rangersac wrote:The Tassielink service via the Lyell Hwy stopped on 10th March. You can only get as far as Hamilton now by public transport.
rangersac wrote:The Tassielink service via the Lyell Hwy stopped on 10th March. You can only get as far as Hamilton now by public transport.
Wollemi wrote:Well done on your walking in Tasmania. Did you really carry a medium-format camera with a bellows? Anyway, if I may say - that grey closed-cell sleeping mat should be carried in a tough bag - or may have fitted in the woman's backpack. The closed-cell mats have been shown to break down in shrubbery, from several centimetres size to micro-plastics in waterways. Do this anywhere in the world, please - rocks and shrubbery will fragment the mat.
ILUVSWTAS wrote:I cant deal with having things on the outside of my pack.
L_Cham_67 wrote:I'm assuming they're referring to the Eastern Arthurs, as the Western end did get reopened?
ILUVSWTAS wrote:And with all these track closures I'm cringing a little at the thought of all the extra traffic that will impact the few remaining multi day walks that are open.
JamesMc wrote:If I remember right (it was early 1984) we lowered packs down the lower part of the descent gully from Frankland Peak. Descending Secheron Peak there were a few little cliffs of a couple of metres where we could pass packs from one person to another but it was very exposed. A couple of exposed sections descending Mt Lloyd Jones too. We didn't have any route guide for the section east of Frankland Pd other than an old Tasmanian Tramp article so there may have been a better way to go. Been meaning to get back there!
north-north-west wrote:Ropes aren't needed unless perhaps between Frankland and Secheron, and on some descent lines from Secheron, and that would only be for pack-hauling. Easier - if a trifle further - to go out via Giblin and Jim Brown. Secheron, Terminal and Lloyd Jones can be done as a side trip from Frankland, although it might make for a long day.
Which one is Pebbly Creek - between Terminal/Lloyd Jones and Giblin/Jim Brown? I went from the flats just south of the latter to Red Knoll in a fairly leisurely five or six hours, but the water level was relatively low so I was on dry ground all the way. If the water level is higher wading would be necessary and that would slow you down a lot. Doesn't Chapman go into that in the book?
Are you aware of what you're biting off with that range? The Wilmot-Frankland traverse is off-track from Sprent until you hit the old line of McKays below Red Knoll. It's very exposed to the very worst weather Tassie can throw at you.
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