Christine Clegg (Christine )

Track Towns and Supplies

• How many days did you stay in Track Towns? 7
• Choices varied widely between track towns. We could never keep the same menu, and that was interesting.-

Particular Track Towns that you would return to:

• Balingup
• Walpole

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Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
The experience was not what I expected, but very wonderful. Very challenging, spectacular landscspe and flora, wonderful support through track maintenance and huts, unexpected great connections with other hikers, all up it was a quite meaningful personal experience.

Your Best Equipment
Home made ‘sit-upon’ sitting mats. A piece of old hiking mat. Fly net.

Your Worst Equipment
Wrong shoes. Very sore feet.

Advice for Others
Make sure your shoes are as supportive as you need. Invest in lightweight gear. Leave all your toys behind and be prepared to only walk. Its enough.

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Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

• All at once

• How many days did it take you to complete the Track? 59
• Who did you complete the Track with? With spouse/partner
• 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? Word of mouth/friends
  

What did you use to navigate the Track?

• BT Maps
• App (please specify)

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Your Experience

• Availability of information: Excellent - Info was excellent, but the guidebooks seemed a bit out of date and we found the track notes and directions confusing, and sent them home after 2 weeks. The extra info on flora and geology snd history was great.
• Amount of Wildlife Encountered: Good - Father emu with chicks. So many beautiful snakes. A distinct lack of wildlife in northern sections.

Favourite Section
That is almost impossible to answer. Red tingle trees vs coastal vistas, vs paper daisies on granite outcrops, vs spectacular burnt country.

Highlight of your trip
Red tingle trees. And the first coastal vista, southbound.

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