Suggestions for easy overnight walks in NW?

[RSD]

I've got the gear sorted and I'm looking to start off with some easy overnight (or long day walks that can be turned into overnight) walks in the NW (will be based out of Burnie).

If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

[frenchy_84]

All ways a tough one becuase one persons easy is another hard but anyway these are what i would consider easy overnighters (most are long day trips)
Barn Bluff
Walls of jerusalem
Mt Rogoona
Lake Nameless (or many other of the lakes on the central plateau)
Mt Oakleigh

[wello]

Black Bluff, with an overnight camp at Paddy's Lake.
Mt Beecroft, camp at four ways and return.
Tyndall Range is a reasonable climb to start with, but open on top and a really nice area. Also quite close to a Burnie base.

[frenchy_84]

Tyndall Range is a reasonable climb to start with, but open on top and a really nice area. Also quite close to a Burnie base.

+1
I forgot the Tyndalls. IMO the best overnight walk in the state. Day one walk up get Tyndall and explore the cliffs over Lake Huntly and camp at lake Tyndall. Next morning walk out to MT Geike and then walk out.

You would be pushing to make an overnight trip at Beecroft though, it only takes 3hrs return.

[RSD]

All ways a tough one becuase one persons easy is another hard

I guess that's a good point. I guess the main thing that I would want in an easy walk for someone that's inexperienced like myself is easy navigation - a well defined track, not having to climb over boulders and stuff. Not too worried about something that has a fair bit of steady altitude gain as I can take it slowly as I gain fitness, not too worried about something that has exposed conditions as I'm pretty well equipped for that as long as there is somewhere to get the tent pegs into the ground.

Barn Bluff
Walls of jerusalem
Mt Rogoona
Lake Nameless (or many other of the lakes on the central plateau)
Mt Oakleigh

I've got a copy of Chapman's book that covers Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair and WOJ (it really needs a decent index in the back), but are there any books that cover walks to Barn Bluff, Lake Nameless, Tyndalls etc? Or is there another source of info for them?

I've got a book that has some day walks in it and that covers Black Bluff.

[frenchy_84]

Well i would hold off on Lake Nameless and the Tyndalls until you get more experience with navigation, as walking out to lake nameless can be abit vague and the same once your on the top of the tyndal range. Barn bluff will be mentioned in chapmans cradle book as it is a side trip on the OT. Barn is one of the states heighest mountains and there is a little boulder scrambling but the track is well marked. MT Murchison is a well marked track (approx 5 hrs) but steepish climb which will would be good experieince.

[mjdalessa]

Chapman covers Lake Nameless in the WOJ approachs section and covers Black Bluff in the Penguin Cradle section.

[biggbird]

If you were wanting to do Murchison, you could always camp at Lake Sandra and make it into a loop? From my understanding, there's a reasonable, if not super well defined track between Murchison's summit and the lake, and it looks like a lovely spot!

Otherwise, I made the trip up to Mt Tyndall a couple of weekends back, and despite the weather (snow, rain, hail, wind...), it looks like it would be a lovely spot to camp in decent weather! I don't think it would really require much in the way of navigating skills to make it to Mt Geikie on the second day, as it seems quite obvious in all the photos I've seen of the area. Again, it's all weather dependent, but isn't that always the case in tassie?

The Walls have definitely gotta be up there, you could pretty much spend any amount of time there you wanted, plenty of stuff to see and do, and very accessible!

Are you in Burnie for good, or just for a little while? I'm studying up here for the year and my partner and I will hopefully be doing a few overnighters over the next couple of months, I'm sure you'd be welcome if you wanted to tag along! We've decided to set the Abels as our goal, so most will involve some mountain "climbing", but neither of us are particularly fast or fit, so nothing too strenuous!

[pazzar]

Otherwise, I made the trip up to Mt Tyndall a couple of weekends back, and despite the weather (snow, rain, hail, wind...), it looks like it would be a lovely spot to camp in decent weather! I don't think it would really require much in the way of navigating skills to make it to Mt Geikie on the second day, as it seems quite obvious in all the photos I've seen of the area. Again, it's all weather dependent, but isn't that always the case in tassie?

Mt Geike in good weather requires very little navigation, but if it were slightly claggy, it could become difficult. It is wide and open walking, and it could be tricky finding the track again in bad conditions. Still, it is one of my favourite day walks (or overnight) that I have done so far!

[biggbird]

^ More or less what I thought! What we could see through the snow looked amazing!

[RSD]

If you were wanting to do Murchison, you could always camp at Lake Sandra and make it into a loop? From my understanding, there's a reasonable, if not super well defined track between Murchison's summit and the lake, and it looks like a lovely spot!

Sounds like a plan!

Otherwise, I made the trip up to Mt Tyndall a couple of weekends back, and despite the weather (snow, rain, hail, wind...), it looks like it would be a lovely spot to camp in decent weather! I don't think it would really require much in the way of navigating skills to make it to Mt Geikie on the second day, as it seems quite obvious in all the photos I've seen of the area. Again, it's all weather dependent, but isn't that always the case in tassie?

Tassie - sunny one minute, howling blizzard the next!

Are you in Burnie for good, or just for a little while? I'm studying up here for the year and my partner and I will hopefully be doing a few overnighters over the next couple of months, I'm sure you'd be welcome if you wanted to tag along! We've decided to set the Abels as our goal, so most will involve some mountain "climbing", but neither of us are particularly fast or fit, so nothing too strenuous!

I'm in Burnie til Wednesday morning on this trip, I fly back to the Pilbara then for another four week stint at the circus, I'm back in Burnie around Thursday the 6th of September for a week off.

[Diggers]

Tyndalls is always good