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ABOUT THIS SITE
Updated: 2026-03-23 18:00

This is a minimalist ultralight website for important Bibb information dedicated to Bibb walkers. It is not designed to be pretty. It is designed to be fast and available when you need it while on the Track.

When you load this site, an offline copy of the whole site is stored on your phone for offline access. That means you can still use it without signal. When you revisit the site it will try to fetch a newer copy, but it will not show the newer copy until you refresh the page. If you are out of signal, you can still look at the old data.

If you are extra paranoid, there is also a TXT bundle on the homepage. That lets you download the entire site in one file so you can view it outside the browser or send it to an ereader.

Always check the timestamp at the top of the page so you know how old the data is.

I built this based on my 2025 end-to-end with my partner Saraya. There are long stretches of the Bibb where you can have no signal for days. The BTF website is great for planning but harder to use on mobile when data is scarce. A lot of weather apps also fail once you lose signal, even if you loaded the forecast earlier. I ended up screenshotting everything so I would still have it when I was offline.

I will try to keep this site working and current. It updates every 30 minutes. Still, always carry a backup source of information and always carry a PLB.

Telstra and Boost are the only phone networks that give decent coverage on the track. The phone signal info on this site was taken from a map I downloaded from one of the Bibbulmun Track community Facebook groups. If you do not have data, you may still be able to make voice calls or send SMS. If you have an iPhone, turn off iMessage when you need to fall back to SMS because iMessage uses internet. This is especially important in parts of the state forests that only have a mobile phone repeater tower.

Distances on this site come from multiple data sources and should be treated as estimates. The Track changes, trees fall over, routes get updated, and it also depends where you are measuring from and to.

If you found this site useful, or have suggestions, I would love to hear from you and about your track adventures. Contact me here: jasongi.com/contact-me

If there is data you think would have been useful on your walk, let me know. Better still, collect it properly in a spreadsheet or notes while you walk.

Things I would like to add if I had a good source for them: landmarks, hut facilities, hut style, warnings and dangers, tent site ground quality, bench seat distances, good swim spots, better phone signal info, tank quality and wriggler levels, rat sightings in huts, hut food storage containers, firepit and wood availability, shop opening hours and what they are selling, track town accommodation info, astronomical calculations for stargazing, and wildlife sightings.

Enjoy your travels and leave me a message in the book.

Shout out to Andrea, Bill, Briony, Dale, David, Doug, Eddie, Helen, John, Kat, Kaz, Kim, Leith, Mia, Ness, Nick, Paul, Phil, Richard, Saraya, Tim, and Tony and everyone else I met, walked with, or bumped into on the track.

Weather data derived from Open-Meteo.com licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Various track data from the BTF website.