The Walls of Jerusalem have long been on my list – and the payoff was definitely worth the wait! The start of the hike, a fairly challenging 2km ascending 500m in elevation is a challenge (and the only time I’ve ever wished I had walking poles) but after that, the scenery is just a jaw-dropping…
Mini-Freycinet Circuit: Hazards / Cooks Beach / Wineglass Bay (January 2019)
I’d intended on completing the two-night Freycinet Circuit, but it turns out ridiculously intense summer heat isn’t the best environment for a walk that only has one supply of drinking water, and not liking my chances of restraining water intake over two days, I changed my plan – I hiked the Hazards Beach to Cook’s…
Mt. Dromedary (September 2018)
It’s a good thing this walk has spectacular views at the end of it (and they really are astoundingly great) because it was a chore to get through. The walk to Mt. Dromedary is unmarked and unsigned, follows a series of fire trails littered with the remnants of previous human activity (a clearing that has…
Adamsons Falls (and Duckhole Lake) (April 2018)
Adamsons Falls are fairly amazing, plunging down about 50 metres at their highest and cascading over three tiers. The walk is one of the muddier ones I’ve been on recently, but Mel and I survived a twisty-turn walk and even managed to get her Mitsubishi Mirage up a “4WD ONLY” trail to do so! We…
Reuben Falls (April 2018)
Nestled deep within the Weld Valley, Reuben Falls is a hidden gem. It’s not signposted or well-known, and until I saw the page on waterfallsoftasmania.com.au, I’d never known about it! But it’s a thunderingly impressive sight to behold, and for the most part, an easy hike. Getting there is a lengthy drive through a veritable…
Mt. Field West (January 2018)
We finally made it! And it only took a day full of exposure, dehydration, severe sunburn, disorientation, and one near-death almost-tumble down the side of a mountain to do it! So Mel and I have tried twice before to get to Mt. Field West – once, beaten back by the weather; the other, stymied by…
Going down the mountain (January 2018)
I took my friends Mel, Josh and Tara to the summit of Mount Wellington/kunanyi with the intent of hiking down to my car in Collins St in the CBD. We’d mapped out the following path: From the summit to the Ice House Track via the South Wellington Track Follow the Ice House Track down to…
Fortescue Bay to Bivouac Bay (January 2018)
We’d planned on hiking the oft-forgotten Arthur’s Peak, but when the ranger on-site was pointing out that they hadn’t maintained the unmarked trail for over two years, we instead opted to head out to Bivouac Bay. The Tasman Peninsula is always a great spot to jaunt around, and this is a trail that (mostly) keeps…
Mount Misery (December 2017)
This is a walk that (partially) lives up to its name – the final plateau and approach to the summit* are certainly a miserable sort of terrain, potentially exacerbated by the overcast gloom I experienced today. It is certainly quite an impressive landscape up there, with views reaching south of the Huon Valley, but after…
Gordon Dam (and a failed Mt. Field West) (October 2017)
So today Mel and I attempted Mt. Field West for the second time, only neither of us thought to check the snow situation – we only got as far as the end of the Urquhart Track, where we found a rad snowman with a hipster scarf made of bark – so we created a little…
Glencoe, Scotland (April 2017)
Departing with the Tasmanian focus of this page for a post here, to show a hike I went on with my sister Erica while visiting her in Scotland. We went out to the stunningly impressive Glencoe, and made an attempt at accessing The Lost Valley, which is apparently the valley wherein the Macdonald clan hid…
Mt Rufus – Shadow Lake Circuit (March 2017)
The Mt Rufus – Shadow Lake circuit is a lengthy walk, coming in at 18km according to the signs, and 23km according to my FitBit. I’m inclined to trust the cartographers more than my fancy pedometer, but it feels nicer to bemoan the tired limbs with the higher kilometre count. And despite it’s reasonable length,…
Hiking with an iPhone 