Erik Mills (Erik Mills)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 16
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• No problems finding food or supplies. The hiker share boxes at each visitor center also have goodies in them.

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Dwellingup
• Balingup
• Northcliffe
• Walpole
• Denmark

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
I had an amazing experience. Seeing new things every day and meeting lovely people along the way. I loved the trees and hearing the beautiful birds in morning. I will remember this experience for the rest of my life.

Your Best Equipment
Cheap Rivers hiking boots. Injinji toe socks paired with a normal sock over it. Hiking poles, Osprey 85 litre backpack.

Your Worst Equipment
Oztrail Nomad 2 tent. All the tent poles broke after a short time and the stitching gave way due to poor workmanship which let mosquitoes in. Due to the poor design of the tent, water leaked in at the feet.

Advice for Others
Walk your own walk and have rest days to give your body and mind a break. Invest in good reliable gear. Take min of 3L water on the 20km sections as you may not know the conditions of track ahead of you. Take your pack off every few hours, lay down to give your feet a break.

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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? 90
• 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)
• Nothing – just relied on the Waugals and my intuition!
• - OSMAnd Free version for Android.

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Excellent - The section by section guide on the BTF website is excellent for planning. I also downloaded the complete GPX file (>1meg) from BTF website onto my phone.
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Excellent - A lot of snakes, Dugite and Tiger. Wild pigs near the Pingerup plains. Amazing birdlife:- Emu dad with 5 chicks (not at DRV). A large Osprey eagle nest in Denmark. Grey currawong. South Western Crevice Skink located at Mount Wells campsite. A very large Cockroach like insect (Polyzosteria cuprea) at lower south west.

Favourite Section
Walpole to Denmark.

Highlight of your trip
Reaching the ocean at Mandalay beach, The beautiful Tingle trees after the Giants campsites. The inlet crossings. The coastal sections. Walking along Mazzoletti beach.

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