Comments on: Overland Track – Tasmania in Winter – some lessons

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:28:00 +0000

Hi Graeme,
Depends on your definition of mud? There is mud and there is MUD. You will probably get more in there than on the rest of the OT. There are a few boggy sections but nothing like the South Coast track or other places in Tasmania. What ever happens the whole track will be either wet, muddy, rooty, slippery or duck boarding. I assume you will be wearing gaiters. Have a great trip and hope the weather is great!
Frank

By: Graeme

Graeme — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:16:00 +0000

Hi Frank
Planning an o/land trip early august south to north and I was wandering
about the track conditions from Cynthia bay to Narcissus hut in winter ?
Will it be a mud fest?

Graeme

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:06:40 +0000

Hi Xavier,
Welcome and thanks for sharing your trip report. You guys seemed to have a great time.

Love the line “Can you feel your feet?”, must have been cold.
Cheers and thanks for sharing
Frank

By: Xavier Shay

Xavier Shay — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:10:15 +0000

My extended family hiked this track one easter – a much nicer time than when you went by the sounds of it! The weather was for the most part acceptable (for Tasmania!). My brother and I wrote up a trip report about it: http://www.two-shay.com/articles/hiking-the-overland-track

By: naomi

naomi — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:47:22 +0000

no snow, harder walk though!

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:19:22 +0000

Hi Bernie,
The world is a small place hey? I sometimes wonder if you ended up doing the Overland Track or was that the end of it for that trip? Must have been rough weather!
Have fun on the South Coast Track, we were there this time last year and had a great time. You should be ok for snow…
Frank

By: Bernie

Bernie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:24:23 +0000

Hi, we are the Brisbane family who were stuck in Kitchen Hut in May 2009. We got a kick out of seeing us mentioned on this blog. Our son did think he was in Antarctica, the worst weather all of us have experienced in our lives. The experience hasnt put us off though, I am heading down to walk the South Coast Track next week.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:07:54 +0000

Great to see all photos...

Thanks for sharing...

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Andrew
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By: annielaural

annielaural — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:07:50 +0000

Great pics – great adventure. We are leaving for America in a couple of weeks. I'll buy your ebook when we come back – next Feb.

Keep up the good work..love the blog – so full of info about a place so few have trekked.

annielaural

By: Carlton Marlon

Carlton Marlon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:07:42 +0000

Hi,

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