Vanessa Stephen

Completed: 4 November, 2025

Start date: 5 September, 2025
Age When Completed: 59
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
I dehydrated and sent ahead nearly all my food.

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Do some sections first to test yourself and your gear, especially shoes and sleep gear, before you go. When you are confident in a longer section and wish you weren’t finishing, you are ready for an E2E.

Your Best Equipment
Aarn Featherlite Freedom pack, Topo Athletic Traverse shoes, home made cool pot cosy, Durston pro 1p tent @ 0.5kg.

Your Worst Equipment
None. Loved it all. I had tested and swapped out things I didn’t like before my E2E.

Advice for Others
It helps to be fit and strong in the legs so gym training prior can help.

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

All at once

How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 61
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? Other

What did you use to navigate the Track?

App (please specify)
- Bibbulmun Track

Your Experience

Availability of information: Excellent
Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Good - Scorpion disguised on the gravel outside my tent one morning. 2 pairs of whales fin slapping and seemingly wailing to each other close to shore an hour or so before Peaceful Bay.

Favourite Section
Walpole to Peaceful Bay.

Highlight of your trip
The day over Mt Cooke and bathing in rock pool at Long Point on a wild weather afternoon.