Day 18 Possum Springs Shelter to Yourdamung Shelter An easy breezy 19.4km Incredible night- the sky was clear (cold) and the moon was so bright you could walk to the loo without a torch. We were all up and ready by 08:00, the others were heading south- definitely an advantage in that they could have a look at the river for a potential crossing and cross as a group, hope they don't have to take the long way. Can't remember if I had mentioned that I had a message from the BTF to say that they were coming to Yourdamung today to do maintenance and that they'd bring me morning tea!!!!!! Well, I was pretty keen for them to arrive, so keen in fact that I'd offered to keep the other's rubbish for them to give ... read more

Day 16 Murray to Dookanelly Shelter 19.5 km A super chilly night, woke up at 4:30 to the sound of machinery?? Eventually got up and out by 07:37 still with 1.75L of water- enough to get me through the day and not have to dip into the river for a top up. A really misty, grey morning with brand new BT waugals to guide me. I really loved the contrasts of colour this morning- grey, grey saturated skies, silvery beaded cobwebs and vibrant green regenerated seedlings and shoots sprouting out of rich red muddy earth and scorched black trees. A visual feast. Some people dislike the burnt earth, I'm not one of them. Some of the more striking scenery for me is that which has been decimated by fire. Apart from the contrasting colours, the bushfires ... read more

Day 14 Dwellingup to Swamp Oak Shelter 13.3km A conflicted morning. Visited both the DPAW Office AND the Visitors Centre AND then contacted the BTF about how best to go about the impending track closure between Yarragil Form and Driver Road (taking out Murray Shelter from the track). I had contingency plans to cover it still being closed but was really hopeful that it would be open by now (I actually had about 3 variations of said contingency plans). After hours and hours and hours of talking to various knowledgeable people and walkers that had recent experience of the area, I plotted out a course that would take me on a good approximation of the track- it really was troubling me that I wouldn't be "doing a proper E2E" if I got a lift around the ... read more

Day 12 Mt Wells Shelter to Chadoora Shelter 15.6km Another shortish, easy walking day with absolutely no hurry. I don't leave till 08:30-ish as I have the opportunity to mess around with my packing technique- there is so much clean space to get everything out and re-roll, re-configure, re-think, and finally re-pack. Get completely distracted all the way down the hill, it is a beautiful still morning and apart from lots of interesting naturey things to look at there are lots of emerging hazards. Feet need to be carefully placed (see below). Lethal Death Traps (revenge of the animal and plant kingdoms) (Part 1) 1. Small animal digging holes- sometimes deviously covered by leaf matter- designed to fool you into twisting your ankle, or bare and open which will still get you if you're not paying ... read more

Day 10 Gringer Creek Shelter to Roadhouse to Gringer Creek Shelter to White Horse Hills Shelter 16.6km as per the Bibb Track Guidebook (23.5km for some of us- you'll read why) Please watch for markers carefully as walkers have a propensity to become geographically embarrassed leaving this campsite" A nice surprise visit this morning from Geoff (husband and birdwatcher). I walked out to the roadhouse to pick him up and take him back to the shelter- I thought he'd appreciate the bird life. Make him a cup of coffee and dig out a biscuit- it felt a bit like inviting someone around to "my place". Why he didn't bring me something (cake, fruit salad, yoghurt...) is beyond me! Anyway, after that we head off... in the wrong direction. Thoroughly geographically embarrassed. We come out at Wearne ... read more