Hike the Overland Track free?
Win a trip to Australia and a free trip on the Overland Track with Cradle Mountain Huts?
We stumbled across this opportunity today for anyone who owns a pair of Blundstone Boots (an Aussie icon in work footwear)
Towards Barn Bluff – Overland Track- Tasmania
Head off to the Blundstone Canada web site and check out the competition they are running to win a FREE trip from Canada to Tasmania. Included is a guided walk across the Overland Track with Cradle Huts. (worth around $A2500)
This is the blurb off the website:
The Cradle Mountain Huts Walk an all inclusive experience for two people 5 nights – 6 days
The Cradle Mountain Huts six-day walk …
We recently sent copies of the Overland Track downloadable book to a couple of great bushwalking and hiking sites for them to check out and possibly review.
Well, we are humbled by their responses, which were well beyond our expectations.
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Click “Add to Cart” to download a free sample of our “Hiking the Overland Track” book.
It contains a full listing of the chapters, some samples of the book and a bit more background about us. Remember it is free, you just have to enter your name and email address (and we WON’T us it to contact you or hassle you to buy anything else!)
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Pelion Hut – Overland Track Tasmania
Rick McCharles from besthike.com wrote a great …
Posted on November 21, 2008, 11:31 pm, by Frank, under
Adventure Travel,
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Do you need good, practical advice from experienced bushwalker’s to plan your Overland Track hike?
Are you having trouble organising the walk from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair on the Overland Track?
Is coordinating the Overland Track booking, transport to Cradle Mountain, your flights and getting home again just too confusing and complicated?
Do you need to know:
- What hiking gear you will need?
- What food to take?
- How to organise your meals?
- How to get the start of the walk and home again?
- What are the best transport options?
- What first aid kit you need?
- Can you walk the Overland Track solo?
- How hard is the Overland Track?
- What is the best way to get to Cradle Mountain?
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Leon and Alan after signing in at Ronney Creek to start the Overland Track
This guest post is from Alan, who kindly agreed to post about his experience with planning the Overland Track from the U.S.A and walking the Track with a couple of Aussies.
Alan is a keen hiker around the New Jersey area and he heads out most weekends with a group. The term bushwalking was new to him as multiday hiking in the States is usually referred to as backpacking. Hiking is the U.S. generally refers to day trips.
Here is Alan’s story:
This story began about 5 months ago. Sarah, my 20 year old daughter, had opted for a semester abroad during her 3rd year of …
Getting a transfer from the outside of the Cradle Mountain National Park to Ronney Creek, the “official” start of the Overland Track has received a boost this year when Michelle O’Byrne, the Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts issued a press release announcing the shuttle service will run though winter.
This is a great bonus for winter walkers of the Track as it solves one problem when planning the walk – how to get to the start if you take public transport.
Cradle Mountain by Vanlaar
The Press Release…..
The popular shuttle service at Cradle Mountain will continue to operate throughout winter, providing access to Dove Lake during snowy conditions.
The Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and …
