Tales from the Track
We are always looking for stories for both our website and the member’s magazine ‘Bibbulmun News’. Why not email your story of adventure? Photos are more than welcome!
Click on the headings to read stories from walkers. They are not listed in any particular order.
Jan Price – Track Name “Jan”, WA 23 January 2012 Jan heads out from Hidden Valley campsite on the last day of her end-to-end. My walk began on the 30th June, ending on 30th September 2009. The picture is of me setting off on my last day from Hidden Valley. Essential advice to anyone doing […]
Lindy Lester, WA 23 January 2012 The feeling is surreal. For the last three hours I have been winding my way along the high cliffs overlooking the Southern Ocean, with the most amazing views of rugged coastline in both directions. The vegetation about me still abounds with a massive array of late spring wildflowers bearing […]
Richard Kemp 23 January 2012 Taking in the view over William Bay. As long time bushwalkers, we have lugged our packs, dehydrated food, tents, Trangias and the rest over many parts of the country, and had some wonderful experiences. More recently, we have embraced the option of doing the walk with less of the pain. […]
Wrong Way Jim, WA 23 January 2012 Gwen finally let me out of the office for a stroll on the Track in September. It was hard to get permission, despite the fact I’d only been away for eight weeks holiday in the UK during June and July. It’s a tough life, being a vollie… My […]
Katie Bewley, Jim, Fynn, Luka and Xavier Underwood, Denmark, WA 6 March 2011 The Underwood family about to set off from the Nothern Terminus on their journey to Denmark. As I write this story, sitting at the Rame Head shelter on the Bibbulmun Track, I am watching the waves roll in and the clouds roll […]
Elsie Grygiel, Perth, WA 1 January 1970 Peter and Elsie. Peter, my husband, had already had some surgery because of pains in his legs whenever he walked. The surgery was not all that successful, and his specialist advised walking —lots of walking —as a better alternative to further surgical intervention. We started out by walking […]