66.5km Uphill to Kalamunda via Zig Zag

Sue went back to work today so I dropped her off and went for a ride. Thought i would try myself out in the hills, before i think about joining group rides which go up them.

Thought it was going to be "leisurely", but there was a bloody howling easterly blowing into me on the way up making things doubly difficult. Went from the burswood (a casino near perth) via the bike path along the railway to bassendean and then on the roads through Guildford then to the bottom of the Zig Zag (an old railway route up the side of the hill). Didnt climb too bad really, in my opinion, for first effort in nearly 12 months. Averaged 15kmh, while climbing for 10km and ascending 250+m.

Took some photos of the zig zag and of the view to perth from the top



Just to give you a sense there is a car in the top left corner of the photo above - it is about halfway up the zig zag. the same car is closer up in the photo below.



the photo of the city is probably 15-20km in a straight line from this point (this $350 camera is taking some pretty good shots)



Had coffee in Dome in Kalamunda and read paper for 1/2 hour and then turned around and rode back along same route. It took me 1:36 to get to top and only 1 hour to get back (advantages of coming downhill with the wind).

Took a couple of photos of Burswood but i will only post the one which has a helicopter in it as it was taking off for a joy ride from in front of hotel/casino (cool photo hey)