Grant Long (Grunter )

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 7
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• Don’t send resupply boxes to visitor information centres!

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Dwellingup
• Pemberton
• Walpole
• Denmark
• Albany

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
It’s a privilege to walk a trail like this. Even when it’s hard, try to embrace every moment.

Your Best Equipment
Thermarest NeoLoft mattress. Heavenly sleep every night. The extra weight was so worth it!

Your Worst Equipment
Umbrella.

Advice for Others
Walk your walk. Ignore naysayers or gear critics & treat trail gossip with a grain of salt.

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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? 36
• Who did you complete the Track with? Other - Met a couple of blokes from Perth before Balingup & walked with them. One dropped out after Northcliffe, finished the walk with the other.
• 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? Other
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• BT Maps
• App (please specify)
• - Bibbulmun Track

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Good
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Excellent - So many beautiful birds. Didn’t see a snake for over 600km, then south of Nullaki saw 3 in an hour. Only 5 all up. Loved being greeted by kangaroos most mornings.

Favourite Section
Map 7. Coast, Tingle trees. Amazing!

Highlight of your trip
Seeing the coast for the first time. It made me so happy.

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