Overland Track

The Overland Track is one of Australia's most famous bush walks, situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. More than 8000 walkers each year complete the track. Officially, the track runs for 65km from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair. However, many choose to add the hike along Lake St Clair as a natural extension, bringing the length to 74km. The track winds through terrain ranging from sheer mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers and alpine plains all in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

World-renowned for its pristine environment and beauty, the walk has been compared to New Zealand's Milford Track.

Walkers complete the trail in 5-6 days. This is normally done from north to south, which is the mandatory direction between November 1 and April 30.

There are bushwalker’s huts located at each of the five overnight stops on the Overland Track. Also at each overnight stop is a rainwater tank, camping platforms, other campsites and a fly-out bushwalker’s toilet.Each hut has long sleeping platforms and communal cooking and eating areas with benches and tables. There is no food, cooking utensils, cooking stoves, mattresses or bedding available at the huts.

The huts (with sleeping capacity and AGD GPS co-ordinates) from north to south, are:

Hut	Sleeping Capacity	Easting (AGD)	Northing (AGD)	Photos
Waterfall Valley	20	412282	5381178	see photos
Windermere	16	413139	5374873	see photos
Pelion	36	420749	5368465	see photos
Kia Ora	20	423691	5361602	see photos
Bert Nichols (Windy Ridge)	24	424359	5357179	see photos
Narcissus	18	425500	5348260	see photos

Huts are fairly evenly spaced along the track. Approximate times and distances between huts are:

• Waldheim - Waterfall Valley Hut 10.0 kms, 6 hours.
• Waterfall Valley Hut - Windemere 7.5 kms, 3 hours.
• Windemere - Pelion Hut 16.5kms, 6 hours.
• Pelion Hut - Kia Ora Hut 9kms, 3 hrs.
• Kia Ora - Bert Nichols Hut 10.0kms, 4 hrs.
• Bert Nichols Hut - Narcissus Hut 9 kms, 3 hrs.