by rucksack » Wed 25 Feb, 2009 11:05 pm
Walked that way last month. Took a Redline coach from Hobart through Launceston to Deloraine, where we had arranged to be picked up by Deloraine Cabs (03) 6362 3452 at the bus stop. I made the booking by telephone from Shanghai and it worked a charm. The driver was very familiar with the run and said to us that Deloraine Cabs are getting an increasing number of calls for this service and from as far afield as Singapore & China! They will pick walkers up from the Redline stop in Deloraine and drop them off at the sign-posted start of the Higgs Track for $60 'a car load', which probably means a maximum of four with packs and a bit of a squeeze. There are actually 5 tracks running off Westrope Road, in order: Higgs, Western Creek, Lees, Syds & Mother Cummings Peak (North), but I'm not sure that a taxi would be able to manage all of them. Although there was only the two of us last month, we still thought it very good value as it is a direct 'bus-to-track' service!