My next adventure? The South Coast Track! | Welcome to the wilderness..

After visiting, hiking and exploring Port Arthur, it was time to go back to Hobart and finalise my little loop along the east coast of Tasmania. I need to catch up with editing travel videos, but the Port Arthur video should be close. Besides, I will publish the Maria island video tomorrow as I’ll finish it after writing this post. Furthermore, I’ve been saying for the past weeks that my next adventure in Tasmania would be exciting. The title of this post already gives it away. My next adventure in Tasmania is hiking The South Coast Track. Let me explain to you what that is all about.

My Next Adventure: South Coast Track 

The South Coast Track is a remote 85km hike in the Tasmanian wilderness, starting in Melaleuca and finishing in Cockle Creek. It’s so remote that the only way to get to Melaleuca is by flying there from Hobart. There is not even an actual airport in Melaleuca. It’s just a tiny airstrip in the middle of nowhere. And just In general, there is nothing along the track. The first sign of civilisation is at the end destination in Cockle Creek.

I’ll be flying there on Thursday, and the walk will take about 7 to 9 days to complete. The exact times are hard to predict as it’s a very weather-dependent hike. There are rivers to cross and mountains to climb, and the weather in the south of Tasmania is highly unpredictable. I sometimes have to wait for better circumstances to keep walking.

There are no shops or anything else along the South Coast Track, meaning I’ll have to be entirely self-sufficient for the maximum number of days I expect to spend on the track. I’ll take extra days in Hobart to fully prepare for this walk since I need food for nine days and to test and clean my equipment and gear.

I am super excited to commence this walk, and I can do this after my previous weeks in Tasmania. The map had an update updated with my next adventure, so you have a better idea. Suppose it gets a little bit quiet in the next ten days. Don’t worry! I’ll be hiking on a hopefully sunny track in the southwest of Tasmania.

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