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291-K’gari Great Walk: Reality vs Expectations

Show notes

In this final episode of our series on our recent journey on the K’gari Great Walk we look and at our pre-trip expectations and compare them to the reality of our on-trail experience. In addition will provide recommendations to assist you if you are planning on doing this trip yourself.

Podcast overview

Podcast and Episode introduction (time index 0:01:33)
- Transport (time index 0:02:04)
  - Was it as complex as we thought it was going to be?
    - Taxi-Plane-Plane-Bus-Ferry-Taxi to trail head
    - Taxi trip
      - Tide dependant
      - A slower than expected taxi trip on a sandy busy 4wd track
- Trail tread (time index 0:08:33)
  - Better than we thought
  - Single Track trail and Management Road
  - Firm sandy base
- Campsite facilities (time index 0:10:03)
  - Overall discussion including
    - Toilets
      - Bring your own toilet paper
      - Toilets outside fenced area
    - Tent pads
      - Table platform
      - Lock box for food and packs for each tent site
    - Water
      - Lakes
      - Taps at some sites
      - Toilet hand washing basin at the larger sites
      - Bring a water filter or at the very least something to filter out the solids
- Mobile and internet reception (time index 0:20:28)
  - Currently being upgraded (May 2024)
- Dingoes (time index 0:21:40)
  - What dingos?
- Leeches (time index 0:25:29)
  - Not expected
  - Deet helped
- Scenery (time index 0:29:02)
  - A green tunnel
- Animal and birdlife
  - Not really
  - Snakes 2 in total
  - Birdlife
- The little things in life (time index 0:34:27)
  - A green tunnel
  - Fungi paradise
- Weather (time index 0:36:29)
  - Not what we expected!
    - Despite the forecast the weather was quite pleasant and we didn’t feel the humidity
    - 5:00pm rain showers, at least in late April, early May
- Camping gas (time index 0:39:56)
  - An error of our own creation!
- Miscellaneous (time index 0:42:42)
  - Head net – we didn’t use
  - Check on burning off on the island
  - Blow downs
  - Overgrown trail in sections early in the season
  - Trail signage

So would we recommend it? (time index 0:48:54)
- An error of our own creation!

Close (time index 0:50:08)

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