Bushwalk Australia

Please help. Am flying into Hobart early Easter Monday and need to buy normal camp stove gas cylinder eg 210 g Gasmate (80% Butane 20% Propane) some where before walking into Pine Valley. Can you buy this at Derwent Bridge. I would appreciate your help
Cheers Rob

Hi I'm not a local but I have heard of some of the local equipment stores( MD was one ) in Hobart will go to some extraordinary efforts to help visitors with gas bottle purchases . It would be well worth giving them a call to see what they can do. Hope the trip is great. SC

They may sell it at the ranger base at Lake St. Clair? May be worth calling them and around to see who will be open/stocks it in the city or along the way Servo/Shop at Derwent Bridge, Ouse, New Norfolk. As mentioned one of the friendly Hobart stores may leave it somewhere/with someone for you? Isobutane mix seems to work better in the colder weather.

Depending on how early you arrive in Hobart, Annaconda have a shop just a short detour from the highway on the way from the airport to town.
They have a reasonable range of bits and pieces and definately sell the gas that you want.
FF

Thankyou all very much for your help. I did call the rangers office at Lake St Clair and they do stock gas there. That will save alot of time waiting at Hobart for the shops to open at 10am easter Monday.
I will send in a post after we return. Hope to sneak up to Mt Anne as well. Last time we attempting it, we climbed in total cloud hoping that we would poke out the top of a sea of white cloud. No such luck. Didn't find the climb too scary probably because we couldn't see how far the drop was. Gorgeous area, one of my favourites anywhere.

RobbieG wrote:waiting at Hobart for the shops to open at 10am easter Monday.

Just as well... Monday is a public holiday, so I don't know how many shops will be open, apart from the supermarkets and corner shops.

Could still be worth checking with them as late as possible