We have come up with a short list that meets the following criteria:
- No death defying stunts required to complete the trip - Relatively mountain / drop off free - Challenging enough to make you feel a sense of accomplishment - Multi day with at least 3 nights camping required - Generally isolated and away from too much infrastructure
Before we give you the list, recall that Australia is chock full of dangerous animals. My friend from Canberra found a poisonous snake in the back seat of his car while putting his infant daughter into the car seat. I’d rather risk a Grizzly than meet a Brown Snake on the Trail.
Great List -- But why have you missed the Great North Walk is a truly wonderful trail of 250 km between Sydney and Newcastle. It’s a treasure trove of beautiful engravings; historic obelisks and peculiar mysteries - go to
<a href="http://thegreatnorthwalk.com/">Great North Walk</a>
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More often than not on our list of best hikes in the world we promote “challenging” adventures.
The very dangerous West Coast Trail is our #1 pick. One in every hundred hikers has to be evacuated!
What if you don’t want to be evacuated?
From Our Hiking Blog:
Before we give you the list, recall that Australia is chock full of dangerous animals. My friend from Canberra found a poisonous snake in the back seat of his car while putting his infant daughter into the car seat. I’d rather risk a Grizzly than meet a Brown Snake on the Trail.
Read the entire entertaining post - Hiking with Bathmophobia - 7 hiking trips that won’t scare you to death (too much) !
photo - besthike editor Rick McCharles - Overland Track, Tasmania - 2007 trip report