{"id":6423,"date":"2009-12-28T21:28:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T13:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/?p=6423"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:59:45","slug":"overland-track-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2009\/12\/28\/overland-track-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Overland Track Day 7: Windy Ridge to Narcissus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bert
Bert Nichols Hut and elevated toilet on the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Bert Nichols Hut in Windy Ridge, it was a nice, cruisy 9 km hike that gradually worked its way down to where the Narcissus River met Lake St Clair, taking about 3-4 hours. There were lots of boardwalks to keep it easy and plenty of wildflowers along the way. One of the cooler parts was crossing a pedestrian suspension bridge to get over the Narcissus River.<\/p>\n

\"Eucalypt
Eucalypt Forest and Mountains along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Narrowleaf
Narrowleaf Triggerplant (Stylidium graminifolium) along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eucalypt
Eucalypt forest, buttongrass plains, and mountains along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eucalypt
Eucalypt Forest and Mountains along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mountain
Mountain pinkberry (Leptecophylla parvifolia) along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Metallic
Metallic skink (Niveoscincus metallicus) along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lichens
Lichens and Mosses Colonising an Alpine Rock along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eucalypt
Eucalypt forest, buttongrass plains, and mountains along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Creeping
Creeping Buttercup
(Ranunculus lappaceus), Tasmanian Heath and moss along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Twiggy
Twiggy heath or Richea scoparia
(Epacridaceae) along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reindeer
Reindeer lichen (
Cladonia rangiferina) and moss along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Creek
Creek along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eucalypt
Eucalypt forest, buttongrass plains, and mountains along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Snow-in-Summer
Snow-in-Summer
(Leptospermum niveum) along the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Narcissus River on the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hikers
Hikers crossing the suspension bridge across the Narcissus River on the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hikers
Hikers crossing the suspension bridge across the Narcissus River on the Windy Ridge to Narcissus segment of the Overland Track in Tasmania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Bert Nichols Hut in Windy Ridge, it was a nice, cruisy 9 km hike that gradually worked its way down to where the Narcissus River met Lake St Clair, taking about 3-4 hours. There were lots of boardwalks to keep it easy and plenty of wildflowers along the way. One of the cooler parts… Continue reading Overland Track Day 7: Windy Ridge to Narcissus<\/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-6423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-tasmania","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sHuW-1FB","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\/6423","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=6423"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6979,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions\/6979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}