Dec 29th, 2017, Aussie Biker

[xoxoxoBruce]

Solo back-to back transcontinental rides put Winifred Wells on the map but her full circuit of Australia confirmed her eminence among Australia’s moto pioneers. Winifred was 21, when on 26 December 1950 she embarked on her solo and epic journey from Perth to Sydney return across the unsealed and lonely roads of the Nullarbor.

Keep in mind, “unsealed and lonely roads” in putting it mildly. The route she took weren’t even roads yet.
They were bush tracks with nothing but sand for miles, no water, no food, no help.
She, and her life, were entirely in her own hands and the reliability of her bike.

She received a hero’s welcome when she arrived back in Perth after 5,500 miles in 21 days. She went on to achieve the “big-lap” of Australia alongside her father in 1952.

Back in England Royal Enfield heard about this and knew it was a great promotion chance.
They seized the chance by the horns and made Winifred Wells a poster girl for Enfield around the world.



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