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South Coast Track

Tue 05 Jan, 2010 2:01 pm

I am planning a walk in Jan 10 on the best track in Tassie .... the South Coast Track. Last time I did it I come off the Ironbound Range in dreadful weather and ended up getting lost and it took a bit of map reading to get me back to the track. I'm doing it a bit smarter this time and taking a GPS with me. Does anyone have a list a coordinates for the track that I can load into my GPS?

Thanks

Re: South Coast Track

Tue 05 Jan, 2010 2:10 pm

Gotta say im slightly surprised anyone could get lost on this track. just follow the bog trail and you'll be right. It's virtually a highway!! I guess it can happen anywhere though :roll:
I think there is a site somewhere where you can upload tracks from to your GPS. Try doing a google search.

Re: South Coast Track

Tue 05 Jan, 2010 2:17 pm

I am also a bit surprised by this ILUVSWTAS.

My guess is that Chapman's book on SW Tasmania or his new book exclusively on the South Coast Track would have some relevant coordinates. I don't have either book but maybe someone else does and they could advise?

Re: South Coast Track

Tue 05 Jan, 2010 2:44 pm

Best track in Tasmania??!

From memory the SW book has grid references from the 1:25000 series maps.

Re: South Coast Track

Tue 05 Jan, 2010 2:46 pm

Haha yeh I ignored that statement presuming he was being sarcastic

Re: South Coast Track

Wed 06 Jan, 2010 12:20 pm

Roger, could you confirm the detail of where you lost the track?

Re: South Coast Track

Wed 06 Jan, 2010 12:41 pm

Try this thread - there is a Google earth kml file of the track and campsites - if you have oziexplorer or some other GPS programme you can get it loaded to your GPS

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2503
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