The Walls of Jerusalem area is a wonderful spot for a short escape into some Tasmania ’s beautiful wilderness. The Park is in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and is easily accessible from Launceston or Devonport taking around 90 minutes from the airport to the starting point of the walk. Our group of six had taken an early flight from Melbourne and after some provisioning of fresh supplies and gas bottles we were off with our trusty tour guide, Simon from
Tasmanian Tour Company. The plan was to walk into the platformed camping area at Wild Dog Creek for the first night, and then continue on, camping around Dixon Kingdom Hut for two nights. We would then retrace our …
Tiger snakes are common in Tasmania where we do a lot of hiking and backpacking.
They are extremely venomous Australian snakes and we often see them along bushwalking tracks.
In this post, we were just back from a short trip into the Walls of Jerusalem in Tasmania where we were lucky enough to camp next to Paul and Grant at Wild Dog Creek. They told us about seeing a very large tiger snake having a quick snack on a frog while having a break beside a tarn.
They saw the tiger snake emerge from the water and Paul was able to grab his camera and catch the action as it grabbed the frog. The frog is a little hard to …
We are just finishing packing for a quick trip to Tassie very early in the morning for a three nighter into the Walls of Jerusalem. There are six of us heading off for a pre-Christmas walk. The plan is to walk to the tent platforms on the edge of “The Walls” by late afternoon Thursday (tomorrow)
Friday we will head into Dixon Kingdom Hut and camp somewhere in the area for 2 nights. This will give us plenty of time to explore the area we enjoyed so much in July.
We are taking a couple of fishing rods and plan to try our luck in Lake Ball. It is only about 30 minutes walk from Dixon Kingdom and should provide …
Thought I would put up a few pictures to show some of the delightful scenery we came across on our recent walk. More words and pictures to come!!
Dixon’s Kingdom Hut in the Walls of Jerusalem
Inside the Hut , probably about 6pm
Lots of ice, everywhere…..
A lot of the walking on the last day or two was pretty difficult, icy, slippery and slow
In the “Never Never” early in the morning
The Never Never to a snow capped mountain on the Overland TrackMt Ossa looking south from the Overland Track (Ossa is in cloud)
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Colin’s stiched photo’s of Junction Lake…nice spot
Today’s plan was to get away early and walk from Meston Hut to Junction Lake Hut , across the Never Never to Hartnett Falls and then join the Overland Track and head north to Kia Ora Hut. The area marked in red on the map is the route we took in the “Never Never”
We had stopped early the day before and spent the night at Meston Hut so time was of the essence as it was to be a long day, particularly as this was unexplored territory for all of our party. The track from Meston to Junction Lake was not very clear and we discovered that we had missed a turn …
