Anyone who knows the Cradle Mountain area will look at the title of this post and say, "Did he only walk that far in a day?" Well, yes I did, but don't forget I only had half a day once …
Category: Overland Track
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Overland Track, Tasmania. September 2009.
Times are tough when one has to drag out a walk from three years ago. I do have some dubious reasons for doing so, which I'll explain for the purposes of padding out this particular post. I walked the Tasmanian …
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Cradle Mountain, Overland Track, Tasmania
So this is it. The last day. It was now eight days since we'd started at the Walls of Jerusalem, but with half a days walking ahead, we'd finally be finished. There was just over 11 km from Waterfall Valley …
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Waterfall Valley Hut, Overland Track, Tasmania
It was now day 7 of this hike from Walls of Jerusalem to Cradle Mountain and this one was going to be short, with not a lot of ground to cover. It was the penultimate day of the walk, with …