Perry's Blog

The Australian Alps Walking Track is a ~660km walk from Victoria up to Canberra (or visa-versa) across the high peaks and plateaus of our Alps; although our walk is about 784km with as many side trips as we could fit in… planning has been well under way… more »

After 7 months of planning (which has finally exhausted me), we're about to see how successful that planning has been (scary... ). The planning is not to be under-estimated: 784km over 45 days and only walking through one town (Thredbo, actually walking… more »

It seemed to take an inordinate amount of time to get our food packed into our food drop buckets, but eventually we had 10x20L buckets all wrapped up and waiting in our hall… more »

It's been a bit of a roller-coaster ride since finishing the Great North Walk: fixing things that broke or didn't perform, getting food packed, finalising itinerary, etc, etc… which maybe good preparation for the Australian Alps Walking Trail—which… more »

It's hard to believe that a two week walk over 287km can feel too short — but it did …and now we're busy putting things together for the Australian Alps Walking Trail (which the GNW was the precursor for anyway ) Actually, we've been so busy that… more »

The Kosciuszko Hut Tour seems so long ago now but as a taster it seems to have had an effect: we decided that the longer AAWT is worth doing now rather than later It was a great walk though: camping on Kosciuszko and having breakfast at dawn on the… more »

Here is our itinerary for our Snowy Mountains Hike, which in some ways is a bit like a tour of Kosciuszko Huts (apart from the longer Main Range Circuit), but it'll hopefully be a nice dip into our Alpine Tracks (which you never know where it'll lead ). more »

It seems like a long preparation, but we've finally got to the second last weekend and we thought it'd be nice to go for a weightless jaunt out into the Grose Valley: So we decided to head down Horse Track from Evans Lookout and back around to Beauchamp… more »

We were looking forward to this walk for sometime… too many over-night walks, not enough time in the wilderness and maybe a real need for a wee break? We were expecting a difficult walk, but were surprised how difficult it turned out to be. I was amazed… more »

Ok… I know I haven't posted about last weekend's walk (except for the Pacerpole analysis – that I couldn't help myself with ), but next weekend's walk is nearly upon us and it's a super early start to drive out to Kanangra Walls, and we're still not… more »