January 6, 2025
Christmas 2024 was spent hiking Tasmania’s premier hiking track – the Overland. For many years, its popularity dissuaded me from walking it due to the hoards of people (both day trippers and hikers). But after I managed to snag a last minute permit over the holiday break, I found myself at the Ronny Creek trailhead with 70km of walking ahead of me.
The rugged, wild and remote forests and button grass plains became my home for a week. The weather was poor with only the first day being rain free and I was grateful to take shelter in the huts each night.
The incessant rain and wind hampered the trip, kept my feet soaked and my camera stowed away but after each day, climbing into a warm bunk, dry and full of hot food and good chats with other hikers made the time fly so quickly. It was good for the soul. Not to mention the rainforests, waterfalls, glacial lakes and mountains I climbed too. What a great trip in the end.
December 2024.
