The Overland Track – hiking solo in season? Not likely
Tasmania’s Overland track is a fantastic hiking experience. Are the numbers bushwalking too high? Will I be walking alone? Is it still wilderness bushwalking?
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The Overland Track, can you afford to hike it?
What does it cost to hike the Overland Track in Tasmania?
How much should you budget for this world famous wilderness hike from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair?
Is hiking the Overland Track, in season, becoming an elitist adventure?
We have been reviewing our Hiking the Overland track eBook ready for an update (to the look, not content) and started to add up what it costs to do the hike. This piece analyses the financial cost for someone travelling to Tasmania for the hike.
The numbers are stunning.
- Barn Bluff in snow Overland Track Tasmania
Let’s start with the “must pay’s”
For this exercise we will assume only adults are hiking and it is “in season” i.e. from 1 …
Spectacular Tasmanian Wilderness calender – Bushwalk Tasmania does it again!
The crew at Bushwalk Tasmania hold monthly photographic competitions highlighting some of the spectacular scenery their members come across while hiking in Tasmania. They are keenly contested competitions, and for the last couple of years some of the winning entries have been selected for a “Bushwalk Tasmania” calender.
The 2010 calender has just arrived at the “Our Hiking Bloggers” residence and we are extremely happy with this years’ offering.
The calender is professional, contains excellent images and will take pride of place on our wall during 2010.
The calender is available for sale from Red Bubble for $A22.00 (plus postage) :- the link to check it out is here.
You can also see slightly bigger images on the thread at …
Do you know Tasmania? Spectacular wilderness show comes to Melbourne
DYKT or “Do You Know Tasmania” is a slide show put on for the public and organised by members of the Launceston Walking Club showing and highlighting Tasmania and it’s natural beauty and wilderness.
It has been held since the 1950′s in Launceston and more recently has taken the the road around Tasmania and onto the mainland of Australia.
The 2009 show has been presented in Tasmania several times this year and will be in Melbourne on the 3rd of December. It is a great chance for us mainlanders to enjoy the show and catch up with other hikers in the Melbourne area.
Several members of the Bushwalk Tasmania Forum have seen the show in Tasmania and here are …
Overland Track – Trip report – en français
Vous songez à voyager en Australie pour la Tasmanie randonnée Overland Track? (Thinking of travelling to Australia to hike Tasmania’s Overland Track?)
Would you love to read a trip report écrite en français? (a trip report in French)
Can’t read French but just want to see some great pictures of the Overland Track from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair y compris la faune, de paysages, des cascades et “Track” (including the wildlife, scenery, waterfalls and “Track”)
We discovered a really nice blog maintained by Yann, called Off the Beaten Track where he has just written up a great trip report on the Overland Track from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair in Tasmania.
The fun bit is that it …