For those lucky enough to not be restricted to the weekends then I applaud you, but for the rest of us the weekends are our time to shine. Luckily, NSW has a bunch of public holidays packed into the summer season. As it’s always satisfying to feel like you have used that time well, had a special adventure or done […]
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Where to Buy Your Gear in Sydney?
Gear makes up a significant part of any trip and for the Australian adventures that don’t get the luxuriously cheap US prices it pays big to do your research. There are lots of places that sell their own brands e.g. Kathmandu/Mac Pac etc but when you’re looking for a new pair of boots or a new lightweight sleeping bag it’s […]
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10 Tips for Hitchhiking Australia
Australia has a recently formed a bit of a complicated relationship with hitchhiking. We had one bad guy and we’ve developed trust issues. It’s a shame because it’s a huge country with expensive travel costs. In my mind as long as you’re prepared and confident, there are a lot of things more dangerous you could do for a trip.
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Puerto Natales
Puerto Natales is a small little Chilean town with a lot of traffic due to its proximity to the TDP. It’s a lovely town with lot of hostels and camping stores. Like many places in Patagonia it’s a hiking town where walking boots to the pub is a standard. When I arrived I didn’t have plans to stay long in […]
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Five Things I Learned Doing Food For Three
The biggest planning difference of traveling in a group is food. I pretty much just multiplied everything by 3 for breakfast, lunch and dinner then alternated eating lentils and pasta smash, but as a vegetarian who isn’t bothered about tea or coffee I had to make a couple of adjustments.
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Food Drops
Where? Official Information There are 3 main drop locations. If you are doing this track without help from a friend and a car these are the only food drops you should think about: Stanley Chasm (private, no locker room it’s stored behind the kiosk) Ellery Creek Ormiston Gorge Glen Helen Resort is a 4th option, but note it is a […]
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My Larapinta Route
Day Actual Route km Time Original Plan Hindsight route 1 Wallaby Gap 13.5 5.5 Wallaby gap Wallaby Gap 2 Simpsons Gap 10.3 4 Simpsons Gap Simpsons Gap 3 Mulga Camp 14.3 4 Mulga Camp Mulga Camp 4 Millers Flat 19.5 7 Jay Creek Millers Flat 5 Stanley Chasm 4.9 2 Stanley Chasm Stanley Chasm 6 Brinkley Bluff 10 4.5 Rest […]
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Why Did It Take You So Long?
I took 21 days to complete the Larapinta trail. That includes 2 zero days and 3 resupply points. (Post: My Route) There are 2 main reasons I took this long. 1. I had the time. 2. I was nervous about being unfit. When I did my walk, I was at university and had a 4 week holiday. I could plan […]
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TDP Route
I took 9 days to hike the Q and spent 9 nights sleeping on the trail, waking up for the ferry back on the 10th morning. I used “a cicerone guide by Rudolf Abraham” – which was written in 2010 and I found to be quite out of date. On top of that I got information from the 3 o’clock […]
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