Rick van Vessem (Zoe & Rick)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 5
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• We got our own food supplies from the local shops. Not really any issues really just the lack of options and some general stores with ridiculous prices. ( a bit sketchy)

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Donnelly River Village
• Denmark
• Albany

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
We were looking to do a long distance hike is Australia and the Waugal sign 'vibe' website/community caught our eyes and it just felt right.

Your Best Equipment
3 person WSR Martha Hubba tent with 2 person exped matress (3R)

Your Worst Equipment
Rin gear without water repellent coating due to last minute 'technical washing".

Advice for Others
Met so many people that were freezing at night that were freezing while Zoe and I were warm. Get a good sleeping bag (-8oC) Get toe socks and double layer them. I got 2 blisters in 100 km due to worn our shoes plus rain (wet shoes) but fixed it with sheep wool. Oh and baby powder as anti chafing is great.

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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? 50
• Who did you complete the Track with? With spouse/partner
• 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? BTF website
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• App (please specify)
• Other
• - Farout
• - Garmin explore with official GPX file of the bib. plus GPX file on Garmin Fenux watches.

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Great - Just wonderful.
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Great - 13 snakes! a quenda. Some possums and 9 teen emu's followed by mom emu.

Favourite Section
Albany to Walpole.

Highlight of your trip
Being followed by cockatoos. The thrill of seeing snakes and lizards. Meeting our trail families. Waking up at first light and asleep at 6 pm. Doing the track together with Zoe.

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