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Menu. The type of terrain is betrayed by some of the feature names: Mt Buggery, Mt Despair, Horrible Gap and the Terrible Hollow. 26 Sun 2-12          Buckwong Creek 12.1 (4 hrs)W; 560m up/315m down. Walked out of Happy’s the same way we came in due to warnings about the overgrown ‘shortcut’.

Did the sidetrips to summit Kosciusko and Townsend. The intention was Four Mile Creek but there was absolutely nowhere to pitch a tent here so we had to proceed to Taylor’s Crossing. Note: sidetrip Mt Murray 4.4km (1.5hrs). Arrived Mt Hotham 10.30am after a grueling 10k walk up the sealed road in a virtual whiteout. Did not climb Mt Bogong this time, but visited Johnson and Edmondson Huts and Howqua Falls on the way. 1 Wed 7-11           O’Shea’s Mill Site 13 (4hrs)W; T; fairly easy; 360m up/335m down.

17 Fri 23-11          Rest Day. Note: sidetrip Kennedys Hut 2.4km (40 mins). Lovely site outside Roper’s Hut – nice clean hut with toilet and creek nearby. Camped near our Rumpff Saddle food drop off the Licola-Jamieson Rd – nicer options between here and the actual saddle (but we would have had to carry stuff).
Camped at. Ghost Gully full of horse floats and horse/car campers. Note that others camped in the saddle on the other side of Mt Twynam, which looked lovely when we passed it and had good snowmelt water.

14 Tue 20-11        Canyon Road 19 (6.5 hrs)W further down road; 1030m up/840m down. 16 Thu 22-11        Mt Hotham20.9 (7 hrs); 1315m up/900m down. Note: sidetrip to Tin Mine Falls 3.2km (2 hrs). 41 Mon 17-12      Ghost Gully (or Miller’s Hut, just short of this) 19 (6.5hrs)W; T; 265m up; 400m down. Did not leave room except to eat at the pub/café. Camped very gratefully at Barry Saddle with slightly yellowed water from the tank (filter for mosquito larvae). Did not leave room except to eat at the pub/café. The fourth of Australian Traveller’s epic bushwalks, the Australian Alps Walking Track is also the highest. 37 Thu 13-12        Mackay’s Hut 8.8km (3 hrs)W; T; 285m up/355m down. Follow These purple fields on WordPress.com. 40 Sun 16-12        Witzes Hut 19.7 (7 hrs)W at Tantangara Creek 2km from hut; 455m up; 560m down. Made to Happy’s by lunchtime. Good camp spot just up the Mt Murray side with water just down the ACT side. Camped outside Cleve Cole Hut (which was extremely busy with AAWT walkers and a school group! 11 Sat 17-11         Vallejo Gantner Hut 13 (6 hrs)W; 885m up/635m down. No toilet but Dip Creek is truly delightful. In the middle of winter 2018 my brother Andy, a Paramedic from East Gippsland, and I, an Outdoor Education Teacher from Hobart, set out to complete a 660 kilometre, south to north, winter traverse of the Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT). Note: sidetrip Mt Pilot 3.3km (1.5hrs). Great reception here. The Australian Alps Walking Track is a long-distance walking trail through the alpine areas of Victoria, New South Wales and ACT.

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