The itinerary for the AAWT

Well last night Tim Marsden & I sat down with the 50 or so maps that cover the entire Australian Alps Walking Track and the official trail book to work make a schedule for our adventure.

We also used Karen Cody's log sheets as a reference for the trip.

Some of the things we discussed were length of days, difficulty of days, what types of days do we have ahead of us or had just done.  Also at what stage of the journey we were at, are we concerned about starting off too hard before our bodies got into a grove or are we happy to push from day 1.  How many rest days do we want to have and where?  How do we feel about track conditions and how they may effect us.


The following is what we came up with as an itinerary for our adventure....

Camp to Camp	Distance	Difficulty of terrain
Day 01 Walhalla-Talbots Hut site	24.8	4
Day 02 Talbots Hut - Stronachs Camp	21.5	3
Day 03 Stronachs - Red Jacket	21.8	2
Day 04 Red Jacket - Black River	26	2
Day 05 Black R - Rumpff Saddle	14.9	1
Day 06 Rumpff Saddle - Low Saddle	17.5	2
Day 07 Low Saddle - E Barkly Rd	12.4	3
Day 08 E Barkly Rd - Chester Yd	15.3	2
Day 9 Chester Yd - Mt Speculation	17.7	3
Day 10 Mt Spec  - Viking Saddle	9.7	3
Day 11 Viking Saddle - Barry Saddle	6	1
Day 12 Barry Saddle - twins track	23.9	4
Day 13 Twins -  Diamatina's Hut	23	4
REST DAY WT FAMILIES AT HOTHAM	0	0
Day 15 Diamantina H - Cope H	23.3	4
Day 16 Cope H - Tspur River junction	19.7	5
Day 17 Tspur - Mt Bogong -Cleve Cole	12.1	4
Day 18 Cleve Cole H - Mt Willis H	18.6	3
Day 19 Mt Wills H - Gill Creek Camp	12.3	1
Day 20 Gill Creek Camp - Mitta Mitta R	13.8	5
Day 21 Mitta Mitta R - Beloka R	16.2	2
Day 22 Beloka R - Buenba Ck	19.6	3
Day 23 Buenba Ck - Buckwong Ck	18.3	3
Day 24 Buckwong Ck - Limestone Ck	15.9	3
Day 25 Limestone Ck - Cowombat Flat	21.9	2
Day 26 Cowombat Flat - Cascade FT	21.6	5
Day 27 Cascade FT - Dead Horse Gap	20.7	5
Day 28 DHG - N Mt Twynum	20.2	4
Day 29 N Mt Twynum - Whites R H	14.5	2
Day 30 Whites R H - O'Keefe H	30.6	5
Day 31 O'Keefe H - Happy H	26.4	5
Day 32 Happy H - 4 Mile H	14.5	3
Day 33 4 Mile H - Witses H	20.3	4
Day 34 Witses H - Hainsorth H	22.3	4
Day 35 Hainsworth H - Dunn's Flat	23.7	4
Day 36 Dunn's Flat - Orroral R	22.4	3
Day 37 Orroral R - Namadgi Info Centre	21.9	4

We do expect to have one other day of rest for either recovery or poor weather so we are actually allocating 38 days for the journey.

We are going to try and find a way so that everyone can follow our progress online.  We have a couple products to look into so will keep you all posted.