Hi all,
I plan on walking the Overland track with my eight year old son in early April.
I've walked the South Coast Track and the Western Arthurs (A to K) with my wife previously and we used up most of the daylight hours to reach the designated campsites on both occasions (we walked in Late December both times)
The problem is now I can't be sure if it was my wife slowing me down or just our heavy packs and I was using her as the excuse!
I'm planning to fly into Launceston and use Overland Track Transport to get us to the trail head which means we probably won't set-off until 11AM or so.
What are your thoughts on making it to Scott-Kilvert Hut leaving at that time? I don't plan to summit Cradle Mountain as I'm certain we won't have time (I've done it before and will save my energy for Mt Ossa - weather permitting)
Obviously I plan to give my son as little to carry as possible and I'm confident he will be fine. I hope to be around the 20KG mark with everything that's needed (that's less than I usually carry so hopefully i'm getting smarter!)
If I could get from Launceston to Cradle Mountain in the afternoon I would certainly look at that option so I could start day 1 as early as possible. Flights from Queensland seem to land at midday being the earliest option.
All tips, advice and constructive criticism welcome. Thanks in advance!