{"id":6417,"date":"2009-12-25T21:24:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:57:17","slug":"overland-track-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2009\/12\/25\/overland-track-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Overland Track Day 4: Side trip up Mount Oakleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panoramic view of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) from the Pelion Hut on the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As today was Christmas Day, we decided to enjoy our surroundings and spend an extra day around the Pelion Hut. We decided to take a side trip to the top of nearby Mount Oakleigh (1286m). From the hut, it was an 8 km hike up a steep climb to the summit, taking about 4-6 hours.<\/p>\n

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View of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) from the Pelion Hut on the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dusty
Dusty daisybush (Olearia phlogopappa) found near Pelion Hut along Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) from the Pelion Hut on the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hiking
Hiking across a small suspension bridge in buttongrass moorlands on the way to Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hiking
Hiking across buttongrass moorlands on the way to Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hiking
Hiking across buttongrass moorlands on the way to Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Feather
Feather moss-covered tree trunk found near Pelion Hut along Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The slippery ascent up Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m), we enjoyed the sweeping views and ate a packed Christmas lunch. We also discovered that after three days without any outside connections, we could just get enough signal to use our phones to send and receive Christmas messages with people around the world. It was the first time since the start of the hike that we were able to find any kind of phone signal – which was very weak.<\/p>\n

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View from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View of Pelion Hut from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View from the top of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) near the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View
View of Mount Oakleigh (1286m) from the Pelion Hut on the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As today was Christmas Day, we decided to enjoy our surroundings and spend an extra day around the Pelion Hut. We decided to take a side trip to the top of nearby Mount Oakleigh (1286m). From the hut, it was an 8 km hike up a steep climb to the summit, taking about 4-6 hours.… Continue reading Overland Track Day 4: Side trip up Mount Oakleigh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-tasmania","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sHuW-1Fv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6417"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7014,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions\/7014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}