Overland Track Surfaces

[whynotwalk]

Not sure if this has appeared here before, but the Parks website has this interesting infographic about the different surfaces you'll experience on the Overland Track (as at 2013 anyway).

cheers

Peter

[Bubbalouie]

Nice, but they didn't include the 45cm deep bog or that tricky rooty mud. (actually I was really impressed with the track quality when I went).

[tastrax]

Good to see more planking and duckboard and less cordwood since 2009 figures

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2009 track technique lengths

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[Scottyk]

Nice, but they didn't include the 45cm deep bog or that tricky rooty mud. (actually I was really impressed with the track quality when I went).

can you see the picture 4th from the left?
That's about as bad as the OLT gets....not very

[north-north-west]

I'd have thought the 'Mud' percentage would vary according to season and recent weather.

Kind of sad to see some of that old cording go, but it did make for very awkward walking, especially the thin stuff around the side of Pelion Plains - which was still there last time I walked that section . . .

[Nuts]

I like this. As easy as the track is it's not all boardwalk. I had started to do something similar to try show a set of track 'grades'. This is well done, the percentages are a nice touch!

By the sounds of recent trackwork, they can probably scrub 4th from Left, add to 3rd from the right?

[whynotwalk]

This one is interesting from a number of points of view. I'm sure if you asked people what percentage of the track they thought was duckboarded or planked, many would say 40-50% (rather than less than 25%). Maybe we just notice boards more than natural surfaces.

[Bubbalouie]

can you see the picture 4th from the left?
That's about as bad as the OLT gets....not very

I went there November 2013 and I can assure you there were a few sections (each only a few hundred metres long) that were much much worse. When I say 45cm deep I was not embellishing, my other half (a rather small woman really) sank down past her knees. There was no wood visible on the surface as it is in these pictures.

These "bad" bits were quite short and not really such a problem. As before I was very impressed, the overall quality of the track is fantastic. The shear amount of time and resources required to keep it at such a standard is no doubt significant. My comment was not an attack, rather intended in jest.

[Nuts]

The work is very recent Bubbalouie. Yeah, the mud holes can get deep. A stick or walking pole helps as the shallowest ground is likely still right on the track, especially if you step into the drain (also invisible under the mud) trying to get around the bog.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

(or for faceaphobes):

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