Philip Dowson (Pepper)

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 20
• Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? No
• Hiking special treats easy to locate. We had prepared dehydrated lunches & dinners which we resupplied with in the towns.

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Dwellingup
• Balingup
• Donnelly River Village
• Walpole

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Prepare in advance to become happy with your gear. We ended with less items to carry and swopped to others etc.

Your Best Equipment
Agnes Copper Spur tent and Sea to Summit bedding ie Mats & Quilt

Your Worst Equipment
Trail shoes, switching from heavy Hiking Boots to trial shoes provided long lasting blisters, with none previously.

Advice for Others
Trained Hikes to become familiar with a hiking roles plan.

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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? Word of mouth/friends
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• BT Maps
• BT Guidebooks
• App (please specify)
• - Far Out

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Great - Readjusting back to conventional life was another really difficult time. I could only explain this to myself, because the change was me, I had changed.
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Great - four Tiger snakes on one days hike

Favourite Section
Walking into Balingup

Highlight of your trip
Walking into Dwellingup after 13days Hiking to a HOT SHOWER

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