Federation Track West, Western Victoria and South Eastern Australia
It’s not often you spend two months walking half a route. But, unsurprisingly, that’s more than enough time to be moved, changed and ready for mum and dad’s.
The Autumn edition comprises a challenging 90 km solo hike in Victoria’s High Country, a day walk along Mallacoota Inlet, a multi-day coastal hike north of Newcastle, a four day hike in the mountains of Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks, an arduous mountain traverse south of Launceston, and a 62 day hike on The Federation Track West linking Melbourne to Adelaide via the coast.
It’s not often you spend two months walking half a route. But, unsurprisingly, that’s more than enough time to be moved, changed and ready for mum and dad’s.
We all dream of someone holding our hand from time to time. No more so than when finding one’s feet in the mountains.
Famously stunning, yet far too easy to rush past, a stone’s throw from Newcastle lies a majestic gathering of dunes, coves and islands primed for on-foot exploration.
In a largely flat, coastal- hugging country there is an unmistakable homecoming to being wrapped in our biggest mountains.
The alt route is cast in a new light when the schedule gets blown out by excess foliage and peak-bagging compulsions.
There’s always horizons new, but there’s also returning to favourite places to build traditions and measure the scale of time.
Wherever and whenever we walk, we acknowledge and pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians and Owners of the land.
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