Bushwalk Australia

Hi Overland experts,

I'm writing an article on the Overland as a quintessential AU adventure.

Can anyone point me towards:

- information pertaining to legends and characters of the Overland, including the pioneers - the grandfathers and mothers of the route?
- living experts, be that historians or relatives of pioneers with a continuing interest (or anyone that really should be quoted - custodians of the legacy)
- anecdotes that flesh out the character of the track and the experience of walking it - famous incidents, tales true and tall (even your own experience/short tales).

Many thanks in advance.

Chris Ord
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0430376621

See if you can lay hands on Nick Haygarth's A View to Cradle. He's written a lot on this area of northern Tassie and north to the coast. Very big on history.
Trove notes 4 copies in various Vic. libraries.

Last Saturday's Mercury Magazine includes a piece on the current (?) visit to Tassie of Weindorfer's extended family members, from Austria. Visit www.pressdisplay to track it down.

Sorry if this is a little snarky but why are you asking us to do your research for you with a totally open ended question about a very popular area that you apparently know nothing about. You will collect your writers fee and pretend to be an expert on the history of the area at the end after, no doubt getting many things wrong. There is a vast archive of material available that you are apparently too lazy to search out and read!

I have experienced a well known tv presenter on environmental and national parks issues quickly reading some notes and then absolutely screwing up the glacial history of Cradle and Dove Lake in talking to a bunch of travel professionals - no doubt collecting a large fee in the process.

Probably not as far back as you are seeking, and no description included, but you will find a set of photos of a trip done in 1951 at this site:
http://mbw.org.au/zenphoto/Archive/1950 ... ar%201951/