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The Bibbulmun Track Virtual Hike Challenge continues to inspire and connect walkers from across Australia — even those hundreds of kilometres from the Track itself.

If you visit the Bibbulmun Track anytime between July – November this year, we want to hear about your experience!

The 2025 Bibbulmun Track Virtual Hike Challenge is in full swing—and what a journey it’s been so far! From 1 June to 27 July, 189 participants in 92 teams are virtually trekking 1000km from Kalamunda to Albany, unlocking milestones, sharing stories and stepping up for the Track.  Here’s the latest from the trail!    The […]

What a fantastic evening! Our event with Lari & Hedley was a great success, filled with laughter, awe-inspiring stories, and a room buzzing with excitement about future adventures.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Bibbulmun Track Adventure Raffle – your support helped us raise of $20,000 and will enable us continue to care for and promote the Bibbulmun Track. With the raffle officially drawn Today, June 30th, 2025, we’re thrilled to announce the lucky winners of this year’s amazing prizes! […]

The Board of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation announces the departure of long term and much-loved Executive Director, Linda Daniels on the 21st of July 2025.

Kathleen Broderick — consultant, and current Chair and Director of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation (BTF) in Western Australia — has joined the World Trails Network International Board.

Three key walking spots along the South Coast are now safer and more stable thanks to a big autumn effort by a team of Support Volunteers. Across three separate six-day campaigns, 20 volunteers rolled up their sleeves to install nearly five tonnes of track stabilisation materials at Boat Harbour, Parry Beach, and Rame Head.

Volunteers visited Sandpatch last week to install some weather-proofing “fixes” to make the shelter more watertight. Eave panels have been fitted around the shelter and a jarrah bead  installed to collect condensation, while a future upgrade will fill in the window. Volunteers also gave the toilet and tables some additional attention as both suffer from […]

The Bibbulmun Track Foundation is thrilled to announce Perth has secured the rights to host the World Trails Conference in 2026. This prestigious event will occur on October 19–22, marking the first time it’s held in the Southern Hemisphere.  Under the theme “Trails for the Future: Connection, Culture and Conservation,” the conference will bring together […]

The 2025 Virtual Hike Challenge is officially underway! From 1 June to 27 July, 189 participants in 92 teams are stepping their way across a virtual 1000km Bibbulmun Track, journeying from Kalamunda to Albany—all from their local surroundings.    1000km. 8 Weeks. 20 Virtual Milestones.  Participants are racing (and strolling!) toward the finish line by […]

Kicking off on June 1st and running through to July 27th, this exciting 8-week challenge invites you to team up with up to three friends and take on a virtual trek along the iconic Bibbulmun Track. On June 1st, be sure to create an account on the Pacer walking app to officially join the challenge […]

It’s National Volunteer Week, and we are celebrating the impact of volunteers on communities and the engagement with community fostered by being a volunteer. In this article, we’re shining a spotlight on the volunteers in the Track towns, where the local community and the walker community intersect!

This was the annual Field Day for Track maintenance volunteers for Donnelly District.

While the powerline was a convenient route between Mt Cooke and Nerang when the Track was first built, it has become an unwelcome, slippery section in recent years.

National Volunteer Week this year (May 19-25) acknowledges the connection within and between communities – the impact of volunteers on communities and the engagement with community fostered by being a volunteer. We’ll be thanking all volunteers during National Volunteer Week. You can join in!

Our Track maintenance Field Days have just kicked off for the year, with working bees at West Cape Howe and Boat Harbour campsites on the weekend.

SV’s visited Wellington District this week to inspect three 6m kit-bridges, no longer on the current Bibbulmun Track alignment. The plan is for volunteers to dismantle the bridges so they can be reused along the current alignment where old timber bridges are failing.

The vodcast, “Blood, Sweat & Needles!”, and Justin Karcher’s upcoming 1000km Bibbulmun Track End-to-End will  raise awareness and funds to primarily go towards research for a cure for T1D. 10% of the money we raise will be given back to The Bibbulmun Track Foundation to maintain and preserve the track!

What a fantastic evening we had at our Bibbulmun Bowling Members Night last Friday at the Inglewood Bowling Club! 

In celebration of International Volunteer Day on December 5th, the Bibbulmun Track Foundation would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our incredible network of volunteers, both near and far, who consistently go above and beyond to support our work.

In the latest episode of Going Places with Ernie Dingo, airing on SBS On Demand for Season 6, Episode 5, Ernie explores one of the country’s most cherished natural landscapes: the Bibbulmun Track. This episode is the final segment of three, which takes viewers on a spectacular journey through the South West of Western Australia.

This October, 356 participants took part in the Outdoors October Virtual Hike Challenge, logging an impressive 63,000+ kilometers—over 1.5 times the Earth’s circumference!

Seven Bibbulmun Track locations were improved this year by the work of BTF volunteers at our regular maintenance ‘Field Days’.

Last Thursday, the Inglewood Bowling and Sports Club hosted a delightful evening, as The Foundation partnered with Birdlife Australia to celebrate all things birds!