Hello! Welcome to the end of another week!
I hope yours has been a good one and you’ve a splendid weekend planned ahead!
Got the snaps together for my walk back to the cabin after Sharon, Lottie and I walked around Dove Lake.
There is a boardwalk that goes right back to the rangers station before you enter the park ‘officially’ that we’ve never walked. Its not long enough or challenging enough to make a whole days drive to Cradle just to do it. Its also another 5-7kms that you just don’t always feel like tacking on to the end of the day when you might have walked up a mountain already!
So, I thought it was a great chance to check it out.
Sharon and Lottie were done and were heading back to the cabin, but I still had some energy and keenness for hiking left!
Its a lovely boardwalk. Nothing to the challenges of a crazy muddy path with roots and rocks to trip you up, but I loved it anyway!
Turbo Chooks!!
Tasmanian Native Hen… I love their nickname tho… and you should see them run at full tilt!! Insane! They’d run down a cheetah! haha
Scat ID time… Hows your poo recognition skills??
What animal does a square poo??
Yup… its a wombat! (You all got that right?) Still a mystery how a square poo comes out of a round hole haha.
The things that keep you up at night pondering. (Stay tuned at the end for cute wombat photos)
It was so nice meandering along the boardwalk. I crossed a river a couple of times and a few streams
Looking back to really great views
The sun was in the right place to take photos of where I had been rather than in the direction I was going!
Still a bit of snow left dusting the top of Cradle
Over the river again
And again
And a shadow selfie of me waving hi to all of you! (See… I think of you all when I am out and about in places like this!)
I love rivers. I think I am a river girl in my heart as I grew up in river country!
Bit cold for a dip though…
The path went through a few different landscapes too
Oh look… more river!
Above photo looking ahead rather than back!
(I got Sharon and Lottie to do half this walk back with me the next day which was awesome… they both enjoyed it although at one point we needed to pep Lottie up with a muesli bar haha)
Dead tree landscape
See the path snaking down through the scrub. I suspect the reverse hike would have been a bit more challenging. I did a little bit of up, but I think overall… more ‘down’
The currawong following me… still seeking a sandwich.
What a beautiful afternoon!
Small stream trickling down and under the boardwalk.
There were a few rest spots placed strategically along the path too
This was like a rock throne or something!
Still getting glimpses of Cradle at times!
I really didn’t have a sense of how far I had to go until I got over this stretch… where I could start to see the lodges
The rich afternoon light just made this golden!
Back to the rangers station, I decided to walk back up to the cabin because it ‘couldn’t be all that far’
Well, yah, it was. A bit far. At that time of day. Plus I had to walk by the road which isn’t as much fun as the boardwalk EXCEPT… all the animals!
So many wombats everywhere!!
They just don’t care that you are there. Busy. Eating.
Plenty of wallabies and pademelons too
And good reason for the permanent slow speed limits here.
Not sure if the above is a Bennetts wallaby or not.
Taa Daaa!
I made it. I was ready for a hot chocolate and a sit down.
The girls were already snugged up in bed watching the Sound of Music!
Such a cute little cabin… complete with neighbours!
Reckoned she might have hopped in if we’d let her!
Anyway – hope you enjoyed the walk and the animals!!
Have a lovely weekend
Cheers
Hi Lisa,
I look forward to your posts, and enjoy all the photo’s of your adventures and homesteading. Thought I would travel after retirement, however, health doesn’t permit it. That means I enjoy “traveling” with you to see the beauty of nature. The chooks are always a delight, especially when you report a little mischief. What a great garden and the products you make to eat or sell. I used to can fruits, jams & veggies, however, never made hot sauce or fruit butters. Hi to your handsome boy. (Pip)….that was rude, hi to the handsome husband as well.
Hi Bea! Thanks for your lovely comments! Had a giggle too… will say hi to the handsome boys!!
I am sad for you that travelling hasn’t worked out 🙁 I do like sharing our gorgeous patch of earth so its lovely to know people like yourself get a bit of a kick out of it (Terrible chooks and all haha)
Speaking of sauces… I reckon I am going to have to raid the freezers soon… we ran out of the BBQ sauce which is terribly sad! Working through the plum sauce because I am too lazy to make anything yet!
Have a lovely day!!
Hi I saw this and thought this might be helpful in you gardening efforts this Spring.
https://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2020/03/08/growing-vegetables-in-straw-bales/?utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=Fall_Daylily_Care_-_What_To_Do_With_Your_Daylily_Plants_In_The_Fall!&utm_medium=email
Thanks for that Sandra! I’ve had a quick read through and its got some interesting ideas – will return for a more thorough read later!!
Probably a helpful link too for my beginner gardeners! 🙂