Kimber Ellis (Kim Ellis)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 5
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• The track towns and visitors centers have everything you might need. Post to yourself only those essentials or unique dietary requirements.

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

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

---

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Tenacity in the tough bits, stop and enjoy the locations, routinely look back at the path you have walked , enjoy the company of other hikers, do random acts of kindness for people on the track.

Your Best Equipment
My MSR Hubba Hubba two person tent, my Sea to Summit Spark Pro sleeping bag, my Black Diamond Head torch, my Kompadell walking poles

Your Worst Equipment
I only took what I needed, nothing more, and it all worked very well

Advice for Others
Plan well, but be flexible. Remember that no plan survives the first shot.

---

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

• All at once

• How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 55
• 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?

• BT Maps
• App (please specify)
• - Far Out

---

Your Experience

• Availability of information: Excellent - Wonderful and demanding walk, with great variety and terrific resources - the shelters, the towns, the visitor centers, the people.
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Poor - LOTS of wild pigs, very little of anything else

Favourite Section
Balingup to Donnelley River

Highlight of your trip
The wonderful people I met on the walk - in the towns, in the shelters, on the track.

---