Planning a trip to fedders sometime after Xmas/Early New Year.
Just wondering how busy is it likely to be at this time of year??
Fedders over the New Year
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Fedders over the New Year
by Trackmaster » Tue 13 Oct, 2009 9:04 pm
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Re: Fedders over the New Year
by stu » Wed 14 Oct, 2009 8:30 am
A group of us did Feds from Farmhouse creek / Moss Ridge late last year (19-23 December, ie. 5 days).
We ran into a party of 6 on their return from the EA traverse near Cracroft (day 1).
We ran into 1 solo walker on Moss Ridge (day 2) who ended up joining our party for the duration of the trip + saw another couple at Bechervaise (day 2), tho they moved on along the Eastern Arthurs traverse the next day. The only other party we saw was a group of 2 as we were nearly back at Farmhouse Creek (day 5).
As we went before the Xmas-NY period it was probably a lot quiter, i'd expect there to be more parties than this during that period as (nearly) everyone has holidays then, particularly after Xmas.
If you can I'd suggest going in a couple of days before Xmas to beat the crowds.
Good luck, it's amazing country down there
We ran into a party of 6 on their return from the EA traverse near Cracroft (day 1).
We ran into 1 solo walker on Moss Ridge (day 2) who ended up joining our party for the duration of the trip + saw another couple at Bechervaise (day 2), tho they moved on along the Eastern Arthurs traverse the next day. The only other party we saw was a group of 2 as we were nearly back at Farmhouse Creek (day 5).
As we went before the Xmas-NY period it was probably a lot quiter, i'd expect there to be more parties than this during that period as (nearly) everyone has holidays then, particularly after Xmas.
If you can I'd suggest going in a couple of days before Xmas to beat the crowds.
Good luck, it's amazing country down there
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Re: Fedders over the New Year
by Dave Bremers » Fri 06 Nov, 2009 8:02 pm
We did it around the middle of February and we saw about 13 people over the 9 days we were there, including about 4 on the arthur plains, and two others on the summit. So expect more than that I'd say.
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Re: Fedders over the New Year
by stepbystep » Sat 07 Nov, 2009 4:53 pm
Did an overnighter from Farhouse Creek Thursday/Friday, a lot of trees down over the track and with all the rain erosion around tree roots looks to be pretty bad, with some good lashings of mud for some fun
Hopefully PWS will get in there to clean a few things up, otherwise day 1 will be a bit harder than you may have expected, it was for me
BTW - the last group through returned on the 11/10, they must have had a hell of a trip!
Cheers, sbs
Hopefully PWS will get in there to clean a few things up, otherwise day 1 will be a bit harder than you may have expected, it was for me
BTW - the last group through returned on the 11/10, they must have had a hell of a trip!
Cheers, sbs
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Re: Fedders over the New Year
by Beeper » Sat 07 Nov, 2009 6:29 pm
You will need to till Parks about the trees etc there are not many bushwalkers left in the PWS.
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Re: Fedders over the New Year
by ILUVSWTAS » Sat 07 Nov, 2009 7:49 pm
How far did you go SBS??
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Re: Fedders over the New Year
by stepbystep » Sun 08 Nov, 2009 8:28 am
ILUVSWTAS wrote:How far did you go SBS??
About an hour past Lake Sydney track junction, it was a bit of a recce for me, as I hadn't been to FC before. I took a heavy pack as 'training' for other longer walks - ended up like a turtle twice
Beeper - told parks Friday arvo - said someone might head out next week for a look.
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