Paul Buck

Completed: 17 November, 2013

Start date: 27 September, 2013
Age When Completed: 50
Direction Walked: Southbound

Track Towns and Supplies

Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
Mountain Designs gave me a good discount on my freeze dried food, but each track town had enough variation to supplement my main meals.

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Well run long distance track to match the excellent website! Love that it is accessible to people of all abilities to get a taste of the Australian bush.

Your Best Equipment
Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter and SPOT Gen3 GPS Messenger

Your Worst Equipment
My Exped Synmat UL Mattress. The inner walls burst making it difficult to sleep on.

Advice for Others
Use the foundations experts, try a couple of nights before committing to an End to End, test your kit thoroughly beforehand, start with shorter distances and build up to the bigger days, try to have a bit of variation in your meals, and finally, DO IT, YOU'LL LOVE 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

Favourite Section
Long Point to Giants (basically, Tingle country)

Highlight of your trip
The big trees, the wildflowers, the coastline, the wildlife, the quality of the shelters, and the people I met along the track.