Why don't we have an atarnotes hiking group/thread already?
We do now ;D
Do you go hiking? Do you want to go hiking? Do you think that hiking sounds horrible? (spoiler: you're wrong)
Use this thread to discuss everything to do with hiking/camping ;D
I've only really been hiking a few times - all of them school camps, it's not something my family has ever done so sadly I haven't done it as much as I would like.
The first time I went hiking was February (I think?) last year on my first outdoor ed camp, we went down to Cape Otway and walked from Blanket bay to Johanna's beach alongside the great ocean road. Since then I've done a couple of one night trips (although I'm not sure they were long enough to really count) and I did a two week hike in Nepal in July.
I've actually recently bought myself a tent - It's not a great tent, it's a little on the heavy side but it was fairly cheap. It's a 3 person tent - partly because my brother said he might come camping with me sometimes, but also because the extra room is nice ;D I'll probably end up getting a 1 person tent at some point as well given it'll be lighter for when I don't need the bigger one. So hopefully now that I have a tent I'll actually be able to go camping occasionally - actually thinking about going down to Tasmania at some point over the holidays, but I don't know if it'll actually happen.
Where have you been hiking? Where do you want to go? Got any recommendations?
Can vouch for the views from Annapurna base camp if you ever get the chance to go over there!
proof
(https://scontent.fmel5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37897868_1082669181907518_3137241221932515328_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent.fmel5-1.fna&oh=c6b6074f9d760f4e0a353e46c7230fa0&oe=5CA1F875)
(I'm going to edit in a pretty photo of the annapurnas later as well but imgur is being very slow rn)
BTW this doesn't really fit in this section but it was the best I could think of, @mods if you've got a better idea feel free to move it :)
I go hiking! (ok, I haven't done any multiday hikes since uni started but I'll get there again :) )
I go camping with family, did scouts & venturer scouts and alpine school (residential leadership school for 9 weeks in year 9 - Dinner Plain campus) so I've got a fair bit of experience from those things.
I absolutely love the Otways/great ocean road, have been through Lerderderg a fair bit, and want to go back and visit Mt Hotham at some stage.
Strangely enough, despite my love of the great ocean road I've only walked along a little bit of the Great Ocean Walk (just as a day trip), although I have walked along the surf coast walk.
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During the surf coast walk, I distinctly the group having an argument near Anglesea trying to tell one person which way to go. This was only resolved when that person said "wait! stop talking! can you hear that? That's the ocean. We need to go that way." *points in direction the group had been telling them to go the whole time*. The same person also set the outside of a jetboil (that they were borrowing) on fire in the same day...
I have a 1 man hiking tent which I adore, and will get more use out of these holidays :) ( I got this when I was 13 so weight was a very important consideration as I was positively tiny then - the first overnight hike I went on my hiking pack was bigger than me!)
Only place I've gone camping in Tassie is cradle mountain. It was very picturesque when the snow was on the tress :)
@PF 1 man hiking tents are lighter if you are the only one carrying it, but generally a 3 man tent split between 3 people results in them carrying less weight than a 1man tent each - so depends on how you plan on using it I guess :)
I've visited the tunnel (doing the 3 km O'briens crossing walk l(link to map) but when I last saw it, it was all blocked up with fallen trees etc :(
Admittedly, that was some years ago so hopefully it's all good now :) - Let me know if you visit again how it is!
Will definitely do so! I might be going back in December doing on my group's work schedue and whatnot. That or near Yarrawonga
Ended up finding a photo of the crevice
Spoiler
(http://hikingfiasco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the-tunnel-lerderderg-gorge1.jpg)
I could've sworn it was twice the size haha