Stroller wrote:The whole trail. I am on an long tour which includes up two months walking this track or biking a similar route through the mountains. I need to figure out when I should do it. I will arrive in the Canberra area in December. I am trying to figure out if i should do the trail then or go away for a month and come back.
Otherwise where to go in December and January. My general route is from FNQ to Victoria and back home via Alice springs. So you see i don't want to buzz off to perth with my bike but i could go to New Zealand but only in 2016.
What's your suggestions to deal with this heat predicament. I don't really like riding in the heat either but a certain amount of dry heat is fine. I don't like being really cold though. And i avoid short days.
There are many days of preparation, food drops hundreds of kilometers apart in remote areas is just one issue.
You have to be totally self reliant.
The whole track takes around 68 days, 2 months is most likely not long enough.
There are little or no services or supply points on the track and and those that are, are many days walking apart.
You cannot ride a bicycle end to end on the AAWT.
High heat and extreme cold (well below 0C) are not avoidable in any summer month in the Australian Alps.
You need to research the AAWT more thoroughly. Search this forum and you will find heaps of information. Walking the AAWT is a major undertaking.