Wow! Quite a climb that. Couple of sections with about 50m straight down behind you, scrambling up maroon conglomerate slabs!! But here I am on the summit of The Viking. All the effort was worth the reward. It was only as I worked my way out of the trees and saw the panorama before me that I realised I'd spent the last few days feeling hemmed in. I don't suffer from claustrophobia, in fact on the contrary, there's nothing I love more at work than taking the kids ...

The accompanying photo sums up today in a nutshell. If you're into nicely manicured tracks with breathtaking views, you'd be well advised to avoid this day on the AAWT. A long hot slog through 10ft high fire regrowth in part, but this would be a tremendous cop out for Parks Victoria and does not tell the whole story. The truth is today's walk was made much more difficult than it should have been by the state of the track and Parks Victoria and in turn the Victori...

Not a lot can be said about today, except that I pushed past where I had anticipated camping to ensure a hopefully relatively easy day tomorrow. For tomorrow brings the first of the properly overgrown and scrubby sections of track. These are set to continue until I reach Mt Speculation and my next food drop. Today bought a real sense of wilderness for the first time on the trip. Apart from the 4x4 track I was walking on there is no human development as far as y...

Wow that was a hard day! Physically and mentally draining. I've entered what are known as the Dry Barries or the Barry Mountains. Right on cue today was the hottest by far on the journey to date. In the Barries water is extremely scarce, today I crossed one source the whole day. The track through this area tends to stick to ridge tops and so without bush-bashing down hundreds of vertical metres to water, campsites are dictated by their proximity to streams or st...

The hike up out of the Cobungra is one I do not have fond memories of. Last time I undertook this climb every 15-20 steps I emptied the contents of my stomach. I'm still not sure what caused it, I suspect the water at the hut, but needless to say it was not an enjoyable walk That was 12 years ago...today I feel good! The climb does not seem at all as I remember it. You would not be shocked to read it seemed much easier this time. As you can see from the photo ac...