Overland track permit

[mountnman]

I was hoping to walk the track in January 2014, but unfortunately I can't get time off work (more than a year in advance......). Anyways, I somehow got approved for the QLD school holidays in September/October, and am now planning to do the trip then. The itinery I am working on has us finishing on the 1st of October, the first day of the permit system. Now, do I need to get a permit because I will be on the track when the permits begin, or will I be ok because I would have commenced the walk prior to the 1st?

[gayet]

You book for a departure date and permits apply from the departure date, not the period on the track. So departurte before 1 October, by my reading/understanding , requires no permit. But I may be wrong

[north-north-west]

I was hoping to walk the track in January 2014, but unfortunately I can't get time off work (more than a year in advance......). Anyways, I somehow got approved for the QLD school holidays in September/October, and am now planning to do the trip then. The itinerary I am working on has us finishing on the 1st of October, the first day of the permit system. Now, do I need to get a permit because I will be on the track when the permits begin, or will I be ok because I would have commenced the walk prior to the 1st?

Start from the south and it won't matter. Anyway, you're allowed to do a one day section without a permit, so if you're only on the track for one day of the permit period I don't see how they can legally object.
I have started out from Narcissus the day before the permit period ended and had no trouble. Or shouldn't I admit to that publicly?

[Nuts]

You'll be fine mountnman, as others have said. I would suggest avoiding that last week though, lots of others may have a similar idea.

[mountnman]

Thanks for all the info . Sounds like it's a go. I'd still rather do the track when it's wet and cold and busy than not at all!