South Coast Track - Tassie

[Laurie Knight <>]

Traditionally bushwalkers in Tassie took a short length of tube to  
siphon water from yabby holes etc.  Unlike South Australia, you  
generally don't have to carry a lot of water when you are walking in  
the wetter parts of Tassie.

On 11/12/2013, at 12:31 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:

> An alternative to carting water and having to take out you  
> containers, is to use a LifeStraw http://www.lifestraw.com.au/page/lifestraw-personal/default.asp
> I have used one in Borneo and found it useful. I even drank from th  
> Kinabatangan River with no ill effects. LifeStraws are a useful tool  
> for the traveling birder.
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> > On 11 Dec 2013, at 11:18, "Tony Russell" <>  
> > wrote:
> > It's better to take water .
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 
> >  On Behalf Of  
> > Vivien Rolland
> > Sent: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 10:28 AM
> > To: 
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] South Coast Track - Tassie
> >
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I will be hicking along the south coast track over christmas - from
> > Melaleuca to Cockle creek. I have never been to Tassie so I will  
> > obviously
> > be after endemics but in more general terms I would really  
> > appreciate any
> > advice or tip you are willing to share!
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Viv=