Recommendations for Australian Hikes

[kelric]

Hi there,

I'm first time poster but I have been reading this forum for some time.

What I'm after is some recommendations, from those in the know, of some good hikes in Australia.

I'm relatively new to hiking, and I plan to do several multi-day walks over the coming months/years. I'll probably limit my walks 2-7 days each.

I have already started making preliminary plans for the Great Ocean Walk and the Overland in Tassie.

So where else would you guys recommend??? I'm eager to learn!

Thanks.

[north-north-west]

Seeing that you're based in Victoria, you want to think about hitting the Victorian Alps once summer comes along - don't worry about the winter walking until you've had a bit of experience up there.
Baw Baw's a good area to start, going up Mt Erica and camping somewhere up near Phillack, for instance. There are some very good tracks that start from the Upper Howqua camp (access is via Mt Stirling, but only when the snow's gone) - Queen's Spur to Mt Buggery and the Crosscut, Stanley's Name Spur to the Crosscut, Howitt Spur to Howitt West Peak, Helicopter Spur to Picture Point. All of those can be linked in various ways to create circuits. A lot of good walking on the Bogong High Plains as well and, again, many tracks that can be linked to create circuits.
There's also a lot of very good walking in the Grampians. The Major Mitchell is a great way to start there, or the Mt Difficult range circuit.

Then there's the coastal stuff out near Mallacoota. Lovely country.

[MartyGwynne]

Hi, What he said.
My first walk was in the Croagingalong area near Mallacoota, I still love going back there.
Have walked the Overland track and the great ocean walk plus lots over the Vic alps.
You could do the Lake Tali Carn (spelling????) walk which is not too hard but a good overnight walk. You can do lots of walks around Walhalla during winter, if you want you could base camp in town or stay at some accomodation in town and easy spend a weekend walking.
South coast track is also a good walk but you need to get a bit of experiance up in long unassisted walks first.
A bushwalking club is a great place to get a few walks in with experienced people, at least read their trip reports to give you ideas of where you can go. I am a member of SBWC (Strzelecki Bush Walking Club) gooogle sbwc.org.au and you can have surf around.
Martin.

PS magazines such as Wild and Outdoors are good for ideas too.

[MichaelP]

Tasmania is the place to go as many people on this forum will tell you.
The Overland and Walls of Jerusalem are definitely must do's.
Bay of Fires and walks in the Freycinet area are lovely coastal walks.

South Coast Track and Mt. Anne Circuit are both lovely but anything in the South West of Tasmania is going to require a bit more experience, especially due to what the weather is like down there.

I've just moved up to Melbourne and don't really know all that much about hikes up here. Did Wilson's Prom years ago and that's amazing!

[SteveJ]

Nadgee/Howe gets my vote but I am very bias as it is my 'local'. Any of the walks from Eden to Bemm River are worthwhile, lovely coastal wilderness.

Steve

[kelric]

This is all great feedback, now it's just a matter of finding enough spare time.