Top hikes: Walk in the wild at end of (Australia's) world

Arduous trek rewards travelers where Southern Ocean meets Tasmania's untouched wilderness

Nikkei walk 10 Hikers on the South Coast Track cross cliffs above South Cape Bay and the Southern Ocean. Photo Geoff Hiscock.JPEG

Hikers on Tasmania's South Coast Track cross cliffs above South Cape Bay and the Southern Ocean. (All photos by Geoff Hiscock)

GEOFF HISCOCK, Contributing writer

May 31, 2024 08:00 JST

COCKLE CREEK, Australia -- Lots of things go bump in the night in the vast wilderness of Australia's island state of Tasmania. After dark, kangaroos, wallabies and a host of smaller marsupials such as potoroos, quolls and bandicoots skitter through the forest and across roads, oblivious to the dangers posed by passing vehicles.