The South Coast Track in Tasmania’s Wilderness area is a wonderful challenging bushwalking trip. Mark shares a great trip report on hiking from Louisa River to Cockle Creek. Mud, river crossings, the Ironbound Ranges and spectacular isolation make this a terrific read.
Louisa Bay, Quolls and naked men are all part of this trip report on hiking the South Coast Track in Tasmania. Mark takes us from the start of the journey, flying into the Melaleuca airstrip and off to the base of the Iron bound Ranges. A great read with terrific planning information.
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Cockle Creek is well known by bushwalkers who are completing (or starting) the South Coast Track. This tiny “village” is 2 hours drive from Hobart and is the furthest point you can drive south in Australia.
This is a great way to have a free “holiday” and to experience some of Tasmania’s…
This post shares some excellent research by Larry Hamilton on how he selected, planned and put together his gear to hike in Southern Tasmania. Larry, a self confessed gear junkie, shares some terrific information on what is the best hiking gear and why he uses it..
In this post, Larry Hamilton continues his extensive trip report on the South Coast Track in Southern Tasmania.
This post commences on Day Eight where Larry had overnighted at Surprise Bay, (one of our favourite places on the SCT) and continues to the end of the Track at Cockle Creek.
Day Eight 26 June
The rain continued heavily overnight and was steadily falling in the morning so I took an enforced rest day. Because of the previous rest days I got a little stir crazy and would have liked to keep moving but it wouldn’t have been pleasant walking. I had a brief respite from the rain in the afternoon and ventured out with my camera. The creek I crossed…
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