June 25th 2021 Days km: 0.0kmTotal km: 341.6km Due to my shins I'd decided to take an unplanned zero in Collie. Alas the Black Diamond was booked out for the night so I moved down the road to the Collie. This is another backpacker type budget accommodation place and is as old as the Black … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 17: Collie (zero day)

June 25th 2021 Days km: 22.2kmTotal km: 341.6kmMy shins hurt pretty bad so the walk into town was not fun at all. I don't recall much of it to be honest, pretty dull walking again. I did not like having no phone, so no music, no podcasts, no fracking map. Urgh! The last section into … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 16: Harris Dam to Collie

June 24th 2021 Days km: 33.6kmTotal km: 319.4kmSo the plan today was to double hut to Harris Dam. At 33 odd km this would be my biggest day on the trail so far. The profile looked pretty flat for the most part and it would mean I would get into Collie tomorrow. The promise of … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 15: Possum Springs to Harris Dam

June 23 2021 Days km: 22.7kmTotal km: 285.8kmAnother day of dull walking, this section is living up to its reputation. Lots and lots of firetrail. Again. I did get to cross the new swing bridge though, which was the first photo worthy thing I'd seen in days. . After the bridge there is about 20km … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 14: Dookanelly to Possum Springs

June 22nd 2021 Days km: 19.5kmTotal km: 263.1kmI had a lazy start to the morning, as it "wasn't even 20km" to the next shelter. Strange how concepts of distance change the longer you hike. 20km was once considered a big day, now it was an "easy" day. It was after 9am by the time I … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 13: Murray River to Dookanelly

June 21st 2021 Days km: 19.2kmTotal km: 243.6kmIt was not a pleasant walk today. It was actually really boring, with a few steep hills thrown in to compound the misery. I remembered that way back on day two Mick Beckers had warned me that this section to Collie was "flat and dull". He was right … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 12: Swamp Oak to Murray River

June 20th 2021 Days km: 13.3kmTotal km: 224.4kmA short day was planned so I stayed in town for as long as possible. I had another leisurely breakfast at the Blue Wren, where I met my first fellow Southbounder. This was James, though I didn't get his name until a few days later. There was a … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 11: Dwellingup to Swamp Oak

June 19th 2021 Days km: 0.0kmTotal km:  211.1km Not much to report today. I resupplied at the IGA (which was really quite expensive). Had a great breakfast of eggs Benedict and coffee at the Blue Wren café. Explored Dwellingup, which took 5 minutes and caught up on more sleep. I also rediscovered the amazingness that … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 10: Dwellingup (zero day)

June 18 2021 Days km: 20.7kmTotal km: 211.1kmTown day!! Only 20 to Dwelly! Keen to get to town I planned to get going as early as possible, but it's very hard to drag yourself from a warm sleeping bag in a cold morning. Eventually I got on my way. The walk was fairly flat and … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 9: Chadoora to Dwellingup

June 17th 2021 Days km: 31.6kmTotal km: 190.4kmThe track from White Horse Hills to Mt Wells had been pretty badly burned earlier in the year by a controlled burn that looks like they lost control over. It was eerie to walk through, especially in the misty, early morning. Not far from the hut there is … Continue reading Bibbulmun track day 8: White Horse Hills to Chadoora