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Sarah O’Flanagan

Completed: 15 October, 2025

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Sarah O’Flanagan
  • Start date: 23 August, 2025
  • Age When Completed: 41
  • Direction Walked: Southbound

Track Towns and Supplies

  • How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 5
  • Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
  • I dehydrated most of my dinners which worked out really well for variety and costs. I organised boxes to be dropped in track towns or my partner to meet me with. In track towns I would load up on fresh veggies and fruit, cheese which would last a few days and I would treat myself to breaky / lunch or and dinner in town which was such a treat! Track towns were great, lots of supplies - I didn't have any issues finding anything.
Particular Track Towns that you would return to:
  • Dwellingup
  • Collie
  • Balingup
  • Donnelly River Village
  • Pemberton
  • Walpole
  • Denmark
  • Albany

Your Story or Advice for Others

Your Best Equipment
Hiking poles Bibb Track App Jetboil Injinji toe socks - had no blisters at all!

Advice for Others
I would highly recommend the Bibb Track App - helped me if I got lost and you could use it to count down how many kms to go etc. Accom / Towns: Rails & Bails, Balingup –I(find them on the Facebook group) they host hikers in their home and were so warm and welcoming. Walpole Motel – great value for a backpackers’ shared room. Naughty Noodle Bar with Penny in Northcliffe – great value and delicious homegrown food. Lunch at the Mumby Pub! Peaceful Bay - Fish and chips

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:
  • All at once
  • How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 54
  • 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? Local knowledge
What did you use to navigate the Track?
  • App (please specify)
  • - Bibbulman Track App - Highly recommend!

Your Experience

  • Availability of information: Excellent
  • Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Great - Emu chicks, echidnas and the blue wrens were my favourites! I counted 11 snakes total - my heart stopped every time!! Lots of kangaroos and the birdlife was amazing.
Favourite Section
The section out of Balingup was beautiful and my favourite hut was Blackwood.

Highlight of your trip
The simplicity of the routine. All I had to do every day was just walk, eat and sleep. I felt so calm and relaxed at the end and loved not sitting at a desk all day, just being in nature and feeling so fit and healthy. Eating ALL the peanut butter and chocolate and still losing a few kgs was a bonus too!