2022 South Coast Track
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Tasmania is known for many things including for some excellent hiking but its also known for its rainy wet climate. Over the years that I have been researching the South Coast Track the impact of heavy rains on this remote and wild track has been a common theme with any number of images available online showing boggy conditions and hikers wading through deep mud.
Earlier this year when I decided to walk this track I identified mid November or early December as the two options available for me because like most tracks in Tasmania snow is always a potential. I’m really glad that I decide to opt for early December because the rain just kept on persisting through November and in addition the week I would have chosen had snow down to 500 metres. A couple of days ago the Tasmanian Parks service issued warnings for some areas of Tasmania will all the persistant rain increasing water flows and creating very muddy tracks in some areas.
Its now less than a week before I start walking the South Coast Track and while I’m going prepared for whatever conditions that are thrown at me we are now getting dry weather and good longer term forecasts which is a good thing. In fact temperatures are forecast to range between 6-19 degrees Celsius and almost no chance of rain for next Saturday which the day that I physically start walking but I’ll see what happens in reality once I get on trail.
Tasmania is known for many things including for some excellent hiking but its also known for its rainy wet climate. Over the years that I have been researching the South Coast Track the impact of heavy rains on this remote and wild track has been a common theme with any number of images available online […]