Day 47
24.5 km
Cum 993 km
Camped: ALBANY !!!! Wooohooo!
All six of us in camp were rearing to go this morning! It’s normally just me quietly packing at 05h00…today everyone was up and ready to hit their final trail days!
I was packed and off at 05h40. The last sleep wasn’t great, so may as well walk!
The first half of the track was mainly past the wind farm with 18 turbines. They are huge! They are also positioned along very scenic coastline, cliffs really.
By 09h30 I had reached Sandpatch Hut. Last hut to sign the log book in. Its also the newest hut on the trail. Quiet flash!
The second part of the day was through less exciting terrain. Mainly flat. Getting into Frenchman’s Bay was exciting. Main reason was that Limeburners Distillery is situated here.
Ian and Sigi were already here. Joined them and also let Tina ( who is an Albany local) know that the gin distracted me. She joined for a mocktail. I had a gin cocktail and a G&T. I still had a few kilometres left and couldn’t celebrate fully yet.
Ian and Sigi tried a few whiskies and a couple of gins and shared some food too.
Time to head out again at about 12h30. Bumped into Sonia and Sharon on the way in and said see ya later to Tina, who was going to meet me at the visitors centre as my welcoming party!
The last few kilometers of the trail are really odd and go through industrial area, some weird bush and around the back of town to get into the center .
About 500m away from the finish I saw that Tina was walking down the road. So we walked the last few hundred metres together. She was prepare for the photo taking and recording .
Very exciting to get to the end! The efforts and complaints all got me here finally after 47 days of walking!!
Went in to the visitors center to ring the bell! The bell is even engraved with “Albany” and “ Bibbulmun track “ ! I took great pleasure in ringing it and then did my final sign into the green log book!!
My comment was “ I did it!!; I did it!!; I did it!!”
