http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ3EOYn4F4A (At the summit with Bushman Bud) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auB-UCoXC6g (Must See, Bushman Bud reflects on epic trip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1lLxSE-Dl4 (Vista 360 degrees at Mt Ossa) Rising from a restless night sleep at 5:00am I grabbed my back pack of basic supplies and headed for the Arm River Track. The information on this track suggests a 40 klm return to be [...]
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G’day all, Back in Tassie again after a very successful trip to plan further developments to the Bushman Bud website and blog. Today it was off to Tasmazia near Roland in Tassie’s central north. No 4WD or 4×4 ing but plenty of mind blowing confusion and adventure in the mazes. We started out with a [...]
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Yesterday was just dragging out back at camp so with a spur of the moment decision was made to climb Cradle Mountain…again. This time I was on my own, which kind of suited me as firstly I wanted to see just how quick I could climb the mountain and secondly it would be good training [...]
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G’day all, The weather has cleared and it is time to get the fitness level up to tackle Mt Ossa, Tasmania’s highest peak. I have found a track into Mt Ossa away from the Overland Track which is a 36 klm round trip. Far better than the trip up the Overland Track which is approx [...]
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G’day all, this was one sensational adventure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMmfSBbw-Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adZAqCL7d4A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52yvzWKpcmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poAO1_JE6_8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHqN39DD-04 We arrived at the Cradle Mtn-Lake St Clair National Park about 10:30am and it took half an hour to work out, firstly where we could drive in the park (for anyone who doesn’t know, you can’t just drive up to the car park, [...]
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Tommorrow is the day, time to climb Cradle Mountain in the Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. This is one of the highest mountains in Tasmania being over 1,500m tall. There is plenty of rock scrambling to make the creek and I am informed it is about 7 1/2 hours return. I have [...]
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G’day all, I thought I would list all the mountain peaks that we climb during our trip around Australia and rate them based on difficulty of the climb. List of mountain peaks climbed in date order (most recent first), including height and state. 26/3/2010 – Mt Ossa, TAS (1,617m) Highest Peak in Tasmania ***** 8/2/2010 – [...]
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The rain finally cleared and so we were on! Time to climb this spectacular mountain peak that you can see from most places on the NW Coast of Tasmania. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDR5tfTsuo Black Bluff is 1,336m and is accessed via Taylors Flat on the Lagoona Road (approx 8-9 klms) West of Leven Canyon. Taylors Flat is sign [...]
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Getting to the top of Mt Bogong had been a goal of mine for quite sometime. The day had finally arrived. We had prepared for an early start but didn’t find ourselves at the bottom of the “Staircase” until 10:10am. Hardly early considering a forecast of 34 celcius for the day. Mt Bogong is 1986m [...]
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