Hello All!
I just got a rude awakening on the Overland trail website noticing it now costs $150 dollar to do it. It's quite unfortunate that one must be fairly well off to afford that walk now Guess there's really only one way to keep the numbers down on such an amazing trail. I'm more than willing to pay but its not just me on the trip this time and as a group it doesn't make sense for us. When I did it before in 2004 it was only about 40 bucks.. anyways its all good because I'd rather do something new and be on a less densely populated trail anyways.
Being the tassie trail experts that you are I figure I can't go wrong posting here! What other 6 - 7 night walks will knock my socks off? We'll be flying into Hobart and would prefer something thats bus accessible from there as it would expensive to rent a car and have it sit in the parking lot for some days. I'm not too fussed about hitching if i need to do that the last bit of the way there or something. I'm coming Nov 18 - 27th so got some time to do the walk and relax a little afterwards. I'd prefer something thats not all about peak climbing and with diversity of landscape like the overland. I'm also crazy about swimming and anything with lots of watering holes or waterfalls would be great (no it wont be too cold, i'm from chicago).
I'll go to any corner of your fair mini-esque country to get the best trail i can! Hit me!