Wheelchair Trails
I'm exploring Perth in a new way as an ambulatory wheelchair user:
I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and have been struggling with chronic left foot and ankle pain since December 2022 (ruptured plantar fascia, arthritis and a bone spur). So I've been using a combination of medical boot, ankle straps, custom orthotics, crutches and now a wheelchair.
My rating system:
💚 great trail, give it a go!
🧡 more challenging but still enjoyable.
❤️ strenuous and not recommended.
My wheelchair is a fairly standard store bought chair, not a custom chair:
https://www.rkmrs.com.au/product/pearl-deluxe-with-adjustable/
and it handles these trails well. Here are the trails I've tried and recommend for other wheelchair users:
Little Rush Lake - Yangebup/SouthLake 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/09/wheelchair-friendly-suburban-perth.html?m=1#more
Manning Lake - Spearwood 🧡
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/09/exercise-doesnt-have-to-be-contrived.html?m=1
Tomato Lake - Kewdale 💚👌
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/10/tomato-lake-wheelchair-roll.html?m=1
HMAS Warramunga Park - Rockingham 🧡
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/10/hmas-warramunga-park-rockingham.html?m=1#more
Heronwood Reserve - Harrisdale 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/10/stroll-and-roll-heronwood-reserve.html?m=1
Lagoon Park - Secret Harbour 🧡
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/10/stroll-and-roll-lagoon-park.html?m=1#more
Erskine Foreshore - Mandurah 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/11/stroll-and-roll-erskine.html?m=1#more
Swan River - Belmont 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/11/stroll-and-roll-swan-river-belmont-boat.html?m=1
Bibra Lake 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/11/bibra-lake.html?m=1
Palm Beach Foreshore Rockingham 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/11/stroll-and-roll-rockingham-palm-beach.html?m=1
Safety Bay Foreshore 💚
https://curvystrongfit.blogspot.com/2023/11/stroll-and-roll-rockingham.html?m=1
I've walked these during 2023 and they are all have heaps of sealed path too!
Black Swan Island (there are both asphalt and gravel trails all the way around the island, the gravel path is closer to the water though)
Yangebup Lake (concrete/asphalt all the way around)
Lake Richmond - Rockingham (concrete/asphalt all the way around)
Lake Monger - Wembley (concrete/asphalt all the way around)
Lake Claremont (concrete/asphalt all the way around)
Booyeembara Park- Fremantle (concrete/asphalt loops available)
Kent St Weir
Shelley Foreshore
