We hopped on a train Saturday morning out from central to Mt Vic, of course there was trackwork and that was about our longest wait all trip. We got lifts within 15 – 30 mins in general. No wait longer than an hour and lift 7 pulled in after just a minute. We only hitched during the day although some […]
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Overland Route
We planned to do it in 6 days, but allowed 7 days as Mum wasn’t such what to expect and we didn’t want to rush. Everything went to plan and we only needed the 6 days to get to Narcissus Hut, where we were going to catch the ferry over to Cynthia Bay. As we had the extra day we […]
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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 I used “a cicerone guide by Rudolf Abraham” – which was written in 2010 and I found to be quite out of date.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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