Jill Beaver

Completed: 18 October, 2019

Start date: 14 July, 2011
Age When Completed: 54
Direction Walked: Both

Track Towns and Supplies

Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
We dehydrated our own meals (which we think tasted much nicer!!) and we enjoyed a Devon-shire Tea on the Track for each morning tea. We arranged food drops so we only had to carry a few days food at any time.

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
I felt very intrepid when I started off with my hiking buddies on our first hike of 89kms, from Stirling Road north to Donnelly River. Little did I realise the Track would become a bit of an obsession and that I would eventually finish the whole 1,000 kms! I have traced all my hikes on my Bibb Track wall map and recorded all the details of each hike on the back of the map.

Your Best Equipment
A good sleeping mat - long, dark nights on the Track provide plenty of time to mull over your choice!

Your Worst Equipment
I didn't have any particularly bad equipment but as I got more experienced, each replacement purchase was an improvement on what I had been using.

Advice for Others
Take time to enjoy your journey. Write about your day in the book at each shelter while it is still fresh in you mind, then photograph what you have written, as a record of your special experience.

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

In sections

Who did you complete the Track with? Other - Richard, Brian and Michelle
Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? No
What first prompted you to walk the Bibbulmun Track? Other

Your Experience

Favourite Section
The whole Track is amazing but Northcliffe to Walpole provides the greatest variety over the shortest distance - the tall trees opening up to the wide expanse of the ocean, then back up through the tingles and down to the coast again.

Highlight of your trip
Specifically - Lake Maringup and the first glimpse of the ocean approaching Mandalay Beach from the north. Generally - mist at sunrise/campfires at sunset/wildflowers and orchids/tall trees/ anywhere up high with a view.