Anne-Florence Lecolier (Sticks)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 12
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• As we hiked with our 9 months old baby we sent resupply boxes to most of the towns who didn’t have a supermarket; Brockton Highway, Dwellingup, Collie, Balingup, Donnelly River Village, Northcliffe, Walpole and Peaceful Bay. The visitor centres were super helpful to keep the boxes for us.

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Dwellingup
• Donnelly River Village
• Denmark
• Albany

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
We absolutely loved hiking the Bibbulmun Track as a family with our 8 months old daughter (9 months old when we finished). Yes we had challenging days mostly due to rain but overall it was a great experience for us.

Your Best Equipment
We carried a sun/rain umbrella that I would recommend 200%. Sometimes we couldn’t use it due to the overgrown bushes but most of the time it was super helpful to protect our baby from the rain / sun.

Your Worst Equipment
N/a

Advice for Others
Go lightweight, get a food drop or hitch into to town for the section between Kalamunda and Dwellingup - 10 to 11 days carry is to long and leads to injuries esp. when you just start.

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Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

• All at once

• How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 42
• Who did you complete the Track with? With family
• Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? Yes
• What first prompted you to walk the Bibbulmun Track? BTF website
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• App (please specify)
• - FarOut and Maps.me

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Excellent - Note: we had to skip 270km due to heavy rain and flooding
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Excellent - • kangaroos / wallabies: 64 • Green Parrots: 37 • Black Parrots: 72 • Red Parrots: 2 • Emus: 4 (+6 chicks) • echidnas: 4 • Snakes: 27 • Pelicans: 10 • Heron: 5 • Ticks: 5 • Mice: 4

Favourite Section
From Walpole to Denmark.

Highlight of your trip
All the people that we met on the way and helped us achieve the track. See our Baby develop and grow on trail.

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