End to End Bibbulmun Track Planning

Heading North to South, the first leg from Kalamunda to Dwellingup (which has an IGA) we are allowing 10 days.  This is an important step in your end to end Bibbulmun Track planning, as having food for that length of time on you can be difficult.  Thank goodness we can spread it across 3 people.

It is recommended anywhere up to 14 days for this stretch and you should allow based on your daily walking ability and time frame allowance.

We got online and checked each of the towns and looked at the shops available.  We called into some of these towns while travelling in the south west of Western Australia to check supplies available.

This means we have 10 days/nights meals on us.  You can of course try and have food brought into you, however, there is limited places to do this and as we dehydrated all our meals it was no problem. There is good supply options in Collie (including Coles and Woolworths).

We designated Balingup a good resupply point, you can send a box using Pack and Send from Perth. At the time of our trek a box under 13kg would be $55.00.  You can also deliver it yourself. Balingup Visitor Centre is happy to have the boxes delivered to them and hold onto them for your arrival.  Call ahead and let them know it is coming, write your name, BIBB TRACK, expected date of arrival and phone number on the box. 

They also offer backpacker accommodation if required, call them on 08 9764 1818 between 10am-3pm 7 days a week.

10 Meals (including Spaghetti Bolognese, Tuna Pasta, Vegetable Cous Cous with Salami, Tomato & Bail rice with Salami, Mee Goreng, Pumpkin Soup and Potato, Bacon and Leek Soup)

Powdered Milk, Large gas canister, Hydrolite, 2 porridge sachets, Koolmints, Beef Jerky, Port, Scotch, can of cider, 2 cans of coke, Berocca, Deb (powdered potato mash) travel toothpaste,

• some items not photographed

Hiking Boots: Steel Blue Argyle zip composite toe      Backpack: Mountain Design Carnarvon 35L

her beloved Akubra hat         Nuts (snacks)        Thongs     Quick dry towel

2 x Hiking Shirts, 2 x hiking pants, 3 pairs socks, 2 x liners, underwear   cup

Thermal leggings and top, long sleeve light top, warm jacket  sunscreen   mozzie repellent

2 x hiking sticks         Sleeping bag, liner, air mattress      2 x water bottles   ice cool towel

Breakfast for 10 nights          Flynet              Personal Locating Beacon

Hiking Boots: Keens Gypsum Mid II      Backpack: Osprey Kestrel 38L

hat        Tevas      Quick dry teatowel   chopping board    cup   bowl

2 x Hiking Shirts, 2 x hiking pants, 3 pairs socks, 2 x liners, underwear

Thermal leggings and top, long sleeve light top, warm jacket     ice cool towel

hiking stick         Sleeping bag, liner, air mattress      2 x water bottles

Dinner for 5 nights          Toothbrushes/shampoos    sarong

flynet        koolmints      Nail Scissors   Tweezers   needle

Tissues        Facial wipes       Bandaids     Pawpaw cream

Snood     hairbrush/ties        sanitary bags       deodorant

Homeopathic remedies        Glasses cleaner   Phone

Sandisk Dual USB to micro (photo/video storage to get off phone)

Hiking Boots: Steel Blue Composite Toe  Backpack: Osprey Farpoint Trek 55L

hat         Nuts (snacks)        Thongs     Quick dry towel     Beef Jerky   cup

2 x Hiking Shirts, 2 x hiking pants, 4 pairs socks,  underwear   Hydrolite

Thermal top, long sleeve light top, warm jacket   Luci solar lights

First Aid Kit    Sleeping bag, liner, air mattress      2 x water bottles

Dinner for 5 nights     Lunch 10 days      Flynet       3 person tent    phone

Goal Zero Solar Panel       Goal Zero Power banks    Sea to Summit Pot & Frypan

Scrubba washing bag     Lifestraw    Furno 360 Cooker    Cutlery  Nuts

Where did we buy our gear?

Some of it we have owned for years, many previous adventures allows you to build up a store of good quality gear that lasts you a long time.  Having said that, some things do need upgrading and replacing at some point with fulltime travel in particular.  We bought our sleeping bags in Cusco when doing Macchu Picchu Inca Trail in 2005, still going strong.  This will probably be the last hike my bum bag will make it on, having bought it on our backpacking of Egypt in 2006 I haggled my little heart out for this beauty and I will be sad to retire her. 

Here are our go to gear companies in Australia

Wild Earth              Travel Universe            Paddy Pallin         Snowys            BCF 

At the end of the day there will be things you can not plan for, amazing people you will meet and memories you will make irrespective of all the planning in the world.  Enjoy your hike and we will enjoy sharing our journey with you, the good the bad and the ugly!

We hope you have found our end to end Bibbulmun Track planning helpful, feel free to share with someone you know is hitting the track.  I may add to this post anything I feel would of helped on our return.

Look forward to meeting and making new friends on the track!