Food Details

Australian Alps Walking Track 2004

Hike Menu
Breakfast: Breakfast Bar
Snack: Muesli or Nut bar
Lunch: Salami & cheese with crackers for first 4 days after “fresh” drop;
Crackers with salsa, cheese sticks and beef jerky
Snack: Biscuits (eg Choc Chip; Gingernut; Anzac; Choc Ripple)
Dinner: Soup every second day;
Pasta or rice with sauce, mince and vegetables;
Choice of: Honey Jumble biscuits; Chocolate; Apples & custard;
Cake/Muffin bars

Item Serving Amount Total
Dried/Packaged Foods
Breakfast Bars 1 bar per person per day 150 150 bars
Cracker Biscuits eg Vita Wheat 0.3 pkt per day 51 16 pkts
Salsa 0.1 jar per “non-fresh” day 27 3 jars
Kraft Cheese Sticks 1 stick per “non-fresh” day 81 81 sticks
Pasta 150 g per night (40%) 19 2850 g
Rice (brown & wild mix) 120 g per night (45%) 22 2640 g
Instant Pasta 2 pkts per night (15%) 6 12 pkts
Pasta Sauce/Curry Sauce 0.6 jar per night (85%) 40 24 jars
Sweet Biscuits eg Honey Jumbles 1 pkt per night (25%) 11 11 pkts
Apples (dried) 0.6 pkt per night (25%) 10 6 pkts
Custard Powder 1 pkt per night (25%) 11 11 pkts
Lattice Biscuits 0.3 pkt per night (25%) 10 3 pkts
Chocolate Block 1 block per night (25%) 10 10 blocks
Muffin/Cake Bars 1 bars per night (25%) 10 10 bars
Soup 1 pkt per person per night (50%) 78 78 pkts
Flavoured Drink Mix 1 pkt per day 44 44 pkts
Teabags / Hot Choc 1 per person per day (50%) 75 75 pkts
Museli Bars/Nut Bars etc 1 bar per person per day 150 150 bars
Biscuits – eg gingernut; choc chip 0.6 pkt per day 44 27 pkts
Scroggin – lollies; nuts; dried fruit 0.1 kg per person per day 150 15 kg
Veg for Dehydrating 3 cups per night
Corn 1 small tin 20 20 tins
Mushrooms 50 g 25 1250 g mushrooms
Beans 100 g 20 2000 g beans
Carrots 1 carrot 25 25 carrots
Broccoli 1 head 20 20 broccoli
Capsicum 1 capsisum 20 20 capsicums
Dried Onion 1 pkt 3 3 pkts
Meat for Dehydrating
Beef Mince 0.25 kg per night 40 10 kg
Jerky Strips 1 piece per person per day 261 261 pieces
Fresh Food
Salami 0.5 stick per “fresh” day 18 9 sticks
Cheese 0.5 block per “fresh” day 18 9 blocks