Arm River Track, Quick Report!

Hi!
We got back off the mountain safe and sound after a fab three days.
Since then I’ve been running my tail off prepping for the first cruise ship market which was yesterday.
Today I am working through a fair sized ‘To Do’ list but thought I’d quickly say hello with a few snaps

I am keen to get some time to post process all the photos and make a proper post telling the story.
Until then…
The track in was hard work for the first part.
A lot of up… that kept going up, but the subsequent walk into Pelion was pretty cruisy.
Hot day but still some mud puddles on the track

The native Waratah was just coming into bloom which was nice. They end up quite red. I might have some other pics of them … still have to go through them all properly

Above pic is not long out of Pelion and as you can see… nice and flat!

Beautiful Mt Oakleigh in the late afternoon from the veranda of Pelion Hut

We camped which was nice.
The whole point of this trip really was a scouting trip to know where to start and what the track in was like as a Japanese friend really wants to hike in to see the ‘Japanese Gardens’

So my next proper post will be one with all the ups and downs so she can read and make choices about if this is the adventure for her!

Still love these pink trees!
After a pretty good nights sleep, we got up leisurely… waiting for rain to stop and just relaxing.
A spot of brekkie and we headed out. Jeff went on his own so he could stretch out his pace and climb whatever mountain he desired.
I just wandered off towards the Japanese Gardens with a small pack and enjoyed stopping lots to take snaps and enjoy not rushing or having a big pack on.

Jeff actually decided against doing a whole mountain climb and I met him coming down from the gardens. So he came back up with me and we had a bit of a sit down and picnic at what I class as the prettiest spot on the Overland.

Its the rangers that dubbed it ‘The Japanese Gardens’, but its so beautiful. Looks like it has been created rather than sprung up naturally.
All the beautiful moss, boulders, rocks, shrubs etc. Just the path is man made but it makes the best place (er… weather depending) to sit and enjoy fabulous views.

The Arm River Track is a great option to have a bit of a peek into the Overland without having to commit to the week long trek – or a consolation prize if you can’t get passes as these days its insanely popular, so booking can be tricky.

Hope you are all having a lovely week.
xx