Day 1: Travel from Pod Inn, Launceston to Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre. Then took the shuttle bus to Ronny Creek and started the walk to Scott-Kilvert Memorial Hut by Lake Rodway
Distance: 14,309 steps, approx 10.2km
Weather: sunny with blue skies
Accommodation: top floor of the Scott-Kilvert hut
Food: lots of snacks, with a cheese and crisp wrap for dinner.
Costs - drive to the start line ($75/£38), map $16/£8, National Parks Pass $30/£15 = Total spend $121/£62
Travel to Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre by McDermott’s coach. Booked online. Collected at 7.30am from Pod Inn arrived at 11.30am at Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre
The driver Ben, did more than just drive. He gave a really detailed history about Tasmania, the culture, the colonisation, food, land management. He was really very knowledgeable. Really impressed with how organised and efficient the journey was.
We stopped at a small town called Sheffield to look at the Murals. There is an annual competition and artist fly in form all over the world. There is $15,000 prize money up for grabs! It happens every April.
