australia:vic:overnightwalks
best overnight bushwalks in Victoria
see also:
- How far can an older person hike with average ability and a 12-14kg backpack?
- the rough rule of thumb is to plan to walk only 8-12 km per day of full pack carrying and count every 100m climbed or descended as an extra kilometre walked.
- Camp amongst the snow gums rather than in the lower Mountain Ash areas - Mountain Ash are prone to falling unpredictably
top rated overnight hikes in Victoria
- Howitt Circuits
- difficult graded Helicopter Spur, Mt Magdala, Mt Howitt, Howitt Spur circuit
- mod. graded Crosscut Saw circuit for fit walkers
- Feathertop Circuit
- Loch CarPark, Mt Loch, Machinery Spur, Blairs Hut, Diamantina Spur (VERY steep!), Feathertop, Razorback
- Cobbler Lake - Mt Speculation Circuit
- Cobbler Lake to Mt Spec, Kings Spur to Mt Konica, scrub bash to vehicle track, vehicle track to Mt Cobbler turnoff, Mt Cobbler, Cobbler Lake
- Baw Baw Plateau (near Walhalla)
- Mt Buller/Mt Stirling
- Cathedral Range Circuit
- starts and finishes at Cooks Mill
- Major Mitchell Plateau in the Grampians
- Wilsons Prom
- classic circuit: Telegraph Saddle > Sealers' Cove > Refuge Cove > Waterloo Bay
- circuit of the northern wilderness area of Wilson's Promontory, Five Mile Beach car park > Johnny Souey Cove > Tin Mine Cove > Chinaman's Swamp > return
- Grampians Peaks Trail Hike
- choose from:
- 160km 13 day hike
- 3 day hikes
- Great Ocean Walk
- Wilderness Coast Walk, from Malacoota to Merrica River
- Beeripmo Walk in Mount Cole
- 21km, 11hrs, moderate
- the perfect family overnight walk, not too hard, well signed, some wildlife, not too far from Melbourne, ideal for kids
- 1st day is 8-9km mainly uphill, ascending 700m and takes 4hrs
- Beeripmo campsite is well maintained with two drop toilets, a few fire rings and a rainwater tank but tent sites are gravel/dirt so you may want to bring a groundsheet.
- 2nd day:
- most people don't walk to the actual top of Mt Buangor (987m) as there is no view but there is a moss covered cairn of rocks and a small timber shelter-like structure, most stop at the lookout!
- from Mugwamp Camp onwards is downhill all the wat back to Richards Camp car park
- consider also taking the side trip to Mt Buangor and maybe cave hill and maybe even the Glut to extend it a bit
- most use Chapman's notes for navigation
- The Fortress
- in the Grampians, is pretty rugged, no tracks, no notes, and some lovely scenery
- The Black Range
- west of the Gramps
- Reedy Creek Chasm
- Grand Strzelecki Track
- very pretty along the creek
- Little Desert - Desert descovery walk
- go in via Brumby Point, out via Forlorn Hope. This will need a car shuffle
- Mt Bogong
- Victoria's tallest peak at 1986m, it is a strenuous climb best done in summer, avoid the summit in poor weather as navigation can be difficult and fatal
- can camp at Mountain Creek Car Park at the base
- via Staircase Spur
- most direct route but steep, ascending 1370m over 7km taking 3-4hrs, can be done as a hard 7-10 hour day walk
- can camp half way up at Bivouac Hut (2hrs hike up from Mountain Creek Car Park) which provides emergency shelter, wood fire and perhaps rain tank water, as the Bogong summit is very exposed
- the last part of the walk is a steep climb – nearly 200m of altitude in under a kilometre – which is the most exposed section, and treacherous in icy conditions
- via Eskdale Spur
- track climbs steeply up the Eskdale Spur past Michell Hut to the tree line where the track intersects with the Granite Flat Track
- at the summit you can:
- walk 3km east to Cleve Cole Hut
- walk 1.5km west to West Peak (1965m) and views of Mt Beauty
- Great South Western Ocean Walk
- Licola region
- gravel road north of Licola is relatively slow going by car - Melbourne to Mt Howitt carpark takes 6-6.5hrs drive!
- easy 15km return Macalister Springs and Howitt link day hike
- easy 8.5km day hike circuit Bryces Gorge, waterfalls, Guys hut
- The Crinoline
- Mt Wellington, Lake Tali Karng and the Valley of Destruction
- Moroka Gorge, Snowy Bluff
australia/vic/overnightwalks.txt · Last modified: 2023/03/28 21:42 by gary1