Hmmm, Perth. i haven't been there since I was about 2 but I hear that its a really nice place to ride. I wonder if you have read the article at the end of the last issue of ride, about the bunch rides in perth. Sounds great. Do you do any of those bunch rides that I read about?
I don't actually ride to work (work night shifts - ride home at night through dodgy neighbourhood) but whenever I am out and about, provided I am not in a bunch I never go the same way twice. Those detours are exactly what the freedom of riding is all about.