THE history of a long-distance walking trail in WA goes back to the mid-1970s, when the Bibbulmun Track was originally created. Over the years the trail has been continuously upgraded to its present level and 25 years ago Cheryl Edwards, the then Minister for Environment for WA, opened the 1000km “New” Bibbulmun Track, on September 13th 1998.
To commemorate the event, a number of intrepid walkers set out on an inaugural end-to-end walk from Albany to Kalamunda. These walkers were joined by many others along the way who walked sections of the Track with them, and in 2008 a second walk took place to commemorate the
