Overland Track·Australia
Photo: Anh Thu Le · Pexels
The Overland Track is the classic Australian alpine walk, six days across the Tasmanian highlands from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair, the deepest lake in the country. Button-grass plains, ancient pencil pines, glacial tarns and weather that can turn four times in a day give it a character closer to Patagonia or Scotland than to the mainland's idea of Australia.
Side trips lift it further: the climb up Mount Ossa, Tasmania's highest peak, is the pick of several detours off the main line. The booking system keeps daily numbers low, so despite its fame the track stays genuinely quiet, and the huts and boardwalked sections make the logistics manageable.
A booking and fee are required in the peak season, when you walk north to south only, and numbers are capped each day. Carry a tent as backup even with hut spots, pack for four seasons whatever the forecast says, and treat the Tasmanian weather as the one thing you can't plan around.
In season: Oct–May
Booking and a fee are required in peak season, walking north to south only. Numbers are capped daily.
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