Mt Roland

Hello – another day, another mountain!
It was a fairly big day – a couple of hours drive to the start of our destination, then about six and a half hours hiking!
We got back in the (almost) dark so I didn’t get a photo of the amazing looming presence of Mt Roland from the bottom.

We did 17.71kms (to be precise) and an elevation of 820mt!!!
(Guess we will all sleep incredibly well tonight)

‘We’ consisted of Jeff, Rosemary, Fiona and myself.

It was a pretty walk up. (and up!)
(and up)

Ahhh – a stop for a bit of trail-mix. Good way to re-energise!

We finally came out onto open plains which was lovely. The sun even put in an appearance!

Still a little way to go to make it to the very top

A lucky find! Pepper berries! We stopped for a while and collected a whole heap! We knew we were going to run out of daylight so we couldn’t stay and pick for too long, but Rose and I got a good little stash each to now dry and use!

Not far to go now!

The final climb was a rock scramble -up some impressive boulders!

Then it was some showing-off time

The views were just so fabulous! As always – worth the effort!

Getting back down the boulder-scramble was slightly nerve-wracking at times!

Always some great little things in nature to admire on these hikes

On our way down – the afternoon light on the mountain was lovely.

We got back to the car just on dark! Lesson learned. Next time start earlier or bring a torch!!

I have a heap more photos – but these are all I managed to post process to at least write a little story before face-planting my bed!
(I tell ya – I am nearly ready for the Grand Canyon with all this walking!)

Have a lovely day!!

Cheers