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Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 2:06 pm**

Sunday June 5 might not have been the ideal day to start an Overland Track winter trip. All the water that flowed down the Mersey, the Forth, and various other rivers that flooded catastrophically on June 6, had to fall somewhere first. It felt as though it was falling on us!

We quite honestly could have packrafted some of the track, and Waterfall Valley lived up to its name every few metres or so. A fuller report on the first part of our "Overlandish" trip starts via the link below,

cheers

Peter

http://www.naturescribe.com/2016/06/ove ... water.html

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Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 2:15 pm**

Oh dear this is going to be good

Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 2:45 pm**

DanShell wrote:Oh dear this is going to be good

It is!

Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 3:43 pm**

Such impeccable timing on that walk.

Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 3:52 pm**

What a difference a week makes!!

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Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 4:16 pm**

Love the photo of the creek right at the Waterfall Valley hut. Looking forward to the rest

Posted: **Thu 16 Jun, 2016 5:53 pm**

Geevesy wrote:What a difference a week makes!!

Yep! The people we met in WV Hut had walked south/north, and had sunshine, frost, snowy mountains, etc. All the things we'd hoped for. Three of us are in the "retired-can-wait-for-a-good-forecast" category. But we walked with someone who had booked in leave, which locked us into this timing. [Not naming names Mick!! And no blame attached :wink:

]

The story continues on the blog next week,

cheers

Peter

Posted: **Fri 17 Jun, 2016 11:36 am**

Looking forward to the next installment.

You are a better man than me Peter!

Posted: **Sat 18 Jun, 2016 9:15 pm**

Arr Peter, knew I'd cop some blame for that eventually !

Posted: **Fri 24 Jun, 2016 8:01 am**

I am looking forward to the next instalment too. A good read. I too have considered walking the track in winter. It is good to know what it could involve.

Posted: **Fri 24 Jun, 2016 6:56 pm**

*AHEM*
So where is that second instalment? [taps foot impatiently]

Posted: **Sat 25 Jun, 2016 4:52 pm**

north-north-west wrote:*AHEM*
So where is that second instalment? [taps foot impatiently]

Sorry NNW - I've had the lurgy this week. But I've now got the next installment posted. Day 2 was a "wait and see" day, but still managed to be a little exciting for us.

In more than 30 years of visiting Waterfall Valley, I've never seen it look like this.

http://www.naturescribe.com/2016/06/ove ... water.html

Cheers

Peter

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Posted: **Sun 26 Jun, 2016 1:55 pm**

Oh dear! Hope you're feeling better.

Posted: **Fri 01 Jul, 2016 3:14 pm**

I've now posted part 3 of our unsuccessful Overland Track trip in June. Some concerned friends went so far as to describe us as being "rescued", which I'll admit sounds better than a retreat. Maybe the truth is somewhere in between.

On our "retreat" day, the dire predicted weather didn't return, although we did walk through some very soupy cloud at times.

Here's a link to the final episode. http://www.naturescribe.com/2016/07/ove ... scued.html

Cheers

Peter

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Posted: **Fri 01 Jul, 2016 4:34 pm**

I resist checking whether he’s got a hanky.

Classic!

I also like that Mick was prevaricating in part 2 - but who to? :wink:

Posted: **Mon 04 Jul, 2016 10:14 am**

We enjoyed reading your blog and gaping at the photos. Every trip is a new adventure in Tassie...that's what keeps drawing us back.

Posted: **Tue 05 Jul, 2016 5:00 pm**

cajun wrote:Classic! I also like that Mick was prevaricating in part 2 - but who to?

and

coastie wrote:We enjoyed reading your blog and gaping at the photos.

Thanks cajun and coastie - glad you enjoyed the blog posts.

And cajun ... I guess the answer re. Mick was "the rest of us". You made me doubt myself, but I think this definition fits Mick's vagueness regarding his intentions. Prevaricate: verb - speak or act in an evasive way, as in "He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions"

cheers

Peter

Posted: **Wed 06 Jul, 2016 9:03 am**

I stand corrected

You are still better than I hunk 'o tin!

Posted: **Wed 06 Jul, 2016 9:06 am**

thanks cajun ... if that "hunk o' tin" is down at Melaleuca, I'll take it :!:

cheers

Peter

Posted: **Wed 06 Jul, 2016 11:27 am**

Old time Oz rhyming slang for the saying "you are a better man than I Gunga Din"

Slowly but surely being lost in the sands of time. Possibly for the better

Posted: **Sun 02 Oct, 2016 10:15 pm**

cajun wrote:Old time Oz rhyming slang for the saying "you are a better man than I Gunga Din"

Slowly but surely being lost in the sands of time. Possibly for the better

Sorry for the grave dig, but do you have/know of any original sources for that?

On a more relevant note, thanks for the tale, whynotwalk. I started by randomly looking for OLT tips, and followed the rabbit hole to your blog. You write well; I've subscribed :-)

Posted: **Mon 03 Oct, 2016 6:15 am**

It's from a poem by Rudyard Kipling.

Posted: **Mon 03 Oct, 2016 7:28 am**

...said the poet to the pretty blond;
"Do you like Kipling?"
"I don't know, I've never Kipled"

Sorry.

Posted: **Mon 03 Oct, 2016 8:31 am**

Sorry. I should have phrased that better. I know the poem; it was more the rhyming slang that I was wondering about.

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