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Three Capes Track | Tasmania
Off-Track Navigation in the Tyndall Ranges of Tasmania’s Wild West
Frenchman’s Cap: Type II Fun in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park | Tasmania
A Solo Journey Across The Western Arthurs Traverse in Tasmania
The Larapinta Trail [Part II]: Crossing the Red Centre

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ᨏ The environment is where we all meet; where w

ᨏ The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. - Lady Bird Johnson

We had a pretty rad camp spot facing Mount Tyndall. It was a warm February day, with a gentle chill around dinner time, but a cozy sleep. It was one of the best bush sleeps I’ve had. Perhaps due to the right equipment for once.

Not a soul around - we had this place all to ourselves. One of the most magical experiences is to have something to yourself. Sure a bit selfish, but it’s not planned, it just happens and for quiet moments of solitude like this, it’s damn worth the work!

The Tyndall Ranges are an absolute dream! They’r

The Tyndall Ranges are an absolute dream! They’re relatively unheard of to the common ear. So when my dear friend @lauren_m_mac sent me an IG message asking if I’d ever heard of them - I said no, but let’s go!
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Sharing a passion with a friend that’s willing to go get lost with you is one of the most beautiful qualities I share with Lauren. A friendship that started over Instagram and then blossomed into two goofs who couldn’t stop talking or laughing. After my first few weeks in Tassie, I ended up becoming Lauren’s not so temporary roommate 🤣The move-in wasn’t planned, it just happened 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Fast forward to the Tyndalls — navigating these beauties became our last adventure together before we would go out separate ways - Lauren back to work, and me, back to the mainland (or I thought!)... turns out I went all the way back to Canada 😭.
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We planned for 2 days 1 night and we were overly ambitious with our goals. We hoped to summit Mt Tyndall, Mt Geikie, and Mt Murchison. We kinda got 2/3 done, but more technically speaking, we only got 1/3 checked.
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We didn’t reach the actual Mt Tyndall summit. Instead, we summited a peak adjacent to it & below which we ended up setting camp that forced us to stare at our lil mistake.
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Despite the mishap, Day 1 was epic nonetheless. We had an epic camp set up, saw an incredible sunset, and Lauren even shared an instant soup pack with me. As if she hadn’t already done enough for me, I was even eating her food! (What a needy friend).
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A true blessing, a friendship meant to be and an epic day 1 was only the start to an awesome adventure.
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Stay tuned, day 2 coming shortly (but never trust that word- when I say shortly, it usually that means in like a week or two...)
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Stats: 5.81km, 4.07hrs, 855m elevation gain, 243m loss

—excited to bring you trail notes and memories f

—excited to bring you trail notes and memories from one of the most photogenic landscapes Tasmania has to offer.

I was lucky enough to have experienced this epic off-track adventure with @lauren_m_mac — stay tuned for one epic lowdown on the Tyndall Ranges, Tassie’s hidden gem ᨏ

m t r o l a n d — trail notes It seems there a

m t r o l a n d — trail notes

It seems there are small changes happening about. But in the meantime, I am enjoying being home bound more. I’m not even making lists of what I want to do, see, explore, and where to travel to. It’s in my heart. My body and mind will guide me to where I feel a pull when the time is right again. It’s how I’ve done the majority of my adventures. Intuition and vulnerability is what I use to guide me.

hiking mt roland with @alissa.ward was our first hiking adventure together. I had just finished a series of multi day hikes so the fact this was a rather easier hike was very welcoming. My body felt the fatigue, my muscles felt the strain from my minimalist shoes, and my mental energy felt weak. But having great friends around who understand all these things make it more bearable.

We did this hike towards the end of February. A warm day of taking on 17.35km, 6.5hrs, and 1045m ascent, made for this hike one of the top day hikes around the northwest of Tassie. It had a steep start and then levelled out through the plains before a gradual ascent to the trig station. If you’re a peak bagger, look in the book of Abels. It’s a great way to tick off summits in stunning corners of the island!

Situated near the village of Sheffield on the northern edge of the Great Western Tiers region, this mountain has a dominating presence and can be seen from a good distance en route to the trailhead. Despite its daunting look, it’s a rewarding 360 panoramic view from the top. 📸: @alissa.ward

c h e c k i n g i n — I haven’t missed postin

c h e c k i n g i n — I haven’t missed posting on Instagram tbh. I’ve still been scrolling and connecting with beautiful people but I’ve had no desire to post content.

