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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 10

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)

Section 10  (3 days):   Days 51 – 53 to Food Drop 10

22/5/2025 – 24/05/2025  Jamieson-Licola Road – Fiddlers Green 

Distance: 27.9km   Total Ascent: 1,473m   Total Descent: 1,817m  

Time: 12 hours   Moving Time: 7 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 9

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 9  (9 days):   Days 42 – 50 to Food Drop 9

13/5/2025 – 21/05/2025  Selwyn Creek Road – Rumpff Saddle

Distance: 114.2km   Total Ascent: 7,981m   Total Descent: 7,623m

Time: 63 hours   Moving Time: 32 hours

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 8

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 8  (4 days):   Days 38 – 41 to Food Drop 8

9/5/2025 – 12/05/2025  Cope Hut – Selwyn Creek Road

Distance: 42.3km   Total Ascent: 2,802m   Total Descent: 3,335m

Time: 26 hours   Moving Time: 16 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 7

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 7  (3 days):   Days 35 – 37 to Food Drop 7

6/5/2025 – 8/05/2025  Omeo Highway – Falls Creek – Cope Hut

Distance: 49.1km   Total Ascent: 2,583m   Total Descent: 2,624m

Time: 20 hours   Moving Time: 13 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 6

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 6  (3 days):   Days 32 – 34 to Food Drop 6

3/5/2025 – 5/05/2025  Benambra-Corryong Road – Omeo Highway

Distance: 44.0km   Total Ascent: 2,854m   Total Descent: 1,771m

Time: 23 hours   Moving Time: 12 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 5

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 5  (4 days):   Days 28 – 31 to Food Drop 5

29/04/2025 – 2/05/2025  Limestone Creek Campground – Benambra-Corryong Road

Distance: 67.2km   Total Ascent: 2,826m   Total Descent: 3,114m

Time: 28 hours   Moving Time: 17 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 3

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 3  (12 days):   Days 10 – 21 to Food Drop 3

11/04/2025 – 22/04/2025  Four Mile Hut – Charlotte Pass  

Distance: 132.05km   Total Ascent: 5,010m   Total Descent: 5,066m

Time: 63 hours   Moving Time: 35 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 2

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)   

Section 2  (4 days):   Days 6 – 9 to Food Drop 2

7/04/2025 – 10/04/2025  Gurrangorambla Creek – Kiandra 

Distance: 73.7km   Total Ascent: 1,640m   Total Descent: 1,383m

Time: 29 hours [To Four Mile Hut]   Moving Time: 16 hours

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Photos)

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Australian Alps Walking Track – Section 1

Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)

Section 1  (5 days):   Days 1 – 5 to Food Drop 1

2/04/2025 – 6/04/2025  Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre (Tharwa) – Gurrangorambla Creek (Pockets Saddle Road) 

Distance: 78.1km   Total Ascent: 3,696m   Total Descent: 2,949m  

Time: 39 hours   Moving Time: 21 hours 

Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

After months of research, planning and preparation, Damien and I were finally ready to tackle the AAWT. With my wife, Sue, acting as our support person, we set off early on Tuesday, 1/04/2025, for a 5-hour drive to Kiandra to stash what would be our second food drop. From here, we had a one-hour drive along the gravel Tantangara and Pocket Saddle Roads to Gurrangorambla Creek to stash our first food drop. Another hour drive saw us at Alpine Tourist Park, Adaminaby, setting up our tents for the night. Sue and I would be trying out my new Durston X-Mid Pro 2 Dyneema tent, a 510g tent bought just for the AAWT. Our pub dinner was one to forget.

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Mount Amos Summit Carpark – Wineglass Bay Lookout Track – Wineglass Bay Lookout – Wineglass Bay Beach – Wineglass Bay Overnight Walker Campsite – Isthmus Track – Hazards Beach – Hazards Beach Track

Wednesday 14/02/2024   Mount Amos Summit Carpark – Wineglass Bay Lookout Track – Wineglass Bay Lookout – Wineglass Bay Beach – Wineglass Bay Overnight Walker Campsite – Isthmus Track – Hazards Beach – Hazards Beach Track 

                                               Freycinet National Park, lutruwita / TASMANIA 

                                               Paredarerme country                               

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)

It was a cooler morning after yesterday’s heat and as a storm had rolled through it had cleared the air. So in pleasant conditions, we returned to Freycinet National Park for the classic Wineglass Bay circuit. Soon after we left the car we heard a voice “Hi Steve and Sue, what walk are you doing today?”  It was the lovely young woman we had met yesterday on our way down from Mount Amos who wasn’t able to make it to the top. It was a pleasant surprise to see her again.

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Mount Anne Track Carpark – Mount Anne Track High Camp Memorial Hut – Eliza Bluff – Eve Peak

Monday 26/02/2024   Mount Anne Track Carpark – Mount Anne Track High Camp Memorial Hut – Eliza Bluff – Eve Peak

                                        South West National Park, lutruwita / TASMANIA 

                                        Palawa Country                             

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)

We set out from our campsite at Edgar Campground near Lake Pedder at just after 7:00am keen for an early start on what we anticipated would be a long day.

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Mount Murchison Track Carpark on B28 – Mount Murchison Track – Mount Murchison

Saturday 2/03/2024   Mount Murchison Track Carpark on B28 – Mount Murchison Track – Mount Murchison (1278m)

                                        Mount Murchison Regional Reserve,  lutruwita / TASMANIA 

                                        Palawa Country                                    

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)

I was keen to do this walk as it is considered one of the best day walks in Tasmania. We planned to complete the parkrun at Zeehan, Tasmania’s newest parkrun for event number 4 and hike tomorrow. The weather however had different ideas. With showers and wind forecast for Sunday and a fine afternoon today we had to make it happen.

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