In January Jack along with his father, brother and Uncle will travel to Tasmania to walk the South Coast track. It’s one of the greatest wilderness walks in the world. The track follows the southern coastline of the South West National Park, Tasmania’s largest national park.
It’s a 84km walking track, following the southern coastline of Tasmania. The track has no huts, shelters, or ranger stations – far from any kind of civilization. It crosses two mountain ranges and long sections of open plains.
It will take about 9 days to complete the walk and they will be carrying all of their equipment including 9 days worth of food. Luckily there will be fresh water creeks along the way where they can top-up their water. (Of course, no bridges over the creeks, so we’ll get a little wet!)
In preparation for this camping/hiking trip Jack and the boys have been going on bushwalks into the Gold Coast Hinterland each weekend. Jack also keeps fit cycling, playing volleyball and running with a running group.