Bushwalk Australia

A couple of ads from the first ever Tasmanian Tramp Feb 1933
I thought some of you would be interested

Great find, thanks for sharing Norts.

Poor old Bert. He'd be spinning in his grave at the thought of that monstrosity they nailed his name to.

Yeah good stuff, fascinating character, someones been scouring similar archives for the info contained on the boards within the new hut.

Great info Nuts....... ......looks like maybe the term tramping is correct for Tassie ? ......

Norts vicrev, I do find it interesting though, the history and what is made of it. Treats the old timers well by many accounts. Bert didn't guide for long, subject to the changing times of his era, fond of his hunting it seems. The Connells otoh we fixtures around Cradle Mt for decades, iv'e been trying to find out more of their hunting huts beyond Cradle (?), apparently there were three in the Rodway area now all but gone (one could very well be as i'm not sure where it was..). The area, or the particular area where the huts once stood, is one of my favorite places and no doubt a route campsite for thousands of years, now a safe secluded haven for wildlife.

Worth checking out Mountain Men by Simon Cubit and Nic Haygarth. Has some stories and info about some of the pioneers of this area, Bert and Lionel in particular. Would love to get my hands on some of the early Tramps too. For some reason I prefer reading of the trips of yesteryear.

pazzar wrote:Worth checking out Mountain Men by Simon Cubit and Nic Haygarth. Has some stories and info about some of the pioneers of this area, Bert and Lionel in particular. Would love to get my hands on some of the early Tramps too. For some reason I prefer reading of the trips of yesteryear.

Thats probably because many of the old trips were epics that hadn't been done over and over.

When a couple of mates and I started exploring the western lakes area around 1970 our trips were real adventures for us with no maps with tracks, not many tracks and no one to ask.

Was great fun. I bought a heap of aerial photos at high cost and that got us started. But trips now don't have that high sense of excitement that they did back then.

FF

Ironic isn't it, more info, less interest
Thanks Pazzar, it's probably best for another topic (one that may inevitably come up), iv'e not read the latest but some early Cubit notes on the area. Iv'e spoken to friends who spent time there as early as the 1940's but the history/presence in the valley was already moving on and the recollections (understandably) vague.

I also like reading about the old walks Pazzar. Well in regard to Tramps my Dad now has a copy of everyone up to the late 90's. Some are reprints that were done in 1974. They will be my inheritance plus alot of old books on Tassie.

Roger

norts wrote: Well in regard to Tramps my Dad now has a copy of everyone up to the late 90's.

Lucky bugger. That would be a brilliant resource.