Julie Phelps (Julie Wombat )

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 7
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
• Lack of fresh foods at Peaceful Bay. While i have put 7 days in towns, I would have had 17 nights accommodation expenditure as got driven to and from drop off/ pick up access points a few times and stayed back in towns , ate out

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Dwellingup
• Balingup
• Donnelly River Village
• Pemberton
• Northcliffe
• Walpole
• Denmark
• Albany

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
I had walked back and forth over the first 12 huts for over 20 years , but had never thought Id be able to complete an E2E. But, planned it out , worked out what some of my doubts and barriers were and worked through them over a couple of years as son finished school and my LSL came due. Im a plodder, so it was a slow schedule of 62 days including rest days, but that pace was probably a contributing factor in my being able to do the trek.

Your Best Equipment
Awesome supportive husband - who booked great town accommodation, walked in and out of access points with food and helped me do some legs with day pack. And double socks

Your Worst Equipment
Noisy sleeping mat and painful hiking boots that worked in lead up but just simply hurt when walking day after day . Took a massive risk and swapped to new boots at Collie. Toe socks and outer and taping feet meant not one blister from hiking

Advice for Others
Work out what your barriers are and think about how you can address them. I went on several shake out hikes and learnt a lot. Having a friend join me on the difficult roller coaster also helped in getting through that section. It was lovely meeting many other hikers too and making new friends.

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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? 62
• 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? Local knowledge
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• BT Maps
• BT Guidebooks
• App (please specify)

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Good - Maps and books didn't reflect some good public access points, also have wrong ocean. Indian marked where it is Southern. Coming into Denmark after Mount Hallowell it isnt clear where the 2 different markers on one pole lead to (town and sandbar).
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Fair - Echidnas

Favourite Section
Tingle trees

Highlight of your trip
How beneficial the walk was to my health and tinnitus

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