Ideas for hikes in East Gippsland

[Benjamin]

I want to go for a hike in East Gippsland for about 6 days. Anyone have any ideas for medium to long distance hikes?

I know about the Wilderness Coast Walk but I'd prefer to do something a little inland.

Any ideas?

Snowy River National Park? Errinundra National Park? Coopracambra National Park? Alpine National Park?

Appreciate your responses.

Benjamin

[MartyGwynne]

You could investigate the Genoa gorge walk and with some investigation you should be able to make it a bit of a round trip (I am guessing this as I have not yet done it) Some folks make it a point to point walk where you need a big car shuffle.
Some research would help you out there..

[CaptainC]

I'm not sure what area you class as East Gippsland but there is the Cobberas. From The Playgrounds climb up to Mt Cobberas No 1. Then walk to Middle peak and Cleft Peak. Camp in the saddle between there and Moscow Peak. water is on the east side. Next day go to Moscow Peak and Mt Cobbler 2 then see if you can follow brumby tracks to Cowombat Flat. From here you can do days trips to The Pilot or the source of the Murray and walk out along the management vehicle track.
Then there's Mitchell River NP near Bairnsdale. Take the road north from Glenaladale and turn off along the Mitchell River access road to Angusvale. From here a walking track follows he river south to the Den of the Nargun. There are several good camping spots along the river.
If you want to cross the border by a few Kms you could try Nungatta Plateau. Go up the Cann Valley highway to Hanging Joe Creek. Climb up to the Plateau and explore. Get water from Neenah Creek. Walk out via Genoa river.
East of the Cobberas you could do a circuit around Mt Wombargo - Buchan Tops. For a warm weather trip you could drop down a spur to the Buchan River, walk along it and come up another spur.

[peregrinator]

Benjamin

This book by Grant Da Costa is invaluable and I'm pleasantly surprised to see that it may still be available:

http://www.photowords.com.au/pages/egbook.html

It was first published in 1988 but most of the information is still current. It covers the area to the east of the Buchan-Jindabyne Road, so nothing about the Cobberas, but I'd second CaptainC's recommendation to walk there. The only tracked section is from The Playgrounds up to Mt Cobberas No1 so you'll need navigational skills to do the other bits.