Monday 24 March 2014

Mountain hike

Did the tent survive? Yes, but only after an executive decision to pack it away. We decided we didn't want to risk it being torn to shreds by the wind and rain, so we slept in the car ...

This morning after breakfast we put on our walking shoes and hit the trail to the top on Mt Sturgeon. It was a lovely walk with hardly anyone around. The scenery was great and the view from the top was really wonderful.

After lunch, we took a short trip in to the tiny town of Dunkeld. There was a bakery, a hotel and a few other little shops. We returned to the trail for the afternoon and headed along to Piccaninny. We reached the top easily and had great views of My Abrupt and the town of Dunkeld below.

We set up camp and fell easily to sleep. However, staying asleep was a little harder at 7 degrees ...