Samuel Joseph Burges (Sam Burges)
Completed: 15 May, 2023
Sam Burges
- Start date: 31 March, 2023
- Age When Completed: 26
- Direction Walked: Southbound
Track Towns and Supplies
- Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
- We dehydrated most of our meals and in terms of snacks, we bought everything before we started hiking and posted it to the visitors centres. If we were to do the hike again, I’d buy only half of the snacks we require and then buy the remainder in the local towns, given our appetite changed constantly on the track.
Your Story or Advice for Others
Your Best EquipmentInjinji socks were by far our best investment. We used an inner layer of injinji and outer layer of standard merino socks, no blisters for the whole track with this method.
Your Worst Equipment
N/A
Advice for Others
One the track, you’ll encounter a lot of what I call ‘Bibbulmun Whispers’ which means varying opinions and perspectives of people’s experiences on the track. It doesn’t take much for the telling of a negative experience to travel between dozens of hikers, so I encourage new travellers to remain on the positive side and make their own judgment of the situation.
Trip Details
How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:- All at once
- Who did you complete the Track with? Other - Tegan Sharp
- Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? No
Your Experience
Definitely Walpole to Peaceful Bay, loved the Tingle/ Karri Forrest and then the amazing cliffs and views from conspicuous to the bay.
Highlight of your trip
The many meaningful conversations with other down to earth hikers. Hot showers in the towns. Taking our first swim when we arrived at the coast. Disconnecting from tech and connecting back to country.