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Exploring Tasmania’s Overland Track: An Unforgettable Hiking Experience

The Overland Track in Tasmania is always listed as one of the worlds best multiday hikes, and has been on our list of must do’s for a very long time. This January, 2025 we finally got to experience it, and what a wonderful accomplishment it was! Mountains, waterfalls, cool climate rainforest and so much more.Continue reading “Exploring Tasmania’s Overland Track: An Unforgettable Hiking Experience”

Jamieson & Mount Terrible 4wd trip

As I have probably said before, the Victorian High Country is a wonderful place summer or winter and this trip is another fun time exploring a small section of this great part of Australia. For this trip we actually stayed in a cabin at the local caravan park as we were arriving late on fridayContinue reading “Jamieson & Mount Terrible 4wd trip”

Mt Everest & Island peak trek

Back in 2012 I finally completed one of those dream trips I had been wanting to do for a very long time. Mt everest base camp and also Island peak. This is not an easy trek as the altitude alone will stop you dead in your tracks if not fit enough to manage the reducedContinue reading “Mt Everest & Island peak trek”

High Country Snow driving weekend

After an early dump of snow on the Victorian and NSW High country we packed up the swag and headed up to the mountains to try and find some snow to play in. This trip I had my 7 year old son with me and another friend was well in his car. The original planContinue reading “High Country Snow driving weekend”

Mt Kosciuszko day trip

This was a day trip I did in November 2007. The NSW snowy mountains are a beautiful area at anytime of year. There are so many areas to discover. You can walk to the top of Mt Kosciuszko from either Charlottes pass or from Thredbo. Thredbo is the easier and shorter route at just over 6km eachContinue reading “Mt Kosciuszko day trip”

New years in the high country

The High country is a wonderful place at any time of year. Summer is especially nice as even if it is 40degrees in Melbourne, up on the high plains it can be more like 25. Although being the high country the weather can change very quickly. This trip was a boys trip being just meContinue reading “New years in the high country”

Snowy Mountains weekend hike

I don’t think I will ever get tired of exploring the snowy mountains area and this overnight trip to Mt Kosciuszko via Mt Stillwell and the old chairlift ruins. This trip was done as part of an organised guided trip where all camping equipment and food was provided and the camp even set up forContinue reading “Snowy Mountains weekend hike”