A beautiful hike that offers everything, majestic mountain range, rain forests, lakes, wildflowers and remoteness.
We picked up our car from the airport on a thursday morning and arrived at the start of the trail at 2 pm. The area gets a lot of rain, i mean there is water everywhere. On the way towards the hut one also crosses two suspension bridges, we made it to Vera hut just before dark and set up campsite on the wooden platforms. Next morning we took off for Tahune Hut and the day was simply magical, the rain forest has small creeks and moss everywhere, it is an effort to make it to Barron Pass but once there , the views are extraordinary. We made it to the stunning Tahune Hut at an elevation of 965 metres just as darkness was upon us. Tahune Hut possibly the best hut in Australia, with renewable electricity, thank you Mr Dick Smith. The park ranger Deon was around and offered plenty of useful advice. The views from the terrace across the valleys are stunning. The following day we headed it off to the peak without the packs which made it easy work, there was only one section where one has to show some physical flexibility. At the top unfortunately there were clouds everywhere however they opened up for brief moment and one could see as far as the ocean. On the way back we stayed at the Vera Hut campground and space on the platforms was tight so i would recommend preferably making to the two campgrounds by the afternoon to secure a good spot. On sunday we left nice and early and had sunshine all the way to the carpark and then as we drove off surprise surprise the heavens opened up.
Amazing four days on the west coast of Tasmania and once again the apple state did not disappoint. Thank you Tasmania Rob
5 сен 2024