Bibbulmun Track
- Start date: 19 September 2022
- Age When Completed: 51
- Direction Walked: North to South
- Others in Group:
Andrea Biondo (age 53)
General Comments
Very challenging and amazing, all at once!
If the track was cleared wider then it might mitigate all the common hazards - mosquitoes, snakes, ticks and march flies - perhaps!
Food/Supplies Comments
We had the best support. Our friends rallied to meet up with us to provide lunches and food drops. We were grateful to only carry a maximum of 5 days worth of food at any one time. The organisation of our food parcels was a high priority before we started. Track towns were important fresh food supply stops.
Don’t forget to have lots of DEET with you.
Favourite Section
Got to be Northclffe to Walpole.
And…Denmark to Albany.
Highlights
The people we met along the way.
Mutton Bird to Sandpatch, the coastal walk with wind turbines. Excellent!
All of the Inlet crossings.
Personal Reactions
Crying! Lot’s of crying. Good job it was raining.
Personal growth and appreciation of our environment.
So glad we went slow and steady, two nights in every track town.
Wildlife
Emu’s, Wallabies, Kangaroo’s, snakes, skinks, flies, mosquitoes, march flies, ticks, spiders, small marsupials, and mice.
Your Best Equipment
Our modified 2 litre milk container, it was our water jug, shower, sink, fruit bucket and all round handy item.
Your Worst Equipment
Achilles tendon, and one of our backpacks just really wasn’t up to the task, it just wasn’t comfortable.
Advice for Others
Lot’s of prep before you go.
Enlist friends and family to support you along the way if possible.