Jonathan's Backpacking Adventure: The Bibbulmun Track

My Trusty Guidebook

What is the Bibbulmun track? In short, its a trail hike that goes from Perth all the way to Albany that goes for a daunting 963km. Clearly I don't time to do the whole thing but I decided I owed it to myself to do a chunk. So last Friday I took a Bus to North Bannister which is 137km out and started my trek. Approximately every 10km you have a campsite that is set up in order to help trekkers along.

As you can see from the sunset video below rain water is collected from the roof of each campsite building in huge tanks. The days are so incredible hot that you need to drink insane amounts of water. Everyday I would drink about 8 litres of water (That's a lot even for me). To top it off, your location is so remote there are no grocery stores so I had to carry all my food for 6 days. The cuisine was bland and consisted of powder milk, muesli, instant noodles, pita bread, and sardines. Of course, you have no garbage cans along the way so you also have to carry your waste along the way. Finally, because water is so scarce showers are just not possible. Let's just say that first shower when I got back was a long wonderful experience.

Since its off season I actually didn't run into anybody along the trail for 6 days. It actually felt very strange to talk to another person once I was done. You begin to to feel quite comfortable with your own thoughts and being alone (can anyone say Cast Away?lol). All jokes aside, its a great way to clear your mind.

The animal life is literally all around you. Everything from lizards, spiders, snakes and even kangaroos. You really do feels closer to your roots. Once upon a time, we were hunting those Kangaroos to survive.

Tiny Lizard in the Middle of the Picture

Spider

Snake Trail

Sap on a tree that definitely looks like Blood

I would definitely recommend the Bibbulmun Trail to anybody willing to get off the beaten track in order to see a wonderful secluded part of WA. But traveller beware, you need to be willing to rough it (as you can tell by my filthy feet, ahah).