Ballidu Gravel 2025 hits new highs
Riders and racers through the generations revel in Community Sport Event of the Year with numbers up 20% from 480 to 580 riders.
Whether you are commuting, riding for fitness, or racing to the café, road riding is a great way to arrive at your destination while staying active. WestCycle promotes all facets of road riding by advocating on behalf of all road riders and aligning ourselves with key stakeholders, working to ensure everyone arrives at their destination safely.
Riders and racers through the generations revel in Community Sport Event of the Year with numbers up 20% from 480 to 580 riders.
Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.
Ballidu Gravel race sponsor Dunn Aviation has been crop dusting, spraying and aerial fire fighting from the skies above the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu and greater Wheatbelt for 60 years.
Mal Sutherland, the Ballidu Progress Group’s Bike it to Ballidu Gravel coordinator, can’t wait to share his Shire’s glorious gravel goodies.
Elected Director | Off Road
Tim has been in senior leadership and strategic development roles for more than twenty years. He is currently Director of Executive Education in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University and is a past Assistant Commissioner and General Manager in the public service. He is an Accountant (FCPA) and sits on the Divisional Council of CPA Australia.
Tim has been involved in racing mountain bikes, BMX and triathlon for many years, both as a father of two children who race and as a past and current bike racer. Tim is the current over-50 State Champion in downhill mountain biking. He is also a very regular and enthusiastic transport cyclist; frequently seen in a suit and tie riding to meetings in the city on a mountain bike.
Independent Director
Helen is a Town of Cottesloe councillor and is the current Chair of WestCycle’s Transport Advisory Group.
A medical doctor, Helen is a strong active transport advocate with a focus on health outcomes and social well-being.