Jon Bentley (Canoe)
Completed: 6 September, 2023
Canoe
- Start date: 19 July, 2023
- Age When Completed: 50
- Direction Walked: Northbound
Track Towns and Supplies
- Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
- Yes, we could resupply in towns. Just plan to be in towns on weekdays as info centres and some shops are closed or close early on the weekends.
Your Story or Advice for Others
General CommentsEmbrace the Sux; once you overcome this, you will enjoy the walk, no matter what happens.
Your Best Equipment
What I had was all good.
Your Worst Equipment
Any were weeded out before I started.
Advice for Others
Ignore the stories/rumours, such as huts overrun with mice and waste-deep water; just embrace the hike. Remember that fishing stories about the one that got away, well these are the same, as the story changes with each person who tells it.
Trip Details
How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:- All at once
- 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? No
Your Experience
The end, when walking, was walking, and the habits and patterns come from countless days of routine.
Highlight of your trip
Spending 35 nights alone and one stretch of 4 days (3 nights) of not seeing anybody, not even a car in the distance.