Bibbulmun Track end to end in spring 2019
Posted: Fri 15 Feb, 2019 9:43 am
Hi all,
My partner and I are planning on walking the Bib, end to end, North to South, starting September 2019. For those who may not know, the Bib goes from Kalamunda to Albany in WA and is around 1000km.
We decided on walking the Bib for two main reasons. Firstly, after walking the Larapinta, we wanted a long walk which is fairly unpopulated. Secondly, the season for the Bib suits us more than the AAWT because I can't get work off during the best AAWT season.
Other benefits of the Bib appear to be the ease of navigation and resupply. With a clearly defined track and regular markers navigation should be quite simple and we can hopefully focus on walking rather than navigating. For resupply there are around a dozen track towns, most of which have a post office and shops to resupply at. This means we do not have to pre bury our resupplies. Furthermore, water seems to be readily available with around 50 shelters which each have a watertank.
We are hoping to do it fairly quickly, (which is generally what we like to do) but certainly not looking to break records or make it un-enjoyable.
I'm starting this thread to compliment our planning, receive feedback and bounce ideas off the more experienced. Here I plan to note down gear lists, food resupplies and other planning and logistics involved in walking the Bib.
We are both very much looking forward to starting!
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My partner and I are planning on walking the Bib, end to end, North to South, starting September 2019. For those who may not know, the Bib goes from Kalamunda to Albany in WA and is around 1000km.
We decided on walking the Bib for two main reasons. Firstly, after walking the Larapinta, we wanted a long walk which is fairly unpopulated. Secondly, the season for the Bib suits us more than the AAWT because I can't get work off during the best AAWT season.
Other benefits of the Bib appear to be the ease of navigation and resupply. With a clearly defined track and regular markers navigation should be quite simple and we can hopefully focus on walking rather than navigating. For resupply there are around a dozen track towns, most of which have a post office and shops to resupply at. This means we do not have to pre bury our resupplies. Furthermore, water seems to be readily available with around 50 shelters which each have a watertank.
We are hoping to do it fairly quickly, (which is generally what we like to do) but certainly not looking to break records or make it un-enjoyable.
I'm starting this thread to compliment our planning, receive feedback and bounce ideas off the more experienced. Here I plan to note down gear lists, food resupplies and other planning and logistics involved in walking the Bib.
We are both very much looking forward to starting!
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