Tag: hiking
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Day 6. Contos to Hamelin Bay. 23km
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117.1 km / 72.8 miles168,825 steps It was an early wake up this morning after a rather noisy night. When we set up yesterday afternoon we were pretty convinced of a quiet campground with just us and our neighbouring C2Cer. We were sadly very mistaken – a car pulled up…
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Day 5. Gnarabup to Contos. 17km
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94.4 km / 58.7 miles135,912 steps Well, it was wonderful having a real bed last night! We slept pretty well and were up early to head into town and grab a coffee and breakfast from the Margaret River bakery. The bacon croissants were amazing and fuelled us for a big…
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Day 4. Ellensbrook to Gnarabup (SurfPoint Resort). 15km.
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77.6 km / 48.2 miles109,753 steps Day 4! Today was our shortest day – and it was also our rest afternoon and real bed night at SurfPoint resort in Gnarabup. It’s where we started the hike, and had planned to refresh our clothes and ourselves, and stuff as much delicious…
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Day 3. Moses Rock to Ellensbrook. 21km
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62.3km / 38.7 miles81,412 steps Day 3! It was an early wake up this morning – probably because of the early sleep and the exhaustion from yesterday. We woke at 6.15, had breakfast at 7 and left by 8.15. A few solo hikers had already left for their day, and…
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Day 2. Yallingup to Moses Rock. 25km
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41.1km / 25.5 miles54,306 steps First thing first… sausage roll for breakfast! We didn’t sleep the best last night, but it was to be expected since it was the first night in the tent (and the 2nd night ever for both of us together) We headed up to the cafe…
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Day 1. Cape Naturaliste to Yallingup. 16 km
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16.3 km / 10.1 miles22,673 steps Day 1 of our hike started in Gnarabup. We drove down to Margaret River yesterday and stayed the night at SurfPoint Resort (in the middle of the trail.) We had arranged a taxi transfer to take us to the start of the trail at…
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Margaret River and Hike prep!
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It’s Sunday, and we left Perth this morning and headed south 275km to Margaret River. We sorted most of our snacks and gear last night at home, but weren’t quite ready to pack our bags yet so we loaded two laundry baskets of stuff into the car and bags full…
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Cape to Cape Itinerary
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It’s taken a while to plan, and it’s finally all come together and campsites and transfers have been booked and paid for! We are doing 7 days, 6 nights. With a cheat night in the middle not in a tent 🙂
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A year of “training” for the Cape to Cape
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Last October (2021) we “officially” decided, after me talking about it for a while, that we would conquer the Cape to Cape together (Michelle and I) this October (2022) Starting strong we did several hikes in October. We took a trip to the Stirling Ranges and hiked up Bluff Knoll…
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The Numbat Trail
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12.81 km / 3-4hours The Numbat trail is a hike located in Paruna wildlife sanctuary in Gidgegannup WA, amongst the Avon Valley. The trail encompasses part of the Possum loop and the Quenda Circuit. With over 1000 steps…. We didn’t count and I’m unsure of the official number but many…