Lake St Clair NP

Feb 8th

At Lake St Clair now- our caravan is in a lovely spot right on the lake. The lake is the deepest in Tassie, carved out by glaciers in the last ice age. It’s surrounded by mountains and is very pretty. We did a series of short walks around the lake this afternoon. Saw another echidna- we’ve seen at least 10 since we’ve been in Tassie! We also relaxed by the lake for a while- I read a book and Adam played guitar (he’s getting ready to play a few tunes with you when we get back Dad!).
Will have a wander around after dinner to see if we can see any wildlife.

Last night Adam took the garbage out late and was lucky enough to spy an eastern quoll which was actually on the bin trying to raid the rubbish. I sadly did not get to see the quoll, but hopefully will spy one before we head back.

Tomorrow we intend to tackle another big mountain hike- to the summit of Mt Rufus, then on a circuit trail back down past an alpine lake. It’s another long walk, similar to Mt Eliza I guess. This walk is 18kms. Will see how the weather is first of course- in the mountains bad weather can roll in quickly and stop the visibility up high.

The weather is cool- was about 13 degrees when we arrived, but it was a mainly sunny afternoon which was nice.

Love, Us xx


Feb 9th……The taking of Rufus!

The Rufus summit and circuit was approx 19klm. Despite the length, the climb was not that difficult, so all in all the walk was quite enjoyable. The path went through eucalyptus woodlands, then to rainforest, onto Myrtle forest then the Alpine zone. Such a contrast in each zone, with a phase in and out of each zone being almost like a line in the dirt! The view was terrific with views over craggy peaks, glacial lakes and tarns as well as green forests.

We are both tired after our hiking conquests of the last two weeks and look forward to a rest day tomorrow as we head into Strahan for a look around. From there we go to Cradle Mtn NP…….so more hikes……………after all of this walking we must be getting some sort of fitness!

Bye

A+E