Hallu wrote:Such a book is cruelly missing, the problem is etc...).
Thomas' first Tassie book was very adventurous and Chapman's small guides were very valuable. Thomas now writes for a wider audience and Chapman's are no less valuable. The theory goes, I think, that greater care is needed these days not to lead novices into danger and also particularly, Chapman had to publish with pressure applied to not muck up the country by guiding walkers into it. So, how to update a guide that remains valuable while bowing to reasonable demands. His two main Tassie guides are still exceptionally useful but the daywalks one, as you say, is more for a general audience, like Thomas'.
The method on this forum is to only give walks details in a private message. That seems to be the happy medium. Tassie's peak areas are unique in Oz, surpassing so much available on the mainland. Wild Mag. was almost a Tassie walks guide till recent years. Beaches, West and South coast are covered by Chapman but that's where the mainland holds it's own too.
You're right though. Not long ago this forum had a lot more detail about out of the way places but there's been an unspoken agreement to go light on details. Happily, a lot of stuff gets through occasionally and using the search box can supply details as well.
If you sign up to
http://www.pressdisplay , you can get Cannon's weekly daywalks guide "In the Bush"( sign up to receive
Saturday Magazine ) delivered to your inbox for free. He co-authored
The Abels Vol 1. Well written,fine humour, up to date details on tracks and locations all over Tas. Tamer these days than his older items but none the less compendious. You will see stuff on the west, the beaches and the Tarkine. if your local library has Pressdisplay as a free E-resource, then you can go back through previous editions. He's recently done the Central Plateau and Pelion Plains.
Posted: Thu 09 May, 2013 4:37 pm