The Overland Track Tasmania - Overland Jeep Gladiator around Australia

Katie and I set out to hike 100 kilometres through the UNESCO World Heritage wilderness of Tasmania over the course of nine days. We'll be completely self-supported as we carry everything we need on our backs for the journey on Australia's premier wilderness hike!
Support my work on Pattern for exclusive behind the scenes content, early access and more:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/ theroadchoseme
The Camera Gear I use:
-------------------------------------
amzn.to/2TcdBXo
Stay in touch:
--------------------------
❱ Instagram - / theroadchoseme
❱ Facebook - / theroadchoseme
Books I've published about my expeditions around the world:
--------------------------------------
❱ The Road Chose Me Volume 2: Three years and 54,000 miles around Africa
375 pages of misadventures, stories, characters, politics and more from driving all the way around Africa!
amzn.to/3pnVKu6
❱ 999 Days Around Africa: The Road Chose Me
75 page full-color photography book from each of the 35 countries I visited in Africa
amzn.to/2H93IUH
❱ The Road Chose Me Volume 1: Two years and 40,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina
265 pages of adventure, inspiration and antics from driving the length of the Pan-American highway
amzn.to/2vfCYvn
❱ Overland Travel Essentials: West Africa: Myths, Misconceptions and Misnomers
Everything you need to know to undertake your own Overland Expedition in West Africa
amzn.to/2veyQMt
❱ Work Less to Live Your Dreams: A practical guide to saving money and living your dreams
The tips, tricks, ideas and perspectives I've learned to save the money I need to live the life I want
amzn.to/2OD6UtA
#Tasmania #OverlandTrack #Hiking

[@utahjohnnymontana3373]

My odds of ever seeing Tasmania in person are quite long so thank you for this opportunity to see it through your eyes. That place looks amazing.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@happycamper1687]

Thank you for making this particular story and for sharing the adventure with us. It was in the year 2000 that I traveled around Australia in a camper van. When I made it to cradle mountain I realized that I wasn't equipped for multi-days backpacking trips and I didn't make it past a few hour day hike onto the trail. Following that disappointment I picked up a backpack for the first time since Boy Scouts and I've been backpacking for hundreds of nights since and made it to the most incredible and remote locations. It really was the Overland Track and not being able to do it that inspired me to get back into backpacking. Someday I intend to return to Cradle Mountain myself and complete it at last. Thanks for sharing this experience and sending me on my own trip down memory lane!

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Incredible to hear!

[@troyhunter4740]

Awesome trip Dan & Katie!.. Id love for a video about what you carried on this trip in your bags!

[@livingworkingoutsidebox]

Looked like an incredible hike. The landscape creates a prehistoric Land of the Lost vibe. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@trackexplore]

Wow, that's fantastic scenery. Great effort from the two of you, doing the hiking. Thanks for sharing.

[@briangudger3466]

You look so happy Dan! Awesome hike! Edited to add - it's great seeing more Katie in this video!

[@GATORADDAM]

Ok, I have nothing critical to say about this one. That was stunning, wild, remote and completely challenging! What a great adventure! And my complements to Katie's beautiful hair.

[@fabianbaptiste1353]

Fantastic... This is why we follow your adventures. Added to our Bucket List 👍🏿

[@guidok3762]

You both are brave outdoor people, walking and walking, day after day. Great job, love the way you filmed everything so that we can enjoy your adventures in Tasmania. If you have time in the near future I highly recommend the Mountainbike trails onethisch beautiful island. Greetings from the Netherlands ✌️💪👍👌🥇😀

[@calsurflance5598]

Great video Dan! Thanks for taking us along.👍 I think of the people who never get out of their own neighborhood. Just in the past week my wife and I skied in Yosemite NP and bicycled around Monterey Peninsula. Life goes by fast. If you don’t get out and do stuff when you can, the time will come when you can’t. Well done!👌

[@brownneedles6045]

What spectacular scenery! Love that adventure is the theme of your channel rather than just vehicle camping.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@doughamm57]

Epic hike. More of Katie cooking please!

[@davidbochmann5811]

Yea. Congratulations Katie I am so proud of you. To watch you overcome your self consciousness and your fear and to go from turning your head every time the cameras near to actually sitting and talking on the camera is amazing I am proud of you. I hope that she will talk to us more and spend more time with us live. I suspect you’re probably a pretty amazing lady if Dan hangs out with you. On a sidenote Dan those of us who read your book and watch your videos know a bit about you and where you came from. It would be nice to know a bit about Katie and where she comes from. If I might suggest one evening as you sit around the campfire that she or you or both of you just tell us about her it would be a nice addition to the story. Great job I enjoyed Africa a great deal but I am enjoying this even more you have learned a lot and come along way

[@allthingsoffroad8751]

Great job you two! What an insane hike!

[@owenh727]

It was nice to hear from Katie, she is seeming more comfortable in front of the camera. Looking forward to following your journey.

[@Defender110SLO]

What a hike. Epic! 👍 Cheers to bolth of you. 🍷&🍺

[@wpherigo1]

Great hike! Well done.

[@Furniture121]

That ramen is one of my favorite quick lunches at home, particularly with an egg cracked in for flavour. I haven't taken it camping yet, but I think I will next time.

[@chickensalt5301]

Great video! I’m from the trio that camped next to you at Windermere. It was lovely to meet you both.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

You too! I hope your hike finished well - we kept trying to catch up to you but we couldn't quite make it! We had a rest day and fell behind! All the best, I hope you guys loved Tassie and much as we do!

[@Jackalopestravels]

Great video! Nice change of pace!

[@henryschamp4640]

No way! I buy the exact same kind of Ramen in America, I agree that it's super tasty!!

[@bspace7736]

Thanks Dan and Katie! What time of the year were you there?

[@robertvoss9111]

Dan how did you meet Katie? She seems like a great fit for you and you guys are having a great time it appears

[@LucasChamberlain]

7:46 I hate being the "bad guy" who leaves annoying comments, but that campsite is actually somewhere you're not permitted to camp at, unless it's an emergency. You may not be aware, but there's a zone around Cradle Mountain called the "Cradle Day Use Area", which means that you're not permitted to spend a night or pitch a tent in that area unless it's an emergency. This zone ends down near the emergency "apple" shelter. I work in the area, so I really don't think it's a good idea to encourage camping in this spot.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

A ranger actually came and spoke to us while we were there. We had a great chat and he said obviously it's discouraged, but certainly not against any rule. After a good chat he obviously sized us up - our gear, our campsite and the other hikes we're doing in Tasmania. He said "You're good, have fun!".

[@stephengeorge7510]

It's not called Fury Gorge for nothing.

[@josephinewanjiku5124]

Great 👌😊

[@directionoverland9397]

Great vid. Tassie is so beautiful. I find Vic & NSW are super paranoid about Liabilities. I find the other states less concerned about being fun police.

[@peterjday76]

Thanks for sharing the video. Enjoyed it although it was so frustrating that you kept calling Barn Bluff, "Barnyard Bluff". Not sure where that came from??? It is also Waterfall Valley - not "Valley of the Waterfalls." I also agree with Peter Sherman's comment that free camping is not ok unless restricted by bad weather etc. I though they would have gone over that in your briefing. It is certainly a beautiful part of the world.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

A ranger spoke to us at our free camp spot - obviously it's discouraged, but totally fine.

[@ShaneB666]

Hard pressed to get a better walk in Australia.

[@operation4wheelz]

Start giving that jeep a work out

[@randomracki9453]

Something wrong with that trip too much clear sky for Tassie!

[@buzzdavidson]

Great video Dan, I did the Overland track a few years back and it was good to reminisce. One point, snakes are not poisonous as you can eat them, they are venomous as they deliver venom through a bite.

[@daveweber9737]

Yep. If it bites you and you die- it's venomous. If you bite it and you die - that's poisonous.

[@daveweber9737]

I'm guessing the wood deck walkways are to protect the ground underneath? Or is it swampy and muddy and it's there to keep you out of the muck?

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

I think both Dave

[@thomasDLC]

If you read the meaning of venom, it's a poisonous substance.

[@buzzdavidson]

@@thomasDLC correct, the venom is poisonous but a snake is not, it is venomous meaning it has and delivers venom through a bite.

[@paulskystoneadventures]

👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍

[@jansherman7080]

Perfect video for me I am totally addicted to those kind of videos thumbs up!! Your content deserves a service like Promo`SM!!

[@petersherman2552]

No you cant camp anywhere and that ranger must have liked you or you would have got booted back to Ronnie. . Frog flats is the only odd extra. And FYI I always wanted to camp in that spot. I know exactly the one. Its even got a little stream running to one side, in wet weather. Makes Swallowdale look like a caravan park

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

A ranger spoke to us while we were camped there actually - obviously they discourage it, but there is no rule against it and we didn't do anything wrong. He took stock of us, our gear, our experience and the general condition of the campsite and said "You guys are fine". So we're good. You'll be happy to know the creek was running well

[@peterhaan9068]

Dan, would you please explain the mysterious need to place Katie's hind end in front of my view of some pretty spectacular country side??? Give her the camera if she wants to lead! We are here for the scenery and NOT posteriors!

[@Jackalopestravels]

I highly suggest that you go to Tasmania and make a better video. Send me the link, and I’ll be happy to watch it. Until then, I’ll just be happy that Dan took me to a part of the world I know very little about and may never see for myself.

[@GATORADDAM]

Another reason could be documentation. If it were just shots of scenery, well, I could pull bits of that off different web sites and patch together one heck of a great "adventure"!

[@petersherman2552]

Well he's probably quite fond of the woman, a tad obsessed., focused as it were. Not about to argue with that. A worthy subject. However, I agree that that particular landscape needs no enhancement. It's amazing