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Kosciuszko Main Range Walk

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Kosciuszko Main Range Walk - Charlotte Pass to Mount Kosciuszko is a 9-hour, 22 km loop that starts (and ends) at Charlotte’s Pass. We decide to visit in mid April before the temperature in the alpine region starts to drop. We headed towards Blue Lake to do the longer section of the hike prior to the summit. Being an alpine region Kosciuszko national parks ask you to carry everything out (no burying the business) so we planned our hike around toilet locations. There are two toilets, at the start and a second between the summit and Seamans Hut. The track is well differentiated and maintained, there are however narrow sections at the higher region of the walk that require some common sense and care when traversing. We took a detour to get a closer look at the blue lake pictured below. After the summit we decided to camp just past Seamans Hut as we spotted a prime location (protected from wind on two sides, flat ground and a view). The walk back along the summit trac