philm wrote:We recently walked from Lake St Clair to DuCane gap and then over the Traveller range to WOJ. Our initial plan was to walk through to the top of DuCane on day 1 but the weather was bad - very high winds so we decided to stop at Windy Ridge Hut for the night.
We spoke to the ranger at the Hut and he was excellent and understood our situation.
It is great to get some clarity from the most recent guidelines however not sure it makes sense to be able to only walk North - South on small sections of the the track? After all it is not that busy and our trip from Windy Ridge to Du Cane started early and we did not see a single person coming from North - South - hence no disruption to the track traffic itself.
I'd suggest the guidelines state that the small sections of the track i.e. from Pine Valley turn off to Du Cane gap or Never Never can be walked in both directions as I can't see any real difference?
I think most walkers wishing to do Traveller, Never Never etc. are not trying to avoid paying the OT fee but just want to walk a different and perhaps more challenging area of the reserve.
dplanet wrote:Hence, my visit to Parks and Wildlife Service at Lake St Clair before setting off had been fruitless. I had been told that I would not be able to continue on to Ducane Gap. My initial plan had been an anti-clockwise walk, which had been planned mainly based on weather forecast.
From the guidelines:
The following overnight walks are examples of walks that are consistent with these guidelines:
i CradleRodway (O/N)Cradle (day walk to Barn Bluff / Waterfall Valley)
ii Arm RiverPelion (O/N)Arm River (day walks to Ossa, Pelion East, Pelion West, Oakleigh
iii Lake St ClairPine Valley (O/N)Lake St Clair (Lake Marion, Labyrinth, Acropolis)
iv CradleLake McCrae or Mt InglisCradle v Mersey ValleyJunction LakeNever NeverLees
Paddocks
vi
Lake St Clair/NarcissusByron, Cuvier, Traveller Range, Ducane Range, OlympusSo, unless you're expected to get to DuCane Gap via the DuCane Range, North from Narcissus is fine.