i've been out and about on a couple of weekends this autumn discovering some of the brilliant state parks within a short drive of melbourne and making good use of my tent!!
my first and likely my most favourite state park was the mitchell river state park!! for those who know me, it'd be because there was actually flowing water in the river!! the camping was busy (it was the easter long weekend) but the hiking was magnificent and listening to the river flow was priceless ;-) (does mastercard still do that ad up in canada? ;-) i'd like to go back in spring as supposedly the river is actually good enough to whitewater kayak/raft (i'm not holding my breath!!)
the second weekend away was at the catherdral ranges state park, just under two hours from melbourne and very near where the bush fires were in 2009. there was a flowing creek at this campground, very few people and multiple hiking tracks. we opted for a couple of different hikes over the weekend! the first was along the creek where we found some fabulous red mushrooms similar to the ones the smurfs used to live in!! (not to worry, i didn't try to sample them!! :-) the second was heading through a section that wasn't open to the public due to damage from the fires - it was rugged and heaps of fun!! finally, we did a hike over one of the peaks which was a bit of hard work, especially in the hot sun, but it afforded beautiful views from the top!!
my final camping weekend was in the grampians for the queen's birthday long weekend. we stayed at a scout campground where we had a cabin with a wood fire, a commercial kitchen, hot showers and dormitories!! it was a bit more about the creature comforts which is good as the weather was cool to cold at night for the three days! i'd hoped to do some climbing but i just wasn't motivated to get my fingers stuck into cold rock so instead i hiked around for the three days!!
otherwise, i've been super busy with work and my regular life (movies, drinks, birthdays, etc...) that everyone's got going on except for the two exciting things.... my three year anniversary in australia and my birthday!! i can't believe how time has passed but obviously it has!!
for those unaware (and still reading), i'll be back in canada in a month's time for just over two weeks. it's a long way to come for such a short time but i'm leave poor as i'm hoping to hike the kokoda track in september/october.... we'll see if i have enough vacation left ;-)
big hugs to all!
s
p.s. photos from the parks and ayer's rock can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/decouvert2001/
my first and likely my most favourite state park was the mitchell river state park!! for those who know me, it'd be because there was actually flowing water in the river!! the camping was busy (it was the easter long weekend) but the hiking was magnificent and listening to the river flow was priceless ;-) (does mastercard still do that ad up in canada? ;-) i'd like to go back in spring as supposedly the river is actually good enough to whitewater kayak/raft (i'm not holding my breath!!)
the second weekend away was at the catherdral ranges state park, just under two hours from melbourne and very near where the bush fires were in 2009. there was a flowing creek at this campground, very few people and multiple hiking tracks. we opted for a couple of different hikes over the weekend! the first was along the creek where we found some fabulous red mushrooms similar to the ones the smurfs used to live in!! (not to worry, i didn't try to sample them!! :-) the second was heading through a section that wasn't open to the public due to damage from the fires - it was rugged and heaps of fun!! finally, we did a hike over one of the peaks which was a bit of hard work, especially in the hot sun, but it afforded beautiful views from the top!!
my final camping weekend was in the grampians for the queen's birthday long weekend. we stayed at a scout campground where we had a cabin with a wood fire, a commercial kitchen, hot showers and dormitories!! it was a bit more about the creature comforts which is good as the weather was cool to cold at night for the three days! i'd hoped to do some climbing but i just wasn't motivated to get my fingers stuck into cold rock so instead i hiked around for the three days!!
otherwise, i've been super busy with work and my regular life (movies, drinks, birthdays, etc...) that everyone's got going on except for the two exciting things.... my three year anniversary in australia and my birthday!! i can't believe how time has passed but obviously it has!!
for those unaware (and still reading), i'll be back in canada in a month's time for just over two weeks. it's a long way to come for such a short time but i'm leave poor as i'm hoping to hike the kokoda track in september/october.... we'll see if i have enough vacation left ;-)
big hugs to all!
s
p.s. photos from the parks and ayer's rock can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/decouvert2001/
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