From left to right:Helge, Susann, Stijn, Sybille, Wilma, Nathalie, Sally.
Helen and Albert are still in The Netherlands but soon on their way down under. (photo made in Sweden)
We had a chat about the plans and this is a summary of it:Thursday 24 December: Helge and Sybille are leaving Perth and going slowly down south.
Friday 25 December: Stijn and Wilma pick up Helen and Albert from the airport early in the morning.
After lunch we leave with two cars from our place: Stijn, Wilma, Helen, Albert in our car and Nathalie and Susann in Nathalies car.
We meet Helge and Sybille on Contos campsite. Fimo might also be there or he is at his parents place in Augusta.
Saturday 26 December: start walking; Helen, Albert, Helge, Sybille, Nathalie, Susann, Wilma. 20.5km from Dunsborough Light house to Wyadup Road where we get picked up by 2 cars (Stijn, not sure if it fits us all...)
Sally is arriving at Contos sometime today.
Sunday 27 December: Walk 26km from Wyadup road to North Point in Grace town. Fimo comes by today.
Monday 28 December: Walk 20km from Grace Town to Wallcliffe road
Nathalie leaves today.
Tuesday 29 December: Walk 18km from Wallcliffe road to Contos Campground, no pick up!
Wednesday 30 December: Walk 22.5km from campground to Hamelin jetty.
Thursday 31 December: Walk 26.5km from Hamelin Jetty to Cape Leeuwin Ligh house. BBQ at Fimo's family?
Susann leaves today and Sally is maybe joining her.
Friday 1 January: Everyone goes his/her way.
Camping gear: Everyone takes his own stuff and otherwise organises something with someone else. We will take chairs for Helen and Albert.
We also have the 40-liter fridge for milk and meat and a two point gas cooker.
Water: We are with four cars and every car takes enough water for drinking back-up. We take two 25 litre tanks if it fits in.
Food: Everyone takes care of their own breakfast and lunch and drinks. But we eat dinner together. Every 'couple' cooks one night for the group.
Suggestion for cooking: This is open for discussion!
25 Dec: sandwiches... ?
26 Dec: Stijn and Wilma
27 Dec: Susann and Nathalie
28 Dec: Helge and Sybille
29 Dec: Sally and Fimo(?)
30 Dec: Helen and Albert
31 Dec: CELEBRATION!
We also need to organise something for gas for the drop off and pick-up cars.
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The hot weather last Sunday forced us to stay inside, which gave us the opportunity to review the suggested hike schedule more closely. Sybille and I are a bit concerned about the general length of each stage, but in particular to start the hike with 20.5Km and 26Km day hike. We therefore like to suggest two things:
A) Let's have a practice hike of 20Km next Sunday (John Forrest NP). So we all know what to expect.
B) We worked-out an alternative route suggestion for the stages from the Dunsborough Light house to the Contos Camp site. This suggestion starts with much smaller stages but leaves us with the problem of either adding another day or making a marathon stage at the 4th day of 30Km to reach Contos Base Camp. This new stage schedule would also allow Sybille and me to stay at two backpack campsites (Moses Rock and Ellensbrook)
The suggested stages are as following:
1st Day from Cap Naturaliste to Yallingup (13.75Km)
2nd Day from Yallingup to Moses Rock Road (20Km)
3rd Day from Moses Rock Road to Ellen Brook Road with lunch in Gracetown (20.5Km)
4th Day Ellen Brook to Contos with lunch in Prevelly (30Km)
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