Category Archives: Tasmanian Wilderness

Photographic Events

Two wilderness photographic events are on the horizon. Blue Mountains photographers, Ian Brown, Len Metcalf and Mike Stacey have an exibition of their photographs of the Blue Mountains at the Blue Mountains Heritage Centre at the end of Govetts Leap … Continue reading

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Overland Track – Tasmania – New Usage Policy

This was recently posted on the bushwalk.com forum by a representative of the Parks and Wildlife Service in Tasmania – A copy of Parks’ new “OVERLAND TRACK USAGE POLICY” – August 2012. ===================================================== This policy provides rules designed to manage … Continue reading

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Western Arthurs – Visitation Figures

While waiting for  our bus at Scotts Peak Dam after the Western Arthurs walk I had a bit of time on my hands. So I perused the intentions logbook at the trailhead and made a few notes. Back home, I … Continue reading

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Western Arthurs – Tasmania

One of my favourite walks is a traverse of the Western Arthur Range in South West Tasmania. I first visited this range as part of a long walk back in 1975, and it is one place that I have been … Continue reading

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Yopyop

“Yopyop” was the name that, according to a story, either Olegas Truchanus or Reg Williams gave to the Southern Spur of the Prince Of Wales Range in Tasmania. Chris Cosgrove of SUBW tells this story – At the southern extremity … Continue reading

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The Abels

What is an “Abel”? It is a “significant” Tasmanian peak – or more formerly a Tasmanian Peak over 1100m in elevation and separated by other peaks by a drop of at least 150m. The concept is largely modelled from the … Continue reading

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