So mike Winstandley mike mast and I have completed the overland trek. Some details: 50+ miles walked 3 45-50 pound bags 6 nights camping All food hiked in 6 leeches (one in mast’s ear) 1 tallest mountain in Tasmania summited Lots of wallabies A few wombats A qual (spelling?) 2 days of dreary rain 4 […]
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Overland Trek
February 17, 2010Back to Hobart
February 8, 2010We returned to Hobart today to pick up mike mast. We spent the day preparing for our big trek (groceries etc). We took a little time to go to mt Wellington (again) and had a great view. A trip to a brewery and we were quick to bed. Tomorrow off to lani and the start […]
Bay of Fires
February 7, 2010I cam to Tasmania to do the Overland Trek. As a warmup we have done a number of warmup hikes around taz. We just got back from our 4 day “luxory” hike. The Bay of Fires is a 4 day walk in northeast tas. On this hike we had two guides and did not need […]
Launceston
February 3, 2010After taking a break and reading (while Winstandley hiked in the rain — good call by me) we headed to launceston. As the second biggest city in taz. I actually like it better than Hobart. There is a great gorge swimming area that is a small hike away. There were people walking around town and […]
Ben Lomond NP
February 2, 2010Woke up in a fog. I guess we can consider ourselves lucky that this is the first time I had moisture on my tent in the morning. Ben Lomond is a national park and a ski resort. We drove the area to see what we can see (not much due to fog). Winstandley just took […]
Mt Amos
February 2, 2010Woke up to start our hike up mt Amos. 1500ft overlooking wineglass bay. It was cloudy again (as it has been most mornings) but it mostly cleared as we sat at the top of the hill. After the hike we drove up to another national park that is also a ski resort. This is our […]
Wineglass Bay
February 2, 2010Monday we traveled to the famous wineglass bay. It has been voted one of the top beaches in the world. My leg hurt so we decided to go kayaking. We did a great trip at sunset and really enjoyed the water. After some fish and chips we were driving back to the tents when I […]
Maria island
January 31, 2010After setting up our tent we quickly met the couple next to us who were from holland but currently live in Melbourne. The amount of alchohol and food that we brought to the island was stagering and we quickly had a large feast. Large feasts while camping leads to early bed times with no fire. […]
Travel Day
January 29, 2010Today was mostly a travel day. We awoke to the sounds of the ocean and did a small hike along the beach. We then traveled back north, through civilization (where we got some supplies) and up the east coast of tas. We then took a boat out to Maria island where we set up our […]
Fortescue Bay
January 29, 2010Today we drove into fortescue bay on the Tasman pennisula. Its a really nice beach with a campground. After taking a 5 mile hike (that constantly had us going up and down hills) to Cape Hauy we finally arived at the Totem Pole. I had read about this pole. It’s basically part of the cliff […]
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