David Cheatley (Dave C)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 10
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• Plan what you are going to eat, including weight and daily calories. Send packages to visitors centre as necessary. For me it was 600 grams / 2600 calories per day - 4.3 calories / gram.

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Dwellingup
• Balingup
• Donnelly River Village
• Denmark

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Just do it.

Your Best Equipment
Physio strapping tape - lasts for days. I taped all blister prone areas on my feet from the start, and re-applied as necessary - not one blister for the 999k.

Your Worst Equipment
None - I used everything in my pack

Advice for Others
There are some on the trail with huge packs. Go as light as possible, without compromising comfort. Your knees will thank you. I didn’t compromise on sleep or cooking system (thermarest neoair, alton mattress cover, jetboil).

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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? 39
• Who did you complete the Track with? Solo (primarily)
• 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)
• - Bibbulum App

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Excellent
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Good - Achidna, Bandicoots, Emus, lots of Kangaroos, wild pigs and a few whales. Only 1 snake up until the last few days. When it was quite warm - came across ~ 10 on the second last day - easily spotted on the trail sunning themselves - but all got out of the way without issue.

Favourite Section
Tingle Tree old growth forest - from Walpole to Giants Camp.

Highlight of your trip
It was all pretty good. If anything, reaching the Ocean after ~ 740k.

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