Michelle Ryan (Walkingtwobytwo)

Completed: 28 May 2017

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Michelle Ryan
Walkingtwobytwo
  • Start date: 5 April 2017
  • Age When Completed: sweet young 47
  • Direction Walked: South to North

General Comments

This trip has been an amazing adventure, a wonderful experience to meet hikers, track volunteers and Track Angels. There is a community feeling out here, one where we are all friends no matter where we are from, what our background is, we just all belong. I will hold and cherish every part of this forever.

Food/Supplies Comments

I dehydrated all my own food and found it to be really great. I also did a lot of cooking of cakes, bread and other yummies out on the track! I was very well fed!

Favourite Section

I always love the section between White Horse Hills and Mt. Dale. Especially Mt Cuthbert as it always has that special feel about it.

Highlights

The highlights for me was the whole lot! The Track, the people I met, the animals and my little tent.

Personal Reactions

I love the feeling I have when on the Track. The feeling of freedom and nature. It grounds you when its just you and the Track.

Wildlife

I saw so many snakes I lost count, kangaroos, wallabies, quendas,  wild pigs, countless birds, mice, an owl and emus. The only thing I didn’t see was an echidna!

Your Best Equipment

My little tent, also the BBQ sheet of Teflon I carried made for great meals!

Your Worst Equipment

Didn’t really have anything that was my worst. Maybe the plastic bowl that came with my Jetboil as it cracked the first day but Fixomull and superglue fixed that!

Advice for Others

If you ever what to do an end to end just do it! make the time to get out there and explore what Western Australia has to offer us and what the track can give us. Don’t be one who says “one day I want to do it” Make that “one day” NOW!