Bushwalk Australia

Hi,

I am new in this forum and I am wondering if you could give me any trekking routes in the the Alpine NP and Snowy river NP. We are both keen hikers and are also interested in long distance walks.
Does anyone also have information about accommodation or camping in these NP's?

Thanks for your help!

You could try the Parks Victoria website, especially for the accommodation bit. They've instituted an insane and mostly unenforceable regimen of fees and bookings for bush camping but a walker who avoids the formal campsites should be okay.

As for walks, where do I start? If you want tracks, get some maps and pick up the AAWT at any one of its many access points. Start with the easier bits like the Bogong High Plains and the Baw Baw and then just go wild. The most popular shorter overnight walks are the Feathertop and Bogong circuits - Feathertop is usually just a two day ramble (although there are alternatives that can stretch it in some interesting ways); the Bogong circuit - which has may variations - mostly over four days. But there are heaps of tracks up there and you can connect them any way you like. The Fainters are well worth visiting, whether from Bogong Village or Pretty Valley, and the Jim/Bundara area is lovely.
Actually, it's hard to go wrong with the High Plains.

Somewhat different and rougher country in the Wonnongatta-Moroka section but, again, heaps of good walking although fewer (and less well maintained) tracks. Tali Karng from either MacFarlane Saddle or via the Wellington River route, Reynard (although the old track is by now pretty well non-existent), and any of the many ways to get out to Howitt and The Crosscut, the circuits from Upper Howqua being the best. And the Viking circuit, of course. There's a track up Buller on the western side, another (much rougher) up MacDonald's north face to where the AAWT passes over the summit. Daywalks like Eagle Peaks, Lickhole Creek track past Darling, The Bluff, heaps of stuff.

If you want to go off-track, again you're best starting with the Bogong High Plains. Lots of country to roam around in there and it's the most accessible.

Good intro maps are the Rooftop series. They show access roads, each edition is fieldchecked before being released (check the dates on them so you know when they were done), and they also have extra notes about points of interest and some of the problems you might encounter.

This book is worth owning http://osp.com.au/?product=bushwalks-in ... orian-alps
and this one http://osp.com.au/?product=australian-a ... king-track

Thanks guys.
Cant wait to go there...