An Insider’s Guide To Exploring Mandurah By Bike

May 17, 2024
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We frequently cluck about the 600 kilometres of cycleways around greater Mandurah, but how to find them is the tricky part.

Because we’re a coastal city, the options are pretty straight forward – you can pedal north, south, and east – but west will get you in trouble!

If your plan is to hire one of the glistening chariots from The Bike Kiosk, we’ve developed some detailed routes. Just ask our friendly staff and we will draw your adventure onto a map, based on how long you have.

If you’re on your own trusty steed, you can check out this 2-page map produced by the Department of Transport. https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/active-transport/AT_CYC_map_Mandurah.pdf

The bike boffins at DOT have identified four routes of varying lengths around Mandurah. See table below. They’re not bad, but we can’t wait to develop our own series of maps for online use.

Trail NameLength Our Thoughts
Mandurah City Loop7 kmsWe don’t like this course because it is routed along Pinjarra Road, which is too busy.
Madora Bay – Dawesville30 kmsA beautiful ride along the coast but be careful, the return journey makes this trek about 60kms long.
Coodanup Loop11 kms¾ of this ride is not particularly interesting, but the estuarine path along Coodanup is lovely.
Mandurah – Rockingham36 kmsThis is a fun 1-way ride along the ocean. The path does run out and you’re forced inland, but in the main it is a nice ride.

If you’re serious about your riding, you can sign up to a recognised bike map app. Here are some links to a few that we use, but there are many more.

⦁ Strava – https://www.strava.com/
⦁ Ride With GPS – https://ridewithgps.com/
⦁ Bikemap – https://www.bikemap.net/en/l/2067119/

To use these apps to their fullest, you need to sign up and commit to a membership behind a paywall where you’ll see each has extensive route options around Mandurah. All rely on members mapping their own bike rides, then sharing their expeditions online. They look something like this:

Since November 2022, we’ve been running eBike tours to the GIANTS OF MANDURAH. The GIANTS activation features 5 wooden trolls that have been placed at varying locations around the city. They were designed and built by Danish recycling artist, Thomas Dambo. All are free to visit, and all can be ridden to.

Better still, take the stress out of navigating and join one of our eBike tours to the GIANTS. Each includes lunch.

Our tour guides use maps that we have created in the “Ride With GPS” app. If you’d like to follow some of our mapped rides, click here . This app will allow free access to its content for 7 days before asking you to pay for membership

Our favourite ride in Mandurah is The Island Ride, which takes in coastal views on the outbound leg of the journey, and Estuary views along the long cycle path home. This course is bounded on all sides by water and is 38kms long. Most of the route is flat, but there are some short, sharp hills around Halls Head.

Another special ride follows the Joseph and Dulcie Nannup Trail along the Murray River. This is a scenic 8 kilometre long (round trip) path that deposits you in the middle of the water in Lake Goegrup, thanks to a long over water bridge. Oh, the serenity!


We hope you have found this summary of bike rides around the City of Mandurah interesting and useful. Drop by and see us at The Bike Kiosk before you set off. We can help you with advice on drink stations, toilet stops, path closures, eateries along your route, and lots more. Better still, come ride with us.