Cradle Mountain hiking weekend

filed under: tasmania trips

[written one week ago, completed one minute ago *g]

Folks – what a weekend! Jochen, Flux and me went to Cradle Mountain National Park to say hello to the summit of Cradle Mountain. For Flux and me it was the second try since our first trip with Chris, Allison and Keith. We were very lucky with the weather ‘cause it was cloudy enough not to be toasted but sunny and warm enough to get sunburned (greetz to Jochen & Flux *g).

On saturday we walked from the carpark at Dove lake to lake Rodway with some great Reinhold Messner experiences and more happy Bob Ross scenes (The ‘Joy of walking’ *g).

Sunday was dedicated to Cradle Mountain with its rocky summit. On the way to the top we learned from two guys that you can do the whole overland track within 10 hours (instead of 6 days). The Overland Track runs for 80 kilometres through the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Overland Track each year attracts 8000-9000 walkers from both around Australia and overseas. Some of them take part in the marathon every february where the goal is to do the complete track within one day.

 2004-12-13 by Florian