Tegan Sharp (Tegan)

Completed: 15 May, 2023

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Tegan

Start date: 31 March, 2023
Age When Completed: 24
Direction Walked: Southbound

Track Towns and Supplies

Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
We dehydrated most of our own meals and would highly recommend doing this. I’m vegan and had no issues staying well fed on the track and in the track towns! Pro tip: tofu does not rehydrate very well!

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Incredible track. Incredible people.

Your Best Equipment
My tent-carrying, spider-catching boyfriend. Couldn’t have done the track without him. Also my Injini toe socks, Merrell boots and EVA Birkenstocks, treat your feet!

Your Worst Equipment
Sunglasses, didn’t use them at all!

Advice for Others
Get out there and give it a go! You’ll probably never feel 100% ready so do the best you can to prepare but make sure you don’t get analysis paralysis. Just take the leap. Start where you are and with what you’ve got. You won’t regret it.

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

All at once

Who did you complete the Track with? Other - Sam Burges
Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? No

Your Experience

Favourite Section
I loved the section from Pemberton to Walpole, you get to walk through all different biomes! We started off in the Karri forest went through the Pingerup Plains (while they were dry) and got our first glimpse of the Southern Ocean and beach walking!

Highlight of your trip
- Swimming in the glorious blue water at Boat Harbour after a long day in the dunes from Peaceful Bay. - Coming over the dunes to Mandalay Beach and seeing the Southern Ocean after a month in the forest. - Getting to meet lots of wonderful people along the way at the huts whom you share laughs and stories with before parting again the next day. - Getting to Dwellingup after our first nine days on the track. That’s a shower I will never forget. - Coming around a dune just south of Peaceful Bay and seeing a giant rainbow over the ocean, pure track magic!