Melissa Toplis (Melissa & Suzanne )

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 7
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• Enjoyed our wine and cheese at sunset!

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

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

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
The Bibbulmun Track offers just about everything Australia has to give including coastal views, varied landscapes, wildlife, forests and flowers, and you don't need to be an athlete to complete it.

Your Best Equipment
A good sleeping system.

Your Worst Equipment
A poncho in the wind!

Advice for Others
There will be challenges, maybe even tears, but you will learn much about yourself, what you are capable of, meet some amazing people and see things you never imagine.

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Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

• In sections

• How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 60
• Who did you complete the Track with? With friends
• 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? Visitor Centre
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• BT Maps
• BT Guidebooks
• App (please specify)
• - FarOut and AllTrails

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Excellent - The BTF always provided the information we required through their publications and were very friendly whenever we phoned for advice.
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Excellent - Spending a good 20 minutes stamping our feet to wake a dugite who was sleeping in the middle of a narrow track.

Favourite Section
This is hard - Walpole. Every section really!

Highlight of your trip
The many inspirational hikers we met along the way, and the tingle trees.

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