Thread: Its not april the first is it

Originally Posted by weeds

i am keen to do this track however i would need a porter (ia that what they call them) these days.....and i'm only 37

You'd need at least one porter per Engel !

Originally Posted by numpty

Weeds, there's a mob that does guided walks on the Overland Track. You only carry a day pack and they provide all meals (including wine) and private hut accomodation complete with showers. It does cost though.

We spent a week in May, walked Sth to Nth (only in off season) and stayed in the huts overnight. Even had the 80 bed Pelion Hut to ourselves (4 of us). All our packs weighed 20 Kg's, which included 1 compulsory tent between us. Glad we didn't have to resort to that as it would have been a tad squeezy. Weather varied from crap to worse and some fine stuff. Of the 4 peaks we intended to attempt, we only managed Cradle Mountain on the last day, as the weather closed in too badly at each of the others.

Fantastic week though.

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My partner, Erika, and I have "done" the Overland Tk, with a side trip to Pine Valley. It was nothing short of superb.

It's now become so popular that you have to book & only walk from N to S.

Erika has been given the chance to do it in March (supported). We're calling it the "Chardonnay" trip.

I'm sure she'll have a great time.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

My partner, Erika, and I have "done" the Overland Tk, with a side trip to Pine Valley. It was nothing short of superb.

It's now become so popular that you have to book & only walk from N to S.

Erika has been given the chance to do it in March (supported). We're calling it the "Chardonnay" trip.

I'm sure she'll have a great time.

She'll love it.

You can walk S to N, but only outside the designated terrorist season. I'd like to do it again and would probably go N to S, to get the different perspective.