It starts (or finishes) in Walhalla, a quaint ex-goldmining town, about 50kms from Moe in Victoria and finishes (or starts) at the Tharwa Visitor Centre, about 35kms south of the Canberra City Centre.  There is no public transport to either end of the walking track.

Many sections of the walk were seriously affected by the 2002-3 bushfires that devastated much of Alpine and Kosciuszko national parks.  The Victorian section is much tougher than the high country walking in Kosciuszko, especially the section of track (route) through the Razor – Viking Wilderness Area.

The walk is extremely daunting, so most people who want to complete the whole track, end up doing it in shorter manageable sections.  Whether you intend to walk the complete track as an ‘end-to-ender’, or take the easier, more popular option of splitting it into manageable chunks, there are three distinct sections to the walk.

Section 1   Walhalla to Mt Hotham

Section 2   Mt Hotham to Thredbo

Section 3   Thredbo to Canberra.

Lyn and I were still feeling fresh as we prepare to leave Stronarch's Camp!

Be warned that some of the activities depicted on the following pages are habit forming!

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