Counting down to Saturday. Here are a few more questions and answers about the trek. Do email registrations@trekfortimorbm.org.au if you have more queries. A final briefing will be sent out on Thursday.

Weather - The weather for the weekend isn’t looking too bad, with only possible showers forecast for both days.  BUT Saturday night temps are forecast to go down to 1 degree. So it’s essential that you come prepared with lots of warm clothes and wet weather gear.  Your support crews should be armed with blankets to help to warm you up at each checkpoint. The recent Oxfam Trailwalker event had some cases of hypothermia, and that was in Sydney. Expect it to be much colder up here in the Blueys.

What to pack - have a quick look over the gear list on page 14 of the Trekkers’ Information pack to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything. 
http://www.trekfortimorbm.org.au/trekkers.pdf

Access to checkpoints – The start, finish and checkpoints 1 and 2 are all accessible on sealed roads, so 4WDs are not necessary. Don’t forget, if you’re doing the 13km trek, there will be a shuttle bus to get you back to the start line or the station, so no need to leave a car at Leura Cascades. If support crews are unsure about the location of the next checkpoint, ask our checkpoint crews for a map.

What’s this departure cut off time at checkpoints? - trekkers arriving at a checkpoint after the departure cut off time will not be able to continue on to the next leg of the trek. By this time some of our support services ahead of that checkpoint will be closing down and so we will not be able to ensure your safety. BUT ….. checkpoints won’t close down until all trekkers are in, be sure of that!

Retirements – if one or more of you has to drop out because of injury, etc, please remember that you MUST sign a withdrawal form at the nearest checkpoint. This is the only way we can be absolutely sure that we have accounted for all trekkers at the end of the trek. And please remember that if your team size drops below 3, for safety reasons we will ask you to join up with another team.

Oldest & Youngest teams - lots of entries for the oldest team and the leading team by a long way so far is 63.83 years. Let me know if you can beat that. But only two entries so far for the youngest team. Come on you young ones.

Personal Information and Waiver Forms - save yourselves a lot of time on Saturday by either emailing your forms to me, or completing and bringing them along on the day. There will be spare forms if you forget, but it all takes valuable time when you are raring to go. You’ll find copies in “The Trek” section of the website.

Sweeps - for those of you who haven’t done one of these treks before, the sweeps are the volunteers who follow on at the end of the trek to ensure everyone is safe and well, and also to take down signs, clear up garbage, etc, etc. They be a good distance behind the last team, so you don’t feel them breathing down your necks.

Enjoy your week and see you all on Saturday
Best wishes
Maggi