7 Day Wilderness Trek with Kids

I climb the 10 highest peaks in Australia with my two teenagers on a 7 day unsupported trek along the spine of the Snowy Mountains, the highest and largest Alpine wilderness area in the country.

Australia’s 10 Highest Peaks (https://www.k7adventures.com/climb-au...)
1. Mt Kosciuszko, 2228m
2. Mt Townsend, 2209m
3. Mt Twynam, 2195 m
4. Rams Head, 2190m
5. Etheridge Ridge Peak, 2180m
6. Rams Head North, 2177m
7. Alice Rawson, 2160m
8. Abbot Peak, 2159m
9. Abbot Peak East, 2145m
10. Carruthers Peak, 2145m

Food list (this is a no frills list!)
Breakfast
30 x instant porridge packets (2 for me an 1.5 each for the kids each morning)
Lunch
Day 1 - Sandwich in the car
Day 2 - Tuna, cheese (slices in plastic wrapping) and wraps
Day 3 - Two minute noodles (5 packets: that's 2 for me & 1.5 for the kids)
Day 4 - Two minute noodles (5 packets)
Day 5 - Cruskets (large plain biscuit crackers) and cheese
Day 6 - Two minute noodles (5 packets)
Day 7 - A pie in Jindy (Jindabyne)
Dinner
Day 1 - Frankfurts, wraps and Sauce in a tube, plus 3 jelly cups for dessert
Day 2 - Refrigerated ravioli pasta with sauce. Biscuits for dessert every night after that
Day 3 - Chicken curry (wet soft pack and 1.5 cups of rice)
Day 4 - Pasta and Sauce (2 packets)
Day 5 - Pasta and Sauce (2 packets)
Day 6 - Pasta and Sauce (2 packets)
Day 7 - Back home dinner
Snacks
-2 x chocolate bars each per person per day
-1 bag of dried apple (shared on day 2)
-3 x bags dried kangaroo meat (100g pack)
-1 pack of dried seaweed per day (shared)
Drinks
-We drank unfiltered, unboiled water from creeks and puddles. I’ve never been sick doing this and I’ve done it on every continent on earth. Just use common sense about what’s upstream
-Hot Drinks: Hot chocolate, milk powder, sugar, tea bags
-Cold drinks: the kids took a sachet of powdered Lipton iced tea for each day.

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