7 day hike recommendations

[Kirstin13]

Hi

I recently came across your website and it's a treasure trove of great info about hiking in Australia. I plan to do a week long hike sometime at the end of January or early February next year in Australia. I'll be based in Sydney but am willing to travel anywhere on the East Coast to do my hike. I realise that places like the Blue Mountains may be rather hot and water difficult to find at that time of year. I'd be most grateful for recommendations on where do to a week long hike at that time of year. Below are some requirements.

1. I might be alone so I'd prefer a hike with sufficient people on it to be safe on my own.

2. I don't want a hike where I need to book campsites or huts like the Overland Track in Tasmania. I want to be free to stop when I feel like it every evening.

3. I have a lot of hiking experience and just thru hiked the Appalachian Trail this year so I'd like to be hiking between 20 to 30 kms a day.

I had thought about doing a part of the Great North Walk.

Looking forward to hearing any suggestions.

Kirstin

[norts]

Just to disspell a misconception. With the Overland Track , yes you have to book and meant to leave on a certain day, but once you have your pass you can take as long as you like and dont have to move on to the next campsite/hut if you dont want to. There is no booking system for huts or campsites(other than the group sites). Dont be put off by the booking system. But 20 -30 kms a day would see you through the OT in a couple of days very fast unless you did a lot of side trips.

South Coast Track has a few people on it over so you wouldnt be alone on that.

If coming to Tassie I would suggest there wouldnt be many walks where you could achieve or want to achieve 20-30 kms a day.

Roger

[Kirstin13]

Hi Roger

Thanks for your recommendations. I suppose I should just say that I would be capable of doing 20-30kms but as you say, sounds like in Tasmania you wouldn't want to be doing high mileage. That's good to know about the OT. I didn't realise you didn't need to book each night.

I'm checking out the South Coast Track at present.

Kirstin

[north-north-west]

You can jump on the AAWT at a numerous places and do as much as you like. Also easy to concoct a circuit up in the Snowies with all the tracks and the generally easy cross country walking.
Or else you could do something really challenging an join the hordes in the Western Arthurs . . .

[Kevin]

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