Section 1 - Armadale to Canning Dam (inc. Churchman Brook option)

Commence your ride or walk from the Armadale Pioneer Village complex. Take the shared path that runs eastwards along Albany Highway to Carradine Road.

Armadale Pioneer Village with its quaint shops

Follow Carradine Road past the Armadale Primary School and the open common, then turn left into Canns Road.

About one kilometre down Canns Road is the entrance to the Elizabethan Village. This village was constructed during the late 1970s and is a superb facsimile of William Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon in England. The complex includes an olde English-style pub where visitors can stop for a quiet ale. The gardens around Anne Hathaway's cottage are open to the public.

A Tudor-style Elizabethan village has been built
in the Armadale Hills.

The shared path ceases about 700 metres further on near Lakeside Country Resort and riders should then ride on Canns Road. There is an optional detour that can be made by turning into Churchman Brook Road. This takes you a couple of kilometres to the Churchman Brook Reservoir with public toilets and picnic facilities. If you choose to ignore this detour, just continue on Canns Road as it takes you all the way back to a junction with Waterwheel Road. Turn right at the junction and then carefully cross over busy Albany Highway onto the shared path running down the southern side of the Highway.

About 400 metres down Albany Highway you will pass Admiral Road. This is main access to Wungong Reservoir. This optional ride does not appear on the map. Some nice views are obtained from the top of the dam but the ascents and descents are extremely steep and certainly not for the novice rider.

Continue eastwards along the Albany Highway shared path until it ends and then ride along the wide sealed shoulder of the highway. Turn left into Canning Dam Road, proceeding about five kilometres to the dam area with its picnic facilities and public toilets.

Churchman Brook Dam offers an interesting detour if time permits.