Kepler Track

Day 1

The beginning

A quick stop...

View from the hut 1st night

Day 2

Day 3

We know how to spoil ourselves....

Day 4

View from the hut

The end

The Kepler Track is 70km (44miles) long over 4 days of walking. The difference with this one compared to the others is that this is designed by the bionic people that are the Department of Conservations (DOC). The other two walks we would complete are old mining routes taking a more direct route from A to B - the Kepler is purposely made difficult! With around 2000m of overall ascent and descent our muscles were in for a whipping.

We reached our first hut with fantastic views, the hut was also brilliant. These babies have gas stoves, flushing toilets and sleeping mats all provided (we wouldn't need a poo stick for this walk). The second day is what the Kepler is all about - high, exposed, alpine views! The track narrows down in a few spots to just a couple of feet wide - not forgetting the tumble you would make either side of this. Nic's knees were quite painful after descending a few hundred metres. David did the gentlemanly thing and carried both packs - he now goes by the name of He-Man (the power of greyskull). After waving goodbye to the jagged peaks we were amongst bush again. The last two days were spent walking over waves of hills with a kaleidoscope of colours from the trees and moss. We reached the lazy persons exit (where many people exited the track and caught a bus!). We carried on - right to end! Probably the best walk we have ever done....so far......