Posts tagged 'Southwest National Park'
22 February 2010My leave got approved last week and I’m now in the final stage of preparing for my next big bushwalk. Last year around this time I walked the South Coast Track and even though it was frustrating to walk at times due to very bad track conditions, the pristine beaches and rough coastline were …
9 June 2009I didn’t sleep at all during the night, I managed to place my tent on uneven ground and kept slipping of my mattress. At some stage I simply grabbed my emergency iPod and listened to music until half past six in the morning.
I didn’t feel like eating another breakfast bag, instead I’ve eaten the snack …
4 June 2009This should become one of the weirdest days on the track. It started like the previous day, with mild weather and a beautiful sunrise. Everything looked nice.
I was just about to cook some tea for breakfast, when – within seconds – a massive storm came up and blew me off the campsite. There had been …
31 May 2009The night was starlit and very cold. When I woke up early around 6am I grabbed warm clothes and my camera and went to the beach to photograph the sunrise. It was absolutely beautiful.
Because of the cold night and the sheltered campsite without any wind, my clothes didn’t dry overnight. But it turned into a …
27 May 2009Very stormy night with few sleep, again. Camping next to the beach is great, but the waves can make a lot of noise throughout the night. The good thing about the wind at night was that the clothes I had washed after setting up my camp the previous day, were completely dry. A great feeling …
23 May 2009Another bad night, bad sleep, bad sleeping mattress. I really need to replace it with something more comfortable before my next trip. An inflatable mattress and pillow could be an alternative.
I was not in a hurry, I only planned to do the short walk down to Turua Beach, according to my map it was only …
10 May 2009The first thing I noticed when I left my tent was that my day clothes were still wet. I mean really wet. I was in the middle of a wet forest, it was raining all night and it wasn’t very warm either. Impossible to dry clothes. I absolutely hate to jump into wet clothes in …
9 May 2009I had a very bad sleep, I never sleep well on camping trips, I simply don’t like my sleeping mattress and need a good pillow. After the Overland Track I decided to buy a pillow case to fill it with clothes and use it as a pillow but it was still uncomfortable.
When I got up …
8 May 2009The first day started pretty early, at 4am! I got up early to prepare my backpack and stuff, and at 4.30am Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona was on tv/web. Unfortunately the match ended in an utterly devastating 4:0 for Barcelona, so my start in the day could have been better. At least I didn’t need to …
8 May 2009A few weeks ago on Easter I was walking the South Coast Track in Tasmania’s South West National Park. Compared to my previous long hike – the Overland Track – this track is more challenging, there are no huts along the track, it is more remote with less visitors and rangers around and the track …
