mjdalessa wrote:I guess for me I am not concerned about the facilities because I do not enjoy using tourist ventures in my own state, I prefer a wilderness experience. With better facilities and advertising (we see this all the time on the OT) you attract people that really shouldn't be there.
Parks are have barely any money, which probably explains your track fee.
Can you really not stay at any huts other than New Pelion? I know heaps of people (any have myself) that have stayed at Kia Ora, Bert Nicholls and others without taking the Overland highway.
mjdalessa wrote:I guess for me I am not concerned about the facilities because I do not enjoy using tourist ventures in my own state, I prefer a wilderness experience. With better facilities and advertising (we see this all the time on the OT) you attract people that really shouldn't be there.
Parks are have barely any money, which probably explains your track fee.
Can you really not stay at any huts other than New Pelion? I know heaps of people (any have myself) that have stayed at Kia Ora, Bert Nicholls and others without taking the Overland highway.
corvus wrote:Penguin wrote:Have been following this thread with interest and dismay. I have had similar experience with the ferry.
The price of the ferry is to the point of usury. But I seem to remember feeling the same when I caught the ferry at the end of the Milford Sound track four years ago. Can anybody remember the cost.Penguin wrote:
Interesting comment so I will play Devils Advocate and ask how would you fund this service for a full year OK in season when you have a full boat load what about other times when I think the minimum passenger load is 6 ?
corvus
Azza wrote:This is the price breakdown for the Milford track from late 2010...
24 Dec 2010 10.30am Boat to Glade Wharf 2 0 0 $140.00
24 Dec 2010 9.45am Bus to Te Anau Downs 2 0 0 $46.00
24 Dec 2010 Clinton Hut 2 0 0 $90.00
25 Dec 2010 Mintaro Hut 2 0 0 $90.00
26 Dec 2010 Dumpling Hut 2 0 0 $90.00
27 Dec 2010 2pm Boat Sandfly Point 2 0 0 $73.40
Hmmm.. Lk St Clair ferry not looking so expensive in comparison..So Milford you're paying $106 NZD per person for ferries..
Milford track is a 3 night walk, compared to the overland track.. you complaining about the cost and your getting a longer walk?
As I work it out, they're roughly the same once you include the park pass in Tasmania..
At the Cradle Mt end there is a free bus service (if you pay your park fees). So why isn't there anything equivalent from Narcissus to get you to the nearest car park and transport to Hobart?
I think the cost of the ferry is a serious issue.
doogs wrote: YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE.
ILUVSWTAS wrote:doogs wrote: YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE.
Except for when it ISNT working and we're forced to walk the lakeside unwillingly....
dee_legg wrote:The thing that gets to me about paying $40 per trip for the Lake St Clair Ferry is that last time I used it, the whole lake was covered in thick fog and the young girl who was skippering the boat turned around to us as we were pulling away from the jetty and said 'So can you all stick your heads out the window and let me know if we are going to hit the bank... I don't know how to use the GPS'.... they aren't funnelling some of the costs into training obviously.
dee_legg wrote:Certainly is true! It was October 2009 I think. Pretty sure the LSC lodge isn't part of the Federal group, it might of been in the past but I thought it had been privately owned and horrendously operated for a few years now.
corvus wrote:mjdalessa wrote:
Can you really not stay at any huts other than New Pelion? I know heaps of people (any have myself) that have stayed at Kia Ora, Bert Nicholls and others without taking the Overland highway.
Who told you that you must stay at New Pelion Hut regardless of your intent![]()
corvus
doogs wrote:ILUVSWTAS wrote:doogs wrote: YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE.
Except for when it ISNT working and we're forced to walk the lakeside unwillingly....
Only half broken. I'd write to my MP about that, fancy taking tourists and smelly Pomson the boat and leaving the locals to walk the lakeside. Very un-Australian and spoiling a long planned trip
Except for when it ISNT working and we're forced to walk the lakeside unwillingly....
tasadam wrote:About a month ago (I could find the exact date) I know the ranger at Cradle was trying to organize a Parks boat to come from Strahan because the ferry was broken down again.
Phillipsart wrote:Why not just walk that last bit on the Overland Track instead of taking the ferry. I have no plans on taking a ferry. As long as fitness is fine and your are prepared with quality gear, surely you's want to get the most out of the experience. Do many people choose to walk instead of taking the ferry?
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