Bike it to Ballidu Gravel – Epic Gravel Adventures in a WA gravel mecca

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2024

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SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2024

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SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2024

BOEKEMAN MACHINERY | CASE IH BIKE IT TO BALLIDU GRAVEL

A classic, reimagined in gravel

Bike it to Ballidu has been a beloved bike event that has welcomed everyone to the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu since 1999.

Last year we greeted gravel – it was a smash conversion with 330+ local and Statewide riders and their entourages enjoying all the picturesque shire has to offer and taking on 12km, 30km, 85km and 155km gravel routes – just two hours from Perth!

The unique blend of family-focused, novelty rides, serious grinding on some of the State’s most diverse gravel – and a buzzing event village and post-event party – saw the inaugural event become one of just three SportWest Community Sporting Event of the Year finalists!

For this year’s Boekeman Machinery | Case IH Bike it to Ballidu Gravel event we’ve acted on rider feedback to remove some boggy and thorny sections from the rides, while adding in some new segments selected from the Shire’s epic 1000km+ of gravel roads, trails and paths.

Think rolling hills, vast canola fields, sparkling lakes, private farmers’ paths (exclusively made available to us), salt plains, wildflower sanctuaries, forested growths, Mid-West scrub…

Find out more about the rides here.

Download the 2024 Rider Guide here.

See you in Ballidu!

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We hope all the riders who came from all over the State and country enjoyed their gravel adventures and stay in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu for the second Boekeman Machinery | Case IH Bike It To Ballidu Gravel…

From the kids and families and others on the shorter 12km and 46km rides to the gravel grinders who smashed it over 82km and 155km sortees – it looks like you all had a blast!

Massive thanks to all who made this event so great from the Ballidu Progress Group to our sponsors and partners and events team, our compare extrordinaire Erik Mellegers, and our incredible army of volunteers who lend so much energy and colour to run the event and keep everyone safe.

And to the fine people of Ballidu Township – all 58 of them! – and the broader Shire of Wongan-Ballidu community who have so warmly embraced this gravel reinvention of their beloved former road event – we send multiple kudos!