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Stuart Jackson

Completed: 6 October, 2025

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Stuart Jackson
  • Start date: 17 August, 2025
  • Age When Completed: 50
  • Direction Walked: Southbound

Track Towns and Supplies

  • How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 6
  • Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
  • Found all the main towns easy to resupply at. Only picked up a couple of things at Balingup, Northcliffe and Dwellingup.
Particular Track Towns that you would return to:
  • Dwellingup
  • Balingup
  • Donnelly River Village
  • Pemberton
  • Northcliffe
  • Walpole
  • Denmark
  • Albany

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
It was a great physical and mental challenge. I enjoyed the feeling of adventure and the disconnect from the daily home routine. It was great seeing the scenery and meeting so many interesting people along the way.

Your Best Equipment
Probably my snack bag of fruit leathers, sultanas, nuts, choc bars, salami, cheese, crackers.

Your Worst Equipment
Nothing really stands out. Being a novice I spent a bit of time researching and choosing equipment without breaking the bank. Everything was adequate but could be dialled in a bit more.

Advice for Others
The food in towns is a great motivator and reward. The Wine and Tapas bar in Pemberton. Fish and Chips and breakfast at Peaceful Bay. The petrol station at Walpole. A brewery in Denmark. Could not believe there was a sushi van at Greens Pool.

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:
  • In sections
  • How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 32
  • 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?
  • Other
  • - Google Maps with imported route and waypoints. Partly saved with offline mode for when no mobile signal

Your Experience

  • Availability of information: Excellent
  • Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Excellent - Lots of kangaroos and wallabies. Several emus, one set of emu chicks ran by my feet. 14 snakes between Pemberton and Albany, two were almost stepped on. One echidna, one quenda. Snuck up on some feral pigs. No whales.
Favourite Section
Loved the coastal sections. Also really enjoyed the landscape and isolation around Yourdamung and the Pingerup plains.

Highlight of your trip
So many - thunderstorm with lightning around Abyssinia Rock, storms rolling in coming down Mount Cooke. Not seeing anyone for 2.5 days. Several solo nights, White Horse Hills stands out. The sunrise, sunset and moon over the valley at Blackwood. The beach sections. The friendly camp volunteer at Parry Beach that surprised me with a coffee from her campervan espresso machine.