20km total 1975km 5 hours I am feeling great and enjoy the walk up the valley. I have a lunch break at John Tarn hut after having crossed a few rivers. The trail is really easy to walk on so I am fast walking on it. I had a cold shower at the river next […]
10km total 1955km 2 hours Slow start after a fantastic night with hikers friends at the Lodge. We had a few whiskeys so the start this morning was slow and complicated. I was still a little hangover but forced me to hike despite the still cloudy weather. The cold air was perfect for my cloudy […]
0km total 1945 km 0 hours Today the forecast are bad and it is raining so we decided to have a rest day and enjoy some luxury of the normal World. I had a milkshake and basically spend my day resting, eating and doing my laundry. I also visited the village, the DOC visitors center […]
32km total 1945km 10 hours Finally going back to civilization! But first it is a long way to the village of St Arnaud. I am already dreaming of fresh food and sincerely hope that there will be bacon in the burger I will eat tonight (for the record, it did). The trail goes up a […]
17km total 1913km 7.5 hours The weather is cool and I am feeling great. I am fast going up to the first ridge and really enjoyed the walk. It was a little bit windy but it was okay. I passed the 1900km mark and damn the time and the kilometers are flying by. The trail […]
22km total 1896km 11 hours It was hot in the hut last night. Because of the sandflies we had to keep the windows closed and because of the size of the hut it was really hot. The Alpine landscape disappeared and was replaced by another forest. I made a break just after Tarn hut and […]
13km total 1874km 7 hours A windy day! The hut did rumbled a few time during the night and soon on the trail the gales pushed me on the side of the path. Luckily the ridge is wide so it is not too dangerous. I make my way out of the first ridge having a […]
25km total 1861km 11.5 hours Finally some views! The hut was busy that night and it is always great to start walking again in the silence of the forest. Up on the hill the first clearings make it possible to enjoy the mountains that surround me. It is even a little emotional for me at […]
32km total 1836km 9.5 hours And up I went in the Richmond stretch. The first 14km were on a gravel road and I got full of dust each time a truck passed by. I wanted to make a break at the emerald pool but the amount of sandflies was so bad that I carried on. […]
21km total 1804km 4 hours Another short day under the hot weather. After a boring road walk where I managed to hit my foot open, the trail goes further through farmland. The walk was easy but it was sweating hot! I finally reached the Pelorus bridge campsite got my 10kg food box, had a nice […]
