SOUTHERN FREAKS: THE BEST WEEKEND OF MTB WEST OF THE NULLARBOR YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO
We all have visions, grand designs if you will. Daydreaming at work thinking wouldn’t it be great if… oh it would be so cool if…
For most people that is where it stops. Reality kicks in and we turn back to our daily commitments placated by a weekend’s blast with mates on the trails to keep us sane. Staring at a roadhouse burger being assembled ‘with the lot’, I couldn’t help comparing it to the event we’d participated in over the weekend. Sure a burger can be fine, sticking to the basics, but why not add some cheese? Then you may as well add tomato, bacon, beetroot, pickles and an egg.
Albany’s Southern Peaks event in Western Australia is the mountain biking equivalent of the burger ‘with the lot’ (and a side of chips). The state’s best Dirt Jump competition? Why not? Oh how about an Urban Downhill through town? Sure! A kid’s race on a specifically designed kid’s challenge course? Yup, throw it in. What about a point to point 50 km XC race through remote bush and town? We’ll attempt it all!
The Southern Peaks event is held on the
