G’day Escapees, how YOU doin’? Can I call you “Escapees”? It’s a bit wanky, but can you dig it? Welcome to 2020 and summer time in Tasmania. It would be amiss not to mention the devasting bushfires burning in Australia at the moment. The scary thing is it’s only early January. The real height of…
6 Tassie Summer Day Walks
I have selected these 6 Tassie summer day walks as they are generally not the glamour walks that you’ll find on most tourism websites or blog itineraries. Each of these are walks I plan to be doing over the next few months. I thought they’d be a good fit in your wheelhouse as well. The…
Tasmania IS Adventure
Tasmania is the place to go for your adventure fix. The only question is, have you got game? Long known for its amazing bushwalking amongst astonishing wilderness, the island state has grown up in a hurry in the adventure stakes. Much of the adventure has been here for years, but it’s now getting the plaudits…
See the Sky Dancing in Tasmania
Natural beauty is not limited to the forests, rivers, lakes and mountains in Tasmania. If you look up to a clear night sky you may also see the Aurora Australis. The Aurora Australis is also referred to as the Southern Lights. I’ve not yet seen the Aurora Australis with my own eyes. I have been…
Escape to Mt Field National Park
I’ve been sick as a dog. Cabin fever has taken its toll almost as much as the virus that struck me down has. I have to escape this house and get some fresh air. Mt Field is an easy day out option to cure such ills. It is a one and a bit hours drive…
Winter Festival Huon Valley Style
Big Willie is a giant iron edifice peering over the festival grounds from the top paddock with enough flammable material to burn in even the wettest night.
Winter Fest in the Huon Valley
The last winter festival on the Tasmanian calendar is the Huon Valley Mid Winter Fest. It begins on Friday 12th of July and runs for the weekend until Sunday 14th of July over the darkest nights of the year. As they say in the classics, winter is here. The Huon Valley is approximately 40 minutes…
Going Overland: Fin
The Last Day With Lake St Clair and the end of the Overland Track adventure in sight, I think I should be feeling emotions of joy and accomplishment. I feel nothing other than relief and the cold chill in the hut. Talk about ugly in the morning. I’m wrecked. I could happily stay in my…
Going Overland (Part Vier)
Snow White At 5am the area is awash in white with its snow coat on. Snow is drifting more and more on to my head. Missed part tres? Read it here It was well after six in the morning before the hut started to wake from its slumber like an awakening grizzly from hibernation. The…
Going Overland (Part Tres)
Back on Track Today’s 9 kilometre walk leads us from Pelion Hut up a steady incline through a rain forested hike to Pelion Gap and one of the highlights on the Overland Track, Tasmania’s highest mountain, Mt Ossa, followed by a decent to Kia Ora Hut. Missed part deux? Read it here We expect the…