Two arrivals
The South Coast Track
The South Coast Track runs south from Melaleuca to the Southern Ocean at Cox’s Bight before heading east to Cockle Creek. The total distance is 85 km. Most people take around 7 days to walk it though there are those who can do it super-fast, like a couple of guys who wrote in the log book that they took 2 ½ days, or a trail runner we met later who was planning to do it in 1 ½ days. Then everyone needs to be aware of the possibility of flooded rivers holding up the journey. We read of groups in the last few days who had had to return to Melaleuca and fly out after camping two nights at Faraway Creek hoping in vain that it would become passable.
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