Spotted in Hobart, Tasmania
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From the monthly archives:
March 2010
I mentioned in a previous post that we had an absurd series of encounters with a group of fellow hikers while trekking the Overland Track that led them to believe that we were complete idiots and/or actively trying to sabotage their trip. Here’s the story.
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I’m not sure when we started noticing these, but while we don’t have blue man crosswalk signs in the States (as far as I know), it quickly became clear that everywhere else in the world does have them.
They vary greatly in their design. Finland (not surprisingly) had the most graphically polished version. Vietnam on the other hand had an almost endless variety of signs, most of which looked like they were hand done; practically no two were the same. Assembled below is a collection of the ones we’ve shot so far.
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Starting on January 30th we spent 8 days trekking 61 miles through Tasmania on the Overland Track. Google “top 10 treks in the world” and the Overland is likely to pop up on the list. It’s not the most extreme altitude trek in the world (the highest point, not counting side-trips is only about 1250 m/4100 ft), nor is it the longest trek – most people walk for 6 to 8 days covering a distance of 65 to 100 km (40 to 60 miles). What truly makes the Overland Spectacular is the scenery.
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