I'm leaving tomorrow arvo to camp at cockle
Day one: Cockle Creek to Surprise Bay, 23.6 km, 10 hours
Day two: Surprise bay to Little Deadmans, 18.4km, 9 hours
Day three: Little Deadmans to Lousia River, 12.3 km, 8 hours
Day four: Lousia River to Lousia bay, 8km, 3 hours
Day five: Lousia Bay to Point Eric, 16km four hours
Day six: Point Eric to Melaluca maybe home
Day seven: maybe daytrip to Mt. beatie, then maybe fly home, or fly the next day.
Wish me luck
South Coast Track
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Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.
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South Coast Track
by proskub » Thu 10 Feb, 2011 9:06 pm
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Re: South Coast Track
by ollster » Thu 10 Feb, 2011 9:10 pm
proskub wrote:I'm leaving tomorrow arvo to camp at cockle
Day one: Cockle Creek to Surprise Bay, 23.6 km, 10 hours
That'll be a fun day.
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Re: South Coast Track
by ILUVSWTAS » Thu 10 Feb, 2011 9:16 pm
Besides the Sth cape range it's nice..
ahh the Sth cape range.. awful awful track on an awful ridge..
SEE, WE BAG THE SOUTH TOO!!!!!
ahh the Sth cape range.. awful awful track on an awful ridge..
SEE, WE BAG THE SOUTH TOO!!!!!
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Re: South Coast Track
by proskub » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 8:06 am
Sth Cape range doesn't even have a decent view
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Re: South Coast Track
by ILUVSWTAS » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 3:48 pm
proskub wrote:Sth Cape range doesn't even have a decent view
Exactly!! you get one nice view the whole way!! It's awful!
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Re: South Coast Track
by north-north-west » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 6:23 pm
Stop whinging. It's not all about the views, you know.
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
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Re: South Coast Track
by flyfisher » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 6:37 pm
ILUVSWTAS wrote:SEE, WE BAG THE SOUTH TOO!!!!!
If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you need to drink more.
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Re: South Coast Track
by ILUVSWTAS » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 6:37 pm
north-north-west wrote:Stop whinging. It's not all about the views, you know.
No, true. There's no points on this one though. So that leaves... the mud???
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Re: South Coast Track
by north-north-west » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 6:47 pm
There's the fresh air, the mud, the exercise, the mud, the joy of being out in the bush, the mud, the chance of encounters with wildlife, the mud . . .
. . . there's also the fact that you have to do it to get to the other side, and as there are views and points on the other side it's worth getting to.
. . . there's also the fact that you have to do it to get to the other side, and as there are views and points on the other side it's worth getting to.
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Re: South Coast Track
by ILUVSWTAS » Fri 11 Feb, 2011 6:54 pm
north-north-west wrote:. .
. . . there's also the fact that you have to do it to get to the other side, and as there are views and points on the other side it's worth getting to.
That my dear is exactly right, and the only reason i've been across that range some 5 or 6 times.
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Re: South Coast Track
by proskub » Fri 18 Feb, 2011 6:59 pm
north-north-west I think you miss my point, if i didn't love it, i wouldn't to it. Had to cut my trip short, a rat ate my food
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Re: South Coast Track
by ILUVSWTAS » Fri 18 Feb, 2011 7:00 pm
proskub wrote:a rat ate my food
How were you storing your food??
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Re: South Coast Track
by ollster » Fri 18 Feb, 2011 7:31 pm
ILUVSWTAS wrote:proskub wrote:a rat ate my food
How were you storing your food??
Inside a rat, obviously.
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Re: South Coast Track
by ILUVSWTAS » Fri 18 Feb, 2011 8:10 pm
ollster wrote:ILUVSWTAS wrote:proskub wrote:a rat ate my food
How were you storing your food??
Inside a rat, obviously.
I meant BEFORE it got inside the rat.
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