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yes…the internet is a good thing it is easy to check out images of all places here and OS….I have heard the John Muir Trail is great……any snow?….bears would be a new component as well
Glad that you enjoyed the South Coast, crowie.
The bog is quite indescribable. We were in it to our waists on occasion. Agree that the downs are worse on aging knees (referring to myself!). A storm caught us before we could crest the Ironbounds and making our way down to Deadmans Cove in a downpour, saw a frog doing better time – and breaststroke.
It's a magic walk – lots of variety – and great training for Kokoda.
Hi Wokabaut Meri
thanks …yes it was a good trip….the gods were kind to us as it rained the first day and night and 1 hr after we had finished at cockle creek the biggest downpour / thunderstorm occurred for at least 4 hrs…we had planned to camp at cockle creek but decided it was too wet…we headed back to Hobart…it was still raining in Hobart all of that night…..so I imagine that the track conditions would have worsened…in fact a canadian chap that had started his walk from cockle creek (met him about 1 hr from Cockle Creek) informed me of the impending storms….he said the weather forecast for the next 4-5 days was not good….I enjoyed the trip but because of the wet feet on the first day through the bog ( Melaluacca to Louisa River)…suffered blisters….enjoyed Deadmans Bay and South Cape Rivulet the most….although on the trip we camped at Surprise Beach and 3 young guys had walked in with their surfboards….the climb over and down the south cape range would have been interesting with surfboards….alot of day walkers into Track Cutters Beach with surfboards…great surf as well
and yes certainly good training for Kokoda….especially the eastern side…
Regards Craig
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