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 …
In this post we continue with Larry Hamilton’s guest post on hiking the South Coast Track in Southern Tasmania.
The South Coast Track runs between Melaluka and Cockle Creek in the South West Heritage area in Tasmania. It combines spectacular coastal hiking with some (a lot) of slog through inland sections with mud and more mud….
Part Two commences from the Louisa Creek campsite before he heads up the Ironbound Range, a climb notorious for difficult weather conditions and a very steep exposed climb.
Day Four 22 June
I was up by 5.30 am packing up in the dark and on the track before dawn at 7.45am. It was a beautiful, clear, still morning and the weather report for the …
Solo hiking in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area?
A fantastic mix of coastal and inland hiking over 85km (53 miles)
Wild oceans with the next land mass south the Antarctica?
Challenging bushwalking with harsh weather conditions, no huts, minimal infrastructure that requires experience and thorough planning?
If all (or some) of the above get you itching for a great adventure then read on…..
In this guest post, Larry Hamilton returns with a wonderful trip report following his recent completion of the South Coast Track in Tasmania’s far south west.
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The following is Part One of Larry’s South Coast Track trip report from Melaleuca to Louisa River.
Intentions
This walk was originally …
The South Coast Track in Tasmania’s South West National Park can be a challenging bushwalk. It is generally undertaken over six nights with most people walking from Melaleuca to Cockle Creek, in Tasmania’s South East corner.
We did the hike three years ago and struggled with the long days, mud and more mud. We spent so much time trying to work out where to walk we never took the time to take in much of the spectacular scenery. Frank talked Sue (and a couple of mates) in, to do the walk again in February 2009, with the plan to take 8 nights and enjoy shorter hiking days. This time the mates finished the whole walk and we ended up exploring …
