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Planning a Camino Hike So you have decided that you want to walk to Santiago or perhaps another Camino walk? Maybe you have watched the movie ‘The Way’ or been inspired by TV shows about the camino, or perhaps read one of the many books on caminos. In an ideal world, you would just throw … Read more
Welcome to my new website, which is aptly named ‘Ant Hikes’! I love hiking long distance trails, and this is how I spend a lot of my free time. The rest of my free time (and work time) is usually spent planning trips. 😉 Pacific Crest Trail from April 2020 2020 is hopefully going to … Read more
After over three walks of walking the Bibbulmun track, my last day came and was a pretty straight forward walk into the small ‘town’ of Pemberton. I was last to leave Beedleup campsite at around 9am and set off at a good pace. It tends to be the usual thing that once you get close … Read more
I awoke very early with the birds and briefly considered going back to sleep and not doing a double day. Then I suddenly felt a surge of energy to get up, pack up and get out. I was walking by 6.30 am, which was the earliest I left any camp on the Bibb. I knew … Read more
The guy who said nothing left Tom Road camp very early which meant that I could get up in my own time and have a relaxing start to the day. The shelter was actually one of my favourite on the whole Bibb so far and I was happy to linger for a while. I had … Read more
I left DRV around 11am knowing I had a short day ahead of me. I had some more food in the general store and then walked up the Donnelly Oval which is a cricket pitch entirely surrounded by huge Karri trees! My main purpose for going there was the fact it’s where there was strong … Read more
After the dramatic food theft of the previous night I was keen to get too Donnelly River Village and fix up my tent. Daniel and I left together but he was doing another double hut (as he does every day) so was soon ahead of me. The hike into DRV was around 22 km and … Read more
I awoke early, as you do on the Bibb and wandered over to the shelter to see who was there. Only one person remained, Daniel from Germany who is thru hiking and was taking a zero day. Most hikers zero in towns where they can get down to chores such as laundry, shopping and eating … Read more
I had a lovely break at the Bunbury Dolphin Retreat YHA but it was time to get walking again. The buses back to Collie were not daily so it reconfirmed my decison to start again from Balingup. Balingup is where I finished last year before heading to the South coast. I caught the TransWA from … Read more
I love zero days! The zero refers to the number of trail miles that you do that day. Basically it’s a day off. A nero day is when you just do a few miles. I stayed in Dolphin Retreat many years ago and it’s nice to be back. The owners are so friendly and nice, … Read more