Overland Track Reference - Important stuff
Posted: Mon 07 Apr, 2008 7:02 pm
I thought it a good idea to have this post as a sticky so it's easy to find - containing all the necessary stuff for the Overland Track.
If you think of anything that should be added to this post, PM me or Son of a Beach and we will change or add as required. As such, the topic will remain locked for normal replies.
The Tasmanian Parks site has a lot of info on this walk.
There is the Visitors Guide to Cradle Mountain, as well as Lake St Clair.
Note that both these links have drop down boxes right at the top, to select the different pages of information. Subjects such as Introduction, activities, highlights, access, map, etc can be found there.
Their Fact Sheets are well worth a look. You will find several fact sheets of relevance, and many others that are well worth a read. Ones that jump at me as being relevant to this post are
Cradle Mt - Lake St Clair National Park
Camping and Cabin Fees (bottom left of page 2 for Cradle Mtn, middle left of page 3 for Lake St Clair info.
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Disabled Access - Parks for all People Numbers 6 and 7 in this booklet are of interest. Anyone who is disabled should getone of these booklets - great info.
Overland Track
Overland Track FAQs
Plant Checklist for Cradle Mountain
Bird Checklist for Cradle Mountain
Fauna Checklist for Cradle Mountain
There are a number of other fact sheets worth looking at - there are a few on walks from Lake St Clair, as well as ones that cover such things as minimal impact walking, walking safely, and cooking and food tips.
Parks also have some audio podcasts on the Overland Track, they can be found here. Thanks to "whynotwalk".
As well, there is the Before You Walk - Tasmania's Essential Bushwalking Guide & Trip Planner that you should also take a look at - most useful info.
Tas Parks have set up a dedicated Overland Track site.
That page has a big blue button to Book your walk Online so follow that link.
There is an absolute sea of information on this site and I encourage you to browse at your leisure.
There are a number of maps available to you. There is a Cradle Mtn Day Walks map, a Cradle Mtn - Lake St Clair map, as well as the topographical 1:25000 maps that cover this walk which any map shop would be able to assist you with. There are likely to be others too, 1:100000 and so on, which are to my way of thinking, a bit small for any reliable navigation.
There is a lot of published information as well. Two of which are the Overland Track and the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair & Walls of Jerusalem National Parks books by John Chapman.
The Windy Ridge hut has been replaced with the new Bert Nichols hut.
Some topics of interest on this forum -
Windy Ridge Name Change
Overland track Windy Ridge Hut - upgrade scheduled...
Windy Ridge - Bert Nicholas Hut
Here is a great reference video for the Overland Track...
If you think of anything that should be added to this post, PM me or Son of a Beach and we will change or add as required. As such, the topic will remain locked for normal replies.
The Tasmanian Parks site has a lot of info on this walk.
There is the Visitors Guide to Cradle Mountain, as well as Lake St Clair.
Note that both these links have drop down boxes right at the top, to select the different pages of information. Subjects such as Introduction, activities, highlights, access, map, etc can be found there.
Their Fact Sheets are well worth a look. You will find several fact sheets of relevance, and many others that are well worth a read. Ones that jump at me as being relevant to this post are
Cradle Mt - Lake St Clair National Park
Camping and Cabin Fees (bottom left of page 2 for Cradle Mtn, middle left of page 3 for Lake St Clair info.
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Disabled Access - Parks for all People Numbers 6 and 7 in this booklet are of interest. Anyone who is disabled should getone of these booklets - great info.
Overland Track
Overland Track FAQs
Plant Checklist for Cradle Mountain
Bird Checklist for Cradle Mountain
Fauna Checklist for Cradle Mountain
There are a number of other fact sheets worth looking at - there are a few on walks from Lake St Clair, as well as ones that cover such things as minimal impact walking, walking safely, and cooking and food tips.
Parks also have some audio podcasts on the Overland Track, they can be found here. Thanks to "whynotwalk".
As well, there is the Before You Walk - Tasmania's Essential Bushwalking Guide & Trip Planner that you should also take a look at - most useful info.
Tas Parks have set up a dedicated Overland Track site.
That page has a big blue button to Book your walk Online so follow that link.
There is an absolute sea of information on this site and I encourage you to browse at your leisure.
There are a number of maps available to you. There is a Cradle Mtn Day Walks map, a Cradle Mtn - Lake St Clair map, as well as the topographical 1:25000 maps that cover this walk which any map shop would be able to assist you with. There are likely to be others too, 1:100000 and so on, which are to my way of thinking, a bit small for any reliable navigation.
There is a lot of published information as well. Two of which are the Overland Track and the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair & Walls of Jerusalem National Parks books by John Chapman.
The Windy Ridge hut has been replaced with the new Bert Nichols hut.
Some topics of interest on this forum -
Windy Ridge Name Change
Overland track Windy Ridge Hut - upgrade scheduled...
Windy Ridge - Bert Nicholas Hut
Here is a great reference video for the Overland Track...