Tales from the Track

Wayne, WA 24 January 2012 I have just completed my long cherished dream of completing an ‘end-to-end’. My journey began in April 2004, when my wife and I were trying to deal with a son who had got into drugs and crime. We were at a loss and feeling overwhelmed, guilty and confused. Somewhere I […]

Jacqui and Lief, USA 24 January 2012 Uluru and Lief, aka Jacqui and Lief, travelled from the USA to spend three weeks walking on the Track between June 1st and June 20th 2006. Their journey took them from Albany to Pemberton. The website also contains the journal of Michael and Megan from New Zealand, who […]

John Cannon, Tasmania 24 January 2012 Our Bibbulmun Track walk on the south coast of Western Australia near Albany had been some months in the planning. As the rain beat a tattoo on the roof of the hut in William Bay National Park, the six of us wondered what we had let ourselves in for. We later discovered that […]

Lennard and Daphne Koster-Bloemkolk, Holland 24 January 2012 Bibbulmun Track 20 September – 21 November 2009 What went ahead Somewhere during our internship in 2003 in Sydney (or Sidney in Dutch, but that looks awfully awkward) we heard of the Bibbulmun track for the first time. Back then we only had less than 3 months […]

Karin Waterman, South Australia 24 January 2012 ARPA bushwalkers at the southern terminus in Albany. We began our journey on October 12th through the beautiful tall trees of the karri and jarrah forest and passed the huge Gloucester Tree, which was first used as a fire lookout. This magnificent tree is there to be climbed; […]

Graham and Ella Reeks, No fixed abode 24 January 2012 Graham and Ella Reeks are standing, staring, walking, driving their way around Australia. Steve Sertis from the Foundation was lucky enough to share a campsite with them on a recent walk on the Cape to Cape Track. Naturally Steve told them all about the Bibbulmun […]

Chelsea Badger, WA 23 January 2012 Teen Trek was one of the most amazing and fun experiences that I have ever had. The memories created over those three days are enough to last forever. The friendships we created, the laughter we had together, the m&ms in the marshmallows and the fun we experienced as a […]

Alan Alexander, Queensland, Australia At 11.00am on Saturday June 5th 2010, I arrived at the Northern Terminus of the Bibbulmun Track at Kalamunda hand in hand with my wife. So ended an incredible and very special journey of 966km over 46 consecutive days, which began on April 21st in Albany. This was an emotional moment, undoubtedly experienced by many […]

Peter Laud, WA 23 January 2012 Conostylus. When I was diagnosed with cancer I turned to the Track. When I missed out on a redundancy package of $100,000 by resigning five weeks too soon I turned to the Track. I turned to the Track again when fire – the result of a moment’s carelessness with an […]

Sandi Sime, WA 23 January 2012 We seem to have been walking the Bibbulmun Track for years, some parts many times—we have probably done about 1600 kms before finally claiming end-to-end status. Our first section was from Donnelly River to Walpole in 2001, when the suspension bridge over Deep River near Walpole was burnt out by a […]

Cliff and Sharron Burns 23 January 2012 ‘Veni, vidi, vici’ – so said Caesar after his short confrontation at Zela, Turkey, back in 47 BC. In a more up-to-date version of the ancient famous sentence we can now say, “The Bibbulbums went, saw and conquered”. It was an extraordinary fifty-eight day adventure – far too […]

Sarah Longland, Sue Miles and Gael Mclean, aka “The Weekend Warriors”, WA 23 January 2012 The Weekend Warriors have a collective age of 150 years and one of our three had already been walking the Track for ten years and had not yet reached the half-way mark of an “end-to-end”. Fortunately the other two were keen […]

Narelle Goodall and Deb Badger, aka Laughing Ladies, WA 23 January 2012 Finally an end-to-ender! by Deb Badger (Laughing Lady #3) It may have taken me six years to walk the entire length of the Bibbulmun Track, but what a journey, both emotionally and physically.  I had never done any walking or hiking in my […]

Mike Allanson It has taken me seven years to finally become a genuine Bibb Track end-to-ender. Now what am I going to do? (Ed : Become a volunteer, Mike?) This is how it all started. My daughter Cindy was a student at Kingsway Christian College, and I was invited to participate in the annual year […]

Peter Evans, WA 23 January 2012 I visited the Bibbulmun Track Foundation Office to discuss becoming a Track Maintenance Volunteer. Gwen Plunkett advised me which sections of the Track were available, and I nominated one. “Okay,” she said. “ This is now your section of the Track.” “My section,” I thought. “Hey, that’s pretty cool.” Fine, […]

Jan Price – Track Name “Jan”, WA 23 January 2012 Jan heads out from Hidden Valley campsite on the last day of her end-to-end. My walk began on the 30th June, ending on 30th September 2009. The picture is of me setting off on my last day from Hidden Valley. Essential advice to anyone doing […]

Lindy Lester, WA 23 January 2012 The feeling is surreal. For the last three hours I have been winding my way along the high cliffs overlooking the Southern Ocean, with the most amazing views of rugged coastline in both directions. The vegetation about me still abounds with a massive array of late spring wildflowers bearing […]

Richard Kemp 23 January 2012 Taking in the view over William Bay. As long time bushwalkers, we have lugged our packs, dehydrated food, tents, Trangias and the rest over many parts of the country, and had some wonderful experiences.  More recently, we have embraced the option of doing the walk with less of the pain.  […]

Wrong Way Jim, WA 23 January 2012 Gwen finally let me out of the office for a stroll on the Track in September. It was hard to get permission, despite the fact I’d only been away for eight weeks holiday in the UK during June and July. It’s a tough life, being a vollie… My […]

Katie Bewley, Jim, Fynn, Luka and Xavier Underwood, Denmark, WA 6 March 2011 The Underwood family about to set off from the Nothern Terminus on their journey to Denmark. As I write this story, sitting at the Rame Head shelter on the Bibbulmun Track, I am watching the waves roll in and the clouds roll […]

Elsie Grygiel, Perth, WA 1 January 1970 Peter and Elsie. Peter, my husband, had already had some surgery because of pains in his legs whenever he walked.  The surgery was not all that successful, and his specialist advised walking —lots of walking —as a better alternative to further surgical intervention.  We started out by walking […]