2020 Australian Alps Walking Track
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94 days to go until my planned start on the Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT). Over the past few weeks there has been some good news regarding track closures that provides a glimmer of hope in being able to do this trip this year. However this has raised an issue – am I a purist or am I a pragmatist?
As a purist I, and everyone else, will be unable to complete the AAWT for up to another 12-18 months because sections remain closed because of the summer fires. As a pragmatist I should be able to work with detours to create a single footpath from Victoria through to the ACT, albeit off-track, and technically not the AAWT. I’ve decided that I am a pragmatist at heart.
While I still have a lot more research to do, I am piecing together a picture of what this trip could look like. As an example, the AAWT in Namadgi National Park and the Bimberi Wilderness is still closed and will be for a long time but now that the northern reserves in the ACT are accessible, I can enter ACT through Brindabella National Park bypassing the closed areas and finishing at the town of Tharwa. Or if I’m really keen, the Namadgi visitor centre gate which is where the AAWT finishes anyway.
The one sticking point is COVID – something outside of my control. There is however, still hope.
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94 days to go until my planned start on the Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT). Over the past few weeks there has been some good news regarding track closures that provides a glimmer of hope in being able to do this trip this year. However this has raised an issue – am I a purist […]