This was the 2nd of our State8 challenge.
We hiked in via the Arm river track, so we did not complete the full Overland Track, as our goal was to just climb Mt Ossa. The lovely Jason and Michelle (from 3 hills @ the good place on Air BnB) dropped up off (and picked us up at the end of our trek) at the car park.
It was about 5 hours from the Car Park to New Pelion Hut on a mostly undulating track. You cannot reserve a place in New Pelion Hut, so it’s first in, best dressed (it does sleep about 30 people, but you need to bring your own mat). There are 2 toilets and a water tank at the camp site. There is now a non slip metal stair case, making this first part relatively easy. From there is does get steeper. We took hiking poles, but ditched them when the ascent became too steep. One challenging section was on the edge of a cliff face, which was extremely windy and steep. At the summit we had difficulty turning our mobiles one to take pictures, because it was so cold!