To see what I carried check out my gear list and food ideas.
Stage 1 - Warburton to Rumpff Saddle - 155km - 8 days
Stage 2 - Rumpff Saddle to Hotham Village - 105km - 5 days
Stage 3 - Hotham Village to Cleave Cole Hut - 44.5km - 2 days
Stage 4 - Cleave Cole hut to Threabo Village - 161km - 9 days
Stage 5 - Threadbo Village to Kiandra - 114km - 6 days
Stage 6 - Kiandra to Tharwa - 119.5km - 6 days
At the end of each stage I had one of three types of food drop: mail to the village post office (Mt Hotham and Threadbo), a food drop placed by driving in prior to the walk (Rumpff Saddle and Kiandra), or a food drop placed by walking in prior to the walk (Cleave Cole Hut).
For car food drops I simply hid my plastic bucket full of food in the bushes. There were no problems with this in terms of animals or theft.
Australian Alps Walking track Map Guide" by Australian Alps National Parks - a book of large scale maps that follow the route, useful for planning
"The Australian Alps Walking Track" by Ken Cleine - the author completed the AAWT in 1997 and provides details of his preparation and planning as well as a diary account of his walk, a bit expensive for what you get
Australian Alps National Parks - the joint site of the controlling bodies of the vaious parks that make up the Australia Alps
Canberra Bushwalking Club - a useful site with the report of four club members who completed the AAWT in 2000
Martyrs Bus Service - bus service from Lilydale to Warburton for access to the Upper Yarra Trail and AAWT
Stage 1 - 1:25,000 Ada River (Vicmap), 1:25,000 McCarthy (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Toorongo (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Tanjil Bren (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Mount Gregory (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Mount Easton (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Connors Plain (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Skene South (Vicmap)
Stage 2 - 1:25,000 Skene South (Vicmap), 1:25,000 Skene North (Vicmap), 1:50,000 Tamboritha-Moroka (Vicmap), 1:50,000 Howitt-Selwyn (Vicmap), 1:50,000 Dargo Plains-Cobungra (Vicmap), 1:50,000 Bogong Alpine Area (Vicmap Outdoor Leisure Series)
Stage 3 - 1:50,000 Bogong Alpine Area (Vicmap Outdoor Leisure Series)
Stage 4 - 1:50,000 Bogong Alpine Area (Vicmap Outdoor Leisure Series), 1:50,000 Benambra-Leinster (Vicmap), 1:50,000, Dart-Gibbo (Vicmap), 1:50,000 Suggan Buggan (CMA), 1:50,000 Threadbo (CMA)
Stage 5 - 1:50,000 Threadbo (CMA), 1:50,000 Mount Kosciusko (CMA), 1:50,000 Khancoban (CMA), 1:50,000 Eucumbene (CMA), 1:25,000 Denison (CMA), 1:25,000 Cabramurra (CMA), 1:25,000 Ravine (CMA)
Stage 6 - 1:25,000 Ravine (CMA), 1:25,000 Tantangara (CMA), 1:25,000 Rules Point (CMA), 1:25,000 Rendezvous Creek (CMA), 1:25,000 Corin Dam (CMA)
After many trips to the local supermarket I bought about AUD$270 and 33kg of food. I individually packaged all 33 dinners for ease out on the trail. All the food was sorted into the various stages and boxed depending on the type of food drop. For food drops to be left in the bush I used large plastic bucket type bins which stood up the the weather perfectly.
On the few nights I spent at Hotham and Threadbo I will bought food from the shops in those villages.
In each food drop there was extra emergency food. If I hadn't eaten the emergency food from the previous stage I ate this food as extra rations so that the emergency food didn't accumulate (and also it meant that I could pig out every so often).