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We are delighted that the Bibbulmun Track has been included in National Geographic 20 ‘Holy Grails of trails’. Described as ‘Southwestern Australia’s answer to the Appalachian Trail’, it was the only Australian trail named in the top 20!
Over two hundred members and their friends pitted their wits at the Foundation’s Christmas in July Quiz Night. The event was a great success with lots of laughter, serious contemplation, fun and games and much wrinkling of brows! The evening saw many winners, and Chris Lee was delighted with his $300 gift voucher from Mountain […]
Our Christmas in July themed Quiz Night will be held at the Doubleview Bowling Club on Saturday 19th July. Tables of 8 are available and tickets are $15 per person. It’s going to be an evening of fun and festivity. There will be lots of spot prizes, a silent auction with some awesome prize packages […]
A group of our volunteers sat down to a Recognition Breakfast hosted by the Department of Sport and Recreation’s People Development Team, as part of National Volunteer Week. They were among other volunteers who were honoured and recognised for their outstanding contribution to sport and recreation in WA. ABC Grandstand presenter Clint Wheeldon was master […]
A group of Alcoa staff members who usually spend their Fridays sitting in an office took up rake hoes and secateurs to realign a short section of the Bibbulmun Track near Dwellingup. Under the supervision of the Department of Parks and Wildlife, the team created a new alignment to avoid an unsafe river crossing where […]
Producing the new Guidebooks has been a mammoth project spanning 15 months involving a 60-day end-to-end walk, 21 revisions of each Guidebook by several people and many, many hours of editing. It has been over 12 years since the Northern Guidebook was published and 10 years since the Southern Guidebook was published so there was […]
There is currently a review underway in the West Australian Parliament of the laws that prohibit hunting on public or Crown land in Western Australia. The Board of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation believes it is something that our membership should be concerned about and to that end we have made a submission to the Upper […]
The Bibbulmun Track Foundation is not in favour of allowing recreational hunting in WA’s parks and has made a submission outlining its concerns. Key points are walker safety, unauthorised access of Bibbulmun Track facilities by hunters resulting in negative experiences for walkers and serious doubt that such a scheme would make any environmental contribution to […]
The Bibbulmun Team Challenge is the most unique physical and mental team building challenge currently available in Western Australia. To celebrate the vibrant new look Bibbulmun Team Challenge has embraced for 2014, the BTF together with Grey Eyed Films has created a short promotional video that captures the essence of the Challenge. Featuring images and […]
The eagerly anticipated new Bibbulmun Track Guidebooks will be released in time for Easter. The completely revised Guidebooks have been divided into eight sections to match the Bibbulmun Track Maps with a separate Bibbulmun Track Handbook available that contains general Track information, planning, safety, history and management information. The division into eight books plus the […]