TASMANIA : OVERLAND TRACK : Overview

 

 

  

 

 

OVERLAND TRACK, TASMANIA

 

School holidays and another opportunity for walking one of our spectacular Australian trails.

Many of our friends and family have trekked the Overland Track and so Mark and I took the opportunity to do it ourselves last week.

 

It can been walked in 3 ways - totally independent -camping or staying in National Park huts, guided -camping staying on large wooden platforms near facilities or with Cradle Mountain Huts, which brand themselves as 'modest luxury' - guided and fully -catered in specially designed mini -lodges. October can be freezing in the Apple Isle so we opted for the latter.  www.cradlehuts.com.au

 

The walk is organised over 6 days - 60 - 80kms in all, depending on the side trip options. This entailed walking about 7 hours per day through rainforest, button -grass savanah, oldgrowth forest and alpine plateaux.The weather varied from sunny 17o to heavy rain and light snowfalls. We walked with 8 other trekkers and 3 guides - Rob, Tom and Andy, on his first training run.

 

We gave every aspect of the trip 10/10 and highly recommend it to anyone who has reasonable fitness.

 

 

 

 

M&M

13/10/13