Another day, another day my garden has been neglected. The good news is, Rosemary brought along her gardening clothes! (evil laugh – can’t wait to put her to work!!)
However – we were totally keen to drag her on our latest favourite hike. The weather was forecast was good, and also being a smidge before the Easter madness – we decided to go today.
So… have I convinced everyone to come see us and go hiking yet?
I am so tired right now! That’s three days hiking in a row and today was about 5 hours or so. The weather was gorgeous – the clouds dramatic and it was so great to have Rosemary with us to catch up and show off the places we have found.
I love this cushion moss – it looks so spongy and soft – but its hard as a rock! It does my head in! Its hard to resist touching it just to make sure! And its so pretty.
As usual we had a lot of up and down scrambling.
Before we got to this point we caught up with a young family who were heading along this track – they had two toddlers with them! The youngest may not have been 2 years old yet. We talked to them and told them that the track was not really safe for the children and suggested they go back via Horse Track where we came up – more gradual. It would have been a real danger for them. They walked along a little further then we saw them turn back. At the least – it would have taken them until midnight to guide the kids off the mountain! Toddlers don’t hike very fast – and you wouldn’t want them to up there!
We avoided the Twisted Lakes Track that we did last time due to time constraints. We had to take the shuttle bus back to the visitors centre as the car park was too full to drive up this time. Last bus at 5pm.
This new track had a whole new level of ‘going down’
Pretty glad the family turned back – they would have had to have lowered the kids down on ropes!! This was a lot of ‘straight down’
Anyway… just a few snaps as I am about to fall off my chair!
Hope everyone who is celebrating Easter has a really nice looooong weekend!
Cheers!
Phew! That second to last shot looks intense with the rocks and chain guide. I would definitely love to come visit and hike and dig in the garden to barter some for the hospitality. Perhaps in a few more years 🙂
Yeah – was VERY glad for the chain!! 🙂 Make a plan and see you in a year or two! 😀
Love the pictures! They make me want to come visit. I have been off line for a bit so I had to read through several of your posts. They didn’t disappoint and it looks like you have been busy.
Welcome back! Yes – we seem to have been hiking a lot lately!! lol. Poor garden. I NEED to sort it out!