glories of Julimar Forest on the other. It’s full of bird life, orchids and other wild flowers in August and September. Enjoy. Approx 26kms
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