Camp photos are up!  cows blocking the rd  Lake St Clair  wallaby eating  Shadow Lake  Shadow Lake 2    Mt Rufus  my hiking grp  sitting on log  still sitting on log  lost slipper  bunch of us  SSS exco (spot me?)  exco Easter camp was fantastic. all the hard work totally paid off. the weather this time round was MUCH better than the first time we went. clear sky, no rain, cld actually see the summit of Mt Rufus properly! the nites were freezing tho. on the 2nd nite, the 3 of us in my tent decided we cld not possibly spend the entire nite freezing our asses off, so we snuck into the kitchen n turned on the stove for some warmth. still dint manage to catch much sleep, on acct of us first worrying tt someone wld come in n find us slping in the kitchen (not allowed, esp when we were all on the committee n setting bad examples to the other campers), n then finding ourselves still freezing indoors. ended up pulling chairs right up to the fire n slping sitting up. not at all comfy. at abt 6am vas came in n we all went out trying to watch sunrise but waited at the wrong spot n so dint catch it. first day, taught the rest how to pitch tents, had lunch, then played games. or, to be exact, the committee stood ard the diff stations watching the 3 grps playing games we'd planned for them. then had a short walk along the aboriginal walk. came back for dinner. night walk to platypus bay in pitch darkness. came back to campsite for warmth next to campfire. 2nd day: the long walk. set off at staggered times frm 10am onwards. i was supposed to be in grp A but one of the 4 of us who went on the recce trip few wks back hurt himself n cldnt take the walk, leaving onli 3 of us who actually knew the route. so i was assigned grp B. had to lead the team, being the onli one who'd walked the circuit before. loads of times the path got sorta fuzzy n hidden n i kept thinking i'd lead the grp off the path n get us all lost. but of course tt dint happen! the grp did complain some of the time n going 'are we there yet' repeatedly, but it was pretty fun, esp wif the beautiful weather. returned to camp at 4pm. ppl rested n hung ard taking pix. went to the lake n decided to test the water, since i was wearing slippers. rolled up my jeans (COLD air) n waded in. BRRR. but got used to it after awhile. got ilow n benji to get into the water as well n watched on amusedly as they slipped abt on