About Cycle Traveller

Who runs it

Cycle Traveller is run by Shane Simmons, who lives in Busselton, where the Wadandi Track starts at the jetty. It's a one-person, independent site: no trail body, tour company or bike brand owns it or pays for what it says.

The guides start with the South West and the rest of WA, then go further afield. Each one says who it suits, whether that's families on a rail trail, tourers, bikepackers, gravel riders or mountain bikers, so you can find your kind of ride quickly.

The name and the old magazine

From about 2012 to 2019, cycletraveller.com.au was home to an Australian cycle-touring magazine. That publication closed and the domain lapsed. Shane bought it in October 2026 and started this site from scratch.

• No connection to the old magazine or its writers. We don't republish their articles. Many are still on the Internet Archive.
• No connection to the UK magazine also called Cycle Traveller.
• Some old addresses now hold new guides on the same subject, because other websites still link to them. Each of those pages says so at the top and links to the old article on the Internet Archive.

How we research a guide

Official sources first, a date on every guide, and a plain statement of what we have and haven't ridden ourselves.

• Official sources first: the people who manage the trail or road, such as the Parks and Wildlife Service, trail foundations, councils, Main Roads and the ferry and train operators. Then experienced touring clubs and riders.
• Dated and sourced. Every guide shows the date its facts were checked and lists its sources at the bottom. Closures, prices and timetables change, so check the official source before you go.
• We say what we've ridden. Where a guide includes our own notes or photos, it says so. Where it's built from research, it says that too. We never make up rides, times, experiences or quotes.
• Our own maps. We draw them from OpenStreetMap or official trail data, and credit the source.
• Photos are our own or properly licensed. We don't use other people's photos, maps or logos.
• No gear tests we haven't done. When a guide names a product, the figures are the maker's own, and naming it isn't a recommendation.

How the site is paid for

Nothing on Cycle Traveller earns money yet.

Later it may carry booking commissions, affiliate links, paid route packs or sponsorship. Any page with a commission or affiliate link will say so on that page. Nobody can pay to change what a guide says or where a ride sits in a list.

Get in touch

Email [email protected]. It goes straight to Shane.

Spotted something wrong or out of date, like a closed trail, a changed timetable or a broken link? Tell us and we'll check it and fix the page. Ride notes and corrections from people who know a trail are especially welcome.

The people who look after the trails

Trails exist because volunteers and land managers build and maintain them. We link to them rather than copying them: groups like the Munda Biddi Trail Foundation and Rail Trails Australia. If you ride their trails, join them or donate.