skibug wrote: I only drink from the small stream 400m (or so) before Acacia flat, and that water should be treated.
Skibug.
DaveNoble wrote:In most of those valleys - you can usually get good water from small side creeks that have no houses or other development in their catchments.
Dave
puredingo wrote:I must be one of those people, Xplora. I've been drinking water from the bush literally my whole life seeing i grew up in a National Park and have never EVER purified a single drop. Knocking on wood furiously here I haven't had a single issue.
Maybe it's a immunity thing you need to build from an early age?
sylvz18 wrote:Just wanted to know if anyone has done this track and can give me more information? This is what I am looking at:
http://www.wildwalks.com/bushwalking-an ... op.html#tn
I'd like to know if this walk can be done in a day? And also, the website states that it may be hard to follow the track. Does anyone know how bad it is? The comments on the site are from over 3 years ago so I don't want to rely on them,
And any other recommendations for 20km day hikes would be appreciated! Thanks
Channas wrote:It's beautiful walk and definitely doable in a day. Just allocate some time to the scramble out of the gorge if you're not in good fitness. I believe you could done it in 8hrs. I've done very similar track Victoria falls to Blackheath station in 5.5hrs. Track is really well signposted. I don't think there is a chance to get lost once you got a track notes on you.
lorrainey100 wrote:Channas wrote:It's beautiful walk and definitely doable in a day. Just allocate some time to the scramble out of the gorge if you're not in good fitness. I believe you could done it in 8hrs. I've done very similar track Victoria falls to Blackheath station in 5.5hrs. Track is really well signposted. I don't think there is a chance to get lost once you got a track notes on you.
I've walked that track going down Victoria Falls to Blackheath in Feb 2015 on a very hot day and had to keep going into the creek to cool down. I had to use my GPS for some of the track particularly crossing the rivers to find the tracks on the other side. Some of the track was bush which I had to bush bash since it was covered in tall weeds. Channas, did you run that track? You would have been walking an average of 4 km/hour (22.2km/5.5 hours) elevation 1561m (Wildwalks recommends this as a 2 days walk)?
Wildwalks
Gradient - Very steep (4/6)
Quality of track - Rough unclear track (5/6)
Signs - Minimal directional signs (4/6)
If you are a newbie, I do not recommend going at this pace on a very hot summer day unless you want heat exhaustion.
puredingo wrote:I must be one of those people, Xplora. I've been drinking water from the bush literally my whole life seeing i grew up in a National Park and have never EVER purified a single drop. Knocking on wood furiously here I haven't had a single issue.
Maybe it's a immunity thing you need to build from an early age?
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