Hello! Weekend it is and things are really busy – Only a couple more days before we head out on our hike, so there just seems lots of tasks to attend too.
Nothing really exciting to photograph and blog about. Finishing up the housework, culling items from packs, going over food, quietly panicking – that kind of thing.
Picked up Rachel from the airport this afternoon and its been fabulous catching up and brainstorming about things we are taking/not taking.
It’s the first time she has been here in the proper harvesting season, and as a vegetarian, had a simply wonderful time going and picking food for dinner!
I have done one more vegetable mix tonight – which is cooking on the stove right now – and will dehydrate tomorrow.
Actually tomorrow is slated to be a pretty big day. The hike ends at Lake St Claire. There are no real bus/public transport options to collect hikers and get them back to civilisation. The private companies cost a fair bit (around $130 per person) and take you down via Hobart then back up to Launceston – which is STILL 2 hours from home and there is only one bus per day from Launnie over to here.
All. Too. Hard.
Since we still have two cars (we bought Margies car and planned to sell ours) we figured we would do the car shuffle ourselves. So we’ll drive down to Lake St Claire with both vehicles, leave one (filled with clean clothes and treats like chocolate and biscuits)(and shampoo) hopefully ready and waiting for us when we stagger in on day 7 of the hike.
We are talking about a three and a half hour drive each way.
We decided to aim to do that tomorrow so we have Monday as a final pack day and rest day. (Afternoon tea with Aunty Ruby maybe???)
So – with luck I might have some nice snaps of the Lake St Claire area tomorrow for you!
Cheers!
That’s a really good idea to drop off your spare car. More fun than being stuck on a bus after hiking for a week 🙂 Won’t the chocolate melt on you though? I’m excited for your hike and looking forward to reading all about it!
Especially as we won’t be very fragrant lol
I am willing to take a risk on the chocolate. 🙂
Just about to pack a picnic hamper for the drive 🙂
Have a fabulous backpacking trip. Can’t wait to see pics.