Cradle Mt sunrise
Posted inTrail Running

Cradle Mountain Run – February 2018

Cradle Mountain sunrise Sunday morning, Derwent Bridge Hotel. Breakfast.  I joined a stiff, sore but very satisfied group of ultra-trail runners to celebrate 82 kilometres of remote, undulating, unforgiving and wild trail running.  Only open to 60 runners it was a rare privilege to compete in and complete the official race along a walking track that has been part…
Crossing Winterbrook
Posted inBushwalking

PCT and Reynolds Falls

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hAhTzgQIDnM Tasmania's Overland Track (OT) has a little-known, younger sibling, the Penguin to Cradle Trail or PCT for short.  While the OT was conceived in 1931 by rangers at opposite ends of a park, the PCT was imagined and built into existence by members of the North-West Walking Club in 1972, the year I was born!  As a child…