LenMetcalf wrote:I have heard it’s nicer to walk into Melaleuca and fly out from there???? Is there any reason for this suggestion?
Does suspending a bag of food actually work for quolls and other animals?
The standard advice is to fly into Melaleuca and walk out along the SCT. That way you're not hanging around down there running out of food waiting for the weather to calm down enough for the planes to be able to come down.
The SCT is greatly improved these days from when I first walked it (shudder). The PDT is, if anything, worse. It's a good walk and some beautiful wild country, just harder going than the SCT, although none of the climbs is is high as the Ironbounds.
I've never had trouble with animals on those tracks, but I make a point of making sure they can't smell any food. Suspension works if you use something they can't climb or walk on (ie, fishing line) and add a barrier such as the top end of a plastic drink bottle.