We've done the Six Foot Track many, many times, and although last time we said we'd never do it again (because of how crowded it had become and the implications of that on the maintenance), here we are doing it again…
Walk Details
|
Walk Name |
Length (km) |
Ascent (m) |
Descent (m) |
Duration (hrs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Day One |
8.022 |
64 |
529 |
1:58 |
|
Day Two |
18.100 |
1,045 |
674 |
6:12 |
|
Day Three |
19.267 |
544 |
709 |
6:04 |
|
Total |
45.39 |
1650 |
1910 |
14:23 |
Walk Map and Height Profile
Other Activities
This walk included:
#1 on the Fun Things to do on a Training Walk You've Done a Thousand Times file-
#3 on the Fun Things to do on a Training Walk You've Done a Thousand Times file
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#4 on the Fun Things to do on a Training Walk You've Done a Thousand Times file
Fun Things to Do #1: Go after dark and visit the glowworms
Heading down Nellie's Glen at the start of our walk, we kicked off about 22:30 on Thursday night.
We planned to set off after Sandi's work on Thursday night, hopefully enjoying some wondrous glowworms down Nellie's Glen.
We haven't got a first night camping spot identified, but if we haven't found anything by the cemetery we'll stay there.
Unfortunately zero glow-worms down Nellie's. We're actually wondering if there is a difference between north and south facing landscapes. The one thing that did amaze us going down Nellie's was the amount of water you're walking through. The wee water falls are spectacular in the night light too.
Fun Things to Do #3: Walk at Night
One of the wee falls along the track, illuminated by headlight.
The plan was that after an early dinner we'll head up to Black Range about 18:00-19:00, planning to stop at the pluviometer sometime before 22:00. This was about exactly as it happened, and we were amazed at how different night walking is.
Fun Things to Do #4: Stop at a restaurant / café as part of the walk.
After another late start, we stopped for lunch at Black Range Campsite, then continued down to Jenolan Caves where we're booked into an expensive room (which I'm terming a CovID money making exercise) because the backpackers is closed because of 'shared bathrooms' but all the public toilets were open.
This was not just Fun Thing #4, this was super fun, and super delicious; although it did put us to sleep very early.
We had a great dinner in the restaurant though, after which we just made it back to the room to collapse for the night.
Breakfast was also in the restaurant, which was equally nice. They really did try and meet our bizarre diet restrictions.
Testing
Being the first over-night walk we've done in ages, we've lined up the following testing:
- Toilet Paper Test
- After the toilet paper recalculation we needed to validate, or maybe refine, the usage rates we determine from using a roll at home on a real, if not somewhat odd, hike. I'm estimating the hike at 1.75 days, so our toilet paper usage calculates to 6.86 gm / person / day: which is actually a little less than what we were previously using.
- Aeroguard Test
- We've been measuring how much we use when we do, but it will be interesting to see how much we actually use on a real hike. Unfortunately we didn't use any: no leeches, no mosquitos, no bad flies (and we enjoy killing the march flies, so don't want to shoo them off chemically)
- Chap Stick Test
- We remember using a great deal of chap stick on the AAWT, but for the life of us, not exactly. So, this one is very important to measure, and although we measured it out, it melted during the hike, so the actual chap stick is pretty wrecked.
- Fat Bomb Test
- My Fat Bomb recipe is up to #3, but needing to be tweaked a bit (which will be #4) and actually used on a walk. I'm very happy with the recipe now, which includes using our son & daughter-in-law's super-duper food processor to make the butter. One of the aims is to get an average amount that I suck out each time (I'm loving the Go-Toob), which twice now has averaged out at 15gm.
- The consistency of the nut butter is amazing when put through the food processor, quite thick, which I've used MCT Oil to make less viscous.
- Headlight test
- Headlights surprised us on the Lawson to Goulburn hike, so I'd like to measure usage, etc. Our previous headlights used 3 AAA batteries, which is a considerable amount of energy, whereas our new ones have smaller, inbuilt batteries that obviously may need to be charged more often.
- We used Sandi's headlight extensively on the night sections, often walking under just one light. Sandi's finished on 75% and mine was still on 100%.
- Phone battery test
- In my mind I think the phone lasts minimum 2 days. I'd like to record definitively what happens on the hike, though it's likely to be different as I'm sure I'll not be taking the same number of photos as I do on a real hike. Phone finished on 38% after 1.75 days, so I'm happy enough with that.
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