Route Summary

Option 2 is a 14km trip from Rockingham Beach, along Rockingham Beach Road to Kwinana Beach. The route then continues east through East Rockingham and Kwinana and connects with the Kwinana Freeway shared path at Mortimer Road in Wellard.

Route Detail

The route commences at Churchill Park with its distinctive peppermint trees planted in the 1920’s.
The 4km bike route along Rockingham Beach Road follows the coast where you can take advantage of any of the several picnic areas and enjoy the views across Cockburn Sound. As well as playgrounds, picnic facilities and public toilets, there are also a number of cafes along this route section.
From Kwinana Beach at the northern end of Rockingham Road, follow the PBN route signs east (paying particular care when crossing Patterson Road). 
About 2.5kms from Kwinana Beach, you will come to Mandurah Road where you can deviate south to the East Rockingham Heritage Precinct to visit more early settlement sites such as the East Rockingham Cemetery established in 1842.

If you choose to take this deviation, a little further south around Chesterfield and Day Roads, you should be able to identify Chesterfield House built in 1855, Woodbine (Bell Cottage) ruin built in 1868, and Ellendale (Day Cottage) which for a short time in the 1880’s operated as the Rockingham Inn.  Mandurah Road does not have bicycle lanes or sealed shoulders but traffic is not usually heavy and there are good sightlines along the road.  If you take this deviation, you might consider making the return 5km trip to Rockingham west along Dixon Road.   

Continuing along the main route option from the Mandurah to Wellard Road intersection, it is approximately 7km to the Freeway shared path.  Along the way, you can deviate north at Gilmore Ave to access the Kwinana Town Centre, about 1km from the bicycle route.    Route Features Rockingham and Kwinana Beaches Churchill Park and surrounding heritage sites East Rockingham heritage sites Access to Kwinana Town Centre