What is the best section of the Bibbulman Track to hike?
Do you need a tent?
What is the water supply like on this famous 1000km adventure from Kalamunda, a suburb in the hills on the outskirts of Perth, to the historic town of Albany on the south coast of Australia?
We received an email from Bruce asking several questions about the Bibbulman Track, and in this post, we share Dave Tomlinson’s answers with other readers of “Our Hiking Blog”.
Regular readers will remember Dave’s excellent reports on the Bibbulman Track and The Great South West Walk.
We have split Bruce’s email into questions and then Dave’s answers.
My name is Bruce Bxxx and I was thinking about doing a …
Posted on June 22, 2009, 12:52 pm, by Frank, under
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Western Australia.
The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s great long distance walk trails, stretching nearly 1000kms from Kalamunda, a suburb in the hills on the outskirts of Perth, to the historic town of Albany on the south coast of Australia.
In this post, our “End to Ender” Dave Tomlinson, shares his experience on planning, equipment, food, shelter, clothing, cooking and navigation.
There is some great information in this post to assist anyone planning all or part of the Bibbulman Track – something we would love to undertake in the future.
Shelter
The Bibbulmun Track has wooden shelters generally spaced between 13km and 24km apart. The average distance would be about 18km, although in the Kalamunda National Park they are only …
The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s great long distance walk trails, stretching nearly 1000kms (620 miles) from Kalamunda in the Perth Hills to Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. It goes through the heart of the scenic South West and traverses some of the most beautiful bush, forests and beaches that Australia can offer.
In this second guest post, Dave Tomlinson shares with us Part Two of his experience of walking the Bibbulmun Track, end to end, in 2007. In doing this he became one of around 500 people who have achieved this feat.
This track is one of the epic bushwalks in Australia (and most likely) the world.
Karri Tree – beautiful and straight
As …
The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s great long distance walk trails, stretching nearly 1000kms (620 miles) from Kalamunda in the Perth Hills to Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. It goes through the heart of the scenic South West and traverses some of the most beautiful bush, forests and beaches that Australia can offer.
In this guest post, Dave Tomlinson shares with us his experience of walking the Bibbulmun Track, end to end, in 2007. In doing this he became one of around 500 people who have achieved this feat.
This track is one of the epic bushwalks in Australia (and most likely) the world.
Map – The Bibbulmun TRACK Foundation
Dave commences Part One of …
