Australian Bush Walk on Western Australias Bibbulmun Trail – Test Yourself
The walk was a fantastic experience! I spent 4 days camped out in the Australian Bush completing a section of the Bibbulmun Track Bush Trail. During the trek I faced my own “bush tucker trials”, which included coming face to face with a wild kangaroo, a bite on the neck from a spider and meeting a poisonous Tiger Snake!
But don’t let this put your off. I am an average 48 year old and as long as you do some fitness training and know that you healthy you should be fine. The trail was established so that people from all walks of life can appreciate and recognize the pre-European inhabitants of the area, which is south of Perth WA, and their practice of walking long distances for gatherings.
Following a visit to Perth, Western Australia last year, I met some Australian businessmen at a Rotary Club meeting and several of them told me about the Bibbulmun Track Walk which a group of them complete a section of each year and I was offered the opportunity to test myself the following year. (more…)