Hello! We have had the best day – and I am preeeeetty tired now. Thought it best to break this up into parts.
We drove down to Cradle Mt National Park today to try out a new hike. I mentioned in a recent post about our plan to hike the Overland Track, which is a 6 day affair – carry in all food and camping stuff etc.
The first day is billed as the toughest so we thought we would walk part of the way to see what the fuss was about
Well of course the boardwalks at the beginning are a doddle.
Tiny streams wend their way all over.
Despite driving through lots of rain squalls and fog to get here, the weather today was just divine!
Lots of tiny flowers were out in bloom on the bushes
We came to a lake about halfway up, complete with old boatshed!
After a lot of ‘up’ we reached a spot where we saw a lot of ‘straight up’ !!
Just before I retire for the night… here is a shot looking back down from halfway up this section –
This was reasonably testing – will be more of a challenge with a full pack!
But the views at the top were worth every drop of sweat!
I must say it was a wrench to turn back today. Cannot wait to do the full walk!
Will be back tomorrow to finish the story!
Cheers!
I love the beautiful tea colored water! What a fun trip! This is really off topic but have you ever tried making any desserts, dishes, or sauces with Unripe strawberries. I have noticed all the fancy chefs on TV using green strawberries in their dishes. Not sure why they would since strawberries are so delicious when ripe! I haven’t commented in awhile because my daughter had a beautiful 4 pound, yet healthy, baby boy so I have been busy but I have been enjoying your bountiful garden pics.
Hello! Wow!! Congratulations on the very exciting family addition! I can well imagine that life has taken on a new (and busy) dimension!!
Glad you have been enjoying the photos.
Never heard of using unripe strawberries! I don’t watch cooking shows, so I have missed that bit of weirdness… I can’t imagine them tasting good??!! I’ll have to stroll through google sometime to check it out! 🙂
Thank-you for tearing yourself away from your grandson to say hi & have fun!! 🙂 🙂
Seems you had a wonderful Adventure. Gorgeous pictures.
It was such a fabulous day!! Such a stunning area and we can’t wait to get out to do the whole hike!