Hi All,
My first post for quite a few years. I live in SA these days and had the pleasure of taking my kids to Tassie for the first time last month. We had great weather and they loved seeing snow for the first time at Cradle, turned the walk round the lake into 5 hours with their curiosity.
It was interesting to see the development at Cradle (new viewing structure where Dove Lake car park used to be). This sort of thing has been on going for quite a few years, and to be expected I suppose.
I've now found out about the overnight walk booking system. Is this a Covid 19 response or a more general control? Some of the numbers seemed odd; double the daily departures to Lake Rhona compared with Frenchman's Cap.
Overall, this approach seems to be a big change from when I did most of my walking in Tasmania in the 80's and 90's. Even more recently you could just turn up and do the walk you chose (except the Overland Track, which I think is fair enough).
What's the general feeling among the local bushwalking community about having to book (I still consider myself Tasmanian even though I left 25 years ago!)?
Are the limits actively inforced?
Is there any intel on limts coming off once Covid restrictions ease?
Cheers
Wello