Get Found With Steve

When: Fri 24th July, 2026 - 2:00 pm to Sun 26th July, 2026 - 4:00 pm
Where: 2.5hrr drive south of Perth
Rating: Intermediate | Category: Seminars & Workshops

An excellent chance to enhance your compass and map reading abilities awaits you. During this engaging yet more intensive weekend, we’ll delve into additional theory, with a special focus on practical application during a Rogaine.

This experience will teach you to navigate extended distances, including night-time navigation through unmarked terrain. There are no marked trails where we go, providing a unique challenge.

Enjoy vehicle-based camping on both Friday and Saturday nights, and be ready to traverse approximately 20km throughout the entire weekend. What makes this even more special is that we set up camp at our base camp. This means you don’t have to carry your overnight gear! We walk and navigate with only a day pack!

The best part of booking an event with us is that all profits go back to the maintenance of the Bibbulmun Track – you should be proud!

Included perks:

Expert advice from the Bibb Track specialists.
Trained and experienced Bibb Track guides with emergency devices.
Theory session on Friday evening on how to use a compass and read a map.
Plenty of practical tuition and tips before heading into the bush.
Comprehensive notes, and topographic map.
Dinner Saturday night, breakfast and lunch on Sunday.
Rogaine entry fee.
Regular safety patrols and water refill stations out in the field.
Detailed gear checklist.
Equipment hire, including stove, mat, sleeping bag, and tent. Pick up and return from our conveniently located office in West Perth.
Free compass hire if required.
Freedom to develop and navigate your own route if you feel skilled and confident enough.
Great fun in a social atmosphere.

I was very nervous before attending this event, but I was always made to feel at ease especially with walking through scrub at night. Such a great way to get my confidence through the roof, not to mention how much fun we had. Do this event! – event participant

You don’t need to Get Lost with Steve (the one-day course) as a prerequisite, but it may be helpful as that course covers much more of the basic theory needed.

Exact location unknown until the week prior but this event will be held near Wilga, north-west of Boyup Brook. You should plan to leave Perth by 2pm. But if you can’t, that’s ok, we will bring you up to speed very quickly on anything you miss!

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Your Event Guide/s:

Steve Sertis

Hi folks. I have been with the Foundation since 1997, when I first joined as a member and maintenance volunteer. I wanted to get involved in the ‘new’ Track after getting terribly lost on the ‘old’ Bibbulmun Track. From there I began leading walks and then came on staff in the office in 1999 as Events Manager and Lead Guide. I love walking and have done a few end-to-ends. I really get a kick out of sharing this passion with everyone. I am still a volunteer and look after Nerang Campsite. Come and join me on this event!

Mike Wood

Hi folks, I first got involved with the Bibbulmun Track as part of the group that helped plan the new alignment in the mid-90s and I was honoured to be the Founding Chairman of the BTF in 1997. As the owner of the WA Mountain Designs stores, I became the first corporate sponsor of the Foundation and helped to find its first home in the MD building in Hay St.
I was lucky enough to be the second guide on the 10th Anniversary Walk in 2008. I have enjoyed many walks on various sections of the Bibb, both day walks and overnighters. I also spent many years trekking all over the world including in Nepal, Bhutan, Patagonia and many walking holidays in Europe and the UK. But I think the Bibbulmun is one of the best trails in the world and a wonderful asset for WA and really deserves the moniker of ‘world class’.
I have always enjoyed encouraging and helping others to get out on the Track, no matter what age or experience. There is something personal and unique about spending time in the West Australian bush. I was privileged to be made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2020 for my work on the Bibbulmun and I still volunteer as a Board member and a guide.

Arthur Wright

Hi, I’m Arthur. I not only love the Bibbulmun Track but I’m incredibly proud that we have this amazing long-distance hike here in WA. I’ve been hiking on the Track since 2005 and I’ve been a member of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation since then. I’m a sectional volunteer, and I’m lucky enough to have the Woolbales campsite just north of Walpole included in the section I help look after. I like sharing my enthusiasm for “the Bibb” with people who are curious about it, want to give it a try and want to learn more about hiking.

Patrick Tremlett

I enjoy the outdoors and have bush walked and been involved with the Bibbulmun Track and the Foundation for some time. Apart from being a volunteer guide I am also a maintenance volunteer.

Isabel Busch

Hi there, Isabel here. I’ve been a member since 2004 when I walked the Track end-to-end in the wettest August ever! I am also a maintenance volunteer looking after Frankland River Campsite near Walpole. I love being a volunteer guide and being able to share my passion with others.

Neil Gibson

Hi all! I’ve been walking the Bibbulmun Track, and various other trails around WA, for the last 15 years. One of the best things about being a volunteer guide is being able to help people of all levels experience the joys of the Australian bush. I’m passionate about bringing the outdoors to younger generations in order to facilitate a connection to nature that they can enjoy in the years to come.