Eliza Scott (Eliza Dancer aka Eliza EarlyRiser)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 11
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
• Only at Donnelly River Village and Peaceful Bay

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Donnelly River Village
• Denmark

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
I connected to the landscape, its long resonance with Noongar people. I danced at every opportunity, as important to me as food and water breaks. To leap and twist reminded me that I'm more than a packhorse.

Your Best Equipment
Silk shopping bag - held my wet tent tied on top of pack, ferried things between tent and hut, and good for shopping too

Your Worst Equipment
Shoes. I suffered foot pain through boots, then running shoes (Hoka) till I changed to Crocs. Last 250km in Crocs no foot pain.

Advice for Others
Every gram you dont carry makes for a lighter step. Shed everything you don't need. Be ruthless about excess weight. I shed my stove early on and cold-soaked my food. Allow time for rest.

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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? 61
• 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? Word of mouth/friends
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• App (please specify)
• - Bibbulman Track Guide

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Good
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Excellent - Snakes of course are memorable, I saw 17 (Dugites, Tigers and Bardicks) Several sightings of Rufous Treecreeper. One of Brush Bronzewing. A Quenda. Emu with chicks (wild, not DRV)

Favourite Section
Walpole to Denmark for the giant trees. But overall loved the variety, no two days the same

Highlight of your trip
My connection with trees. I'd been musing on the electromagnetic field of the heart, and playing with holding my heart against big trees. I had just done this, was filled with calm and contentment, stepped away from the tree, and my mind flooded with snake thoughts. Not fear, just snake alert. Round the bend, about 10m, and here's a large Tiger Snake. The Bibbulman taught me this level of connection and presence.

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