Day Walks - getting started - Bibbulmun Track Foundation

What should I do to prepare for a day walk?

Use the equipment checklist for day walks
Use only appropriate access points (marked on map by red or green cars)
Adhere to the Leave No Trace principles
Check current Track conditions
Understand and abide by health, hygiene and safety guidelines
Tell someone where you are going and what time you expect to return

A popular day walk from Perth is Sullivan Rock to Mt Cooke campsite return with an optional walk to Mt Cooke summit (12.4km or 17.4km). To get to Sullivan Rock travel down the Albany Highway, 28km from Armadale. Sullivan Rock carpark is 9km after the Jarrahdale turnoff on the right. Look for the Bibbulmun Track sign.

See our Track Towns pages for some suggested walks in each area. For further suggestions select one of our day walk map packs below.

Day walk map packs

Want to get out on the Bibbulmun Track, but don’t know where to start? The Bibbulmun Track Foundation’s day walk map packs are the perfect solution.

Each map pack comprises of a:

See-through map carrier
Bibbulmun Track map
Suggested walks
Full walk notes
Contact details for local transport operators
Walking tips
An ‘On the Trail of the Red-tail Black Cockatoo Sighting kit’ containing a brochure about the Red-tail , colour postcard and prepaid sighting report card.

The Packs are available for 6 locations along the Bibbulmun Track:

There are a variety of walk options in each area, differing in length and difficulty, with a choice of ‘one way’ or ‘out and back’ walks.

Follow the Bibbulmun Track and spot endangered Forest Red-tails along the way! This fantastic eco-tourism initiative was designed and developed by Tourism Western Australia and the Bibbulmun Track Foundation. Its aim is to encourage local West Australians and visitors from overseas and interstate to enjoy the magic of the South West forests and the beauty of the creatures that live there.

The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is one of Australia’s most spectacular birds, but is at risk of being threatened due to habitat destruction. The WA Museum and the Department of Environment and Conservation aims to better understand the distribution, lifecycle and breeding patterns of the cockatoo as part of the efforts to prevent future decline in the population.

The report cards are returned at the end of the trip and forwarded to the WA Museum to contribute to their Cockatoo Care research and will help protect the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. Walking on the Bibbulmun Track couldn’t be easier, so get your day walk map pack today.

For more information about this and other environmental tourism packages, visit Tourism Western Australia.