As much as I love posting my trail notes and sharing adventure, I’ve also been up to some new things that have required time and energy (the likes of new work, new apartment, home cooking, and online shopping - cause balance right?). It’s always nice to have a little social media distance, something that I don’t have to force myself to do, but rather happens organically when I get immersed in new projects.

But I miss this little nugget @alissa.ward who stumbles over her own feet 🙈 we met over Instagram in Aus, became hiking buddies months later and friends in tassie. She’s also one of the gals I never got to hug goodbye when I left Australia suddenly due to the current pandemic.

These times are difficult but I’ve also seen individuals and businesses blossom with new levels of creativity and it’s a beautiful thing to see innovation arise in the midst of pain, difficulty, and uncertainty. Nature is healing, people are slowing down and healing, and we’re forced to slow down and distance ourselves from things that don’t matter as much when instant gratification is out of the equation.

To bring some good memories about, cheers to this gal, who had the patience of a saint when we hiked this mountain because it wasn’t really my day. I was slow, fatigued and not really myself. To many more Canadian and Australian adventures, and really anywhere else that our hiking hearts cross again! 🥾

m t ᨏ r o l a n d | trail notes coming epic

m t ᨏ r o l a n d | trail notes coming

epic snap 📸 by: @alissa.ward

Day 3/3 - Three Capes Track self-guided+free A s

Day 3/3 - Three Capes Track

self-guided+free

A simple quick pack up at Bare Knoll had me headed towards Retakunna Hut beyond which the trail continues towards Cape Huay.

This is the second cape on this trail. It’s stunning and worth doing the extra out and back section before getting back on the track to loop back to Fortescue Bay.

Note: Though the huts are off limits to self-guided trekkers, you are allowed to chill here and refill your water here as there is no accessible water at either of the two campsites designated for walkers doing their own unpaid version.

This day has the most amount of elevation gain and heaps of stairs. You’ll break a sweat as the trail navigates through a steep and thick wet forest.

Watch your time today if you intend on catching your pre-booked shuttle from Port Arthur back to Hobart. You’ll need to manage your time as you still have a hitchhike component to get through from Fortescue to Port Arthur.

This walk takes you back in time to Old Jurassic Park times 185mya. The flora and fauna sightings are exciting and the trail is so easy to follow and navigate.

If you’d like to complete the 3rd cape, that’s Cape Raoul, and can be done as a day walk (out and back). It’s been brought to my attention that there is a way to start your free walk at Denman’s Cove- it requires two things: bush bashing on a less defined path and also a hitchhike.

If you’re not comfortable with this, I recommend starting at Fortescue to ease your need for route finding.

Stats: 11km / 4 hrs / 700m up (NB. I forgot to stop my watch before getting a ride, so these are appropriately calculated approximates)

Three Capes Trail Notes - I completed the unoffic

Three Capes Trail Notes -

I completed the unofficial 3 capes track which is self-guided, free, uses tent pads, and covers only 2 of the capes.

There is plenty of information on the official paid Three Capes Track that uses huts (they are v. nice), but I barely found any info on the free version - so I went out and did it so I could write about it.

Day 1/3 involved a shuttle from Hobart to Port Arthur, a hitchhike from PA to Fortescue Campground (I dreaded this part), and finally, starting on the Old Cape Pillar track - not far down the road behind the visitors center.

It was a cruisy flat walk to my camp, where I pitched my tent at the Bare Knoll Campsite. There is a second site which people seem to discourage because it’s steep (up & down) to get to, there’s leeches apparently, and it’s just meh. I didn’t check it out, I cannot vouch for those facts.

Bare Knoll is epic. Beautiful new tent pads, lovely drop toilet and there was even toilet paper when I was there!

9.64km/2.58hrs/300m up/62m down

Day 2/3 - a relatively easy out & back day. Bare Knoll campsite to Cape Pillar & The Blade, with camp at BK again.

It IS a long day. Take a snack and a daypack with a raincoat, buff & gloves. It gets windy and chilly due to track exposure. Look out for black cockatoos and take in Australia’s highest dolerite columns.

19.30km/6.46hrs/666m up & down

NB: I have new information about completing ALL 3 capes for free, and will include that in the blog online-stay tuned.

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