The sidelining of the Port Davey Track, which was cut in 1898 as an overland escape route for shipwrecked sailors, is in turn one of its assets. In the six days we spend walking the track, we see ...

(L) Jason Neasey sinks thigh-deep into a mud pot at the northern end of the Port Davey Track, (R) Overland Track ranger James Flittner ploughs through mud on the Port Davey Track. Image credits: ...

There’s something about Port Davey in Tasmania’s deep south that keeps drawing you back. Just ask Peter Marmion who arrived at Melaleuca as a 16-year-old back in the early ’70s and came ...

The Port Davey reserve unfolds below, with its necklace of islands. ... We make our way up the track and stop for a walker heading down. “Didn’t expect to see you here!

There is no time in Port Davey, only seasons,” reckoned Clyde Clayton, a longtime resident and fisherman on this huge body of water at the end of the Earth. Named after an early, drink-inclined ...

On a day like today at Port Davey in the state’s remote South West, there’s plenty of energy to be had. Peter has been guiding in the World Heritage area for the past 35 years.