Basil Steers Hut No. 3 & Gads Falls
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Basil Steers Hut No. 3 & Gads Falls

Basil Steers Hut No. 3 Basil Steers' 1974 February Plains hut Back in April I went for a trip to February Plains.  On that trip I found a classic, yet very run down, example of a trappers hut.  (8/11/08 - I now know this ruin was Basil Steers' No 2 hut after reading Simon Cubit's "High Country Heritage.")  As mentioned…
Barrow Falls by Stephen Spurling
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Mount Barrow and Barrow Falls

Last week, I drove to Mount Barrow while I was showing a corporate guest around a rainy and gloomy Tamar Valley.  The only walking that the weather and our equipment permitted was a quick lap of the nature trail at the picnic area immediately below the mountain. We drove to the car park at the top of the road…
Dove Lake Circuit
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Dove Lake Circuit

It’s the tail end of June school holidays in Tassie and I have had the past couple of weeks off work.  The break has been dominated by all manner of family activities with barely a day to spare. With so much to do in the two weeks, I knew opportunities to head bush would be limited.  Therefore, with not…
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Family Fireworks Fun and Bright Lights on the Bluff

Yesterday, the 24th of May, was the old Empire Day.  When I was little I never realised what cracker night was celebrating.  Apparently it was Empire Day.  I'm still not much the wiser.  I guess it's celebrating the British Empire that was the predecessor to the British Commonwealth. My extended family used to get together at our cousins' house,…
Hydro Hut
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Hydro Hut

Last year, a friend told me about an out of the way hut on the eastern Windermere Plains known simply as The Hydro Hut. His instructions sounded inviting: “A couple of hours walk from the Overland Track, over a ridge and down beside a tarn.”
Basil Steers February Plains Hut No. 1
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February Plains

February Plains average about 1100 metres above sea level and can be a very inhospitable place during the winter months. They lie along the flat-topped ridge that runs north south between the Mersey and Forth River valleys. In the north, they rise above Borradaile and Emu Plains, south of Mount Claude. In the south, February Plains come to an abrupt end at the cliffs of Mount Oakleigh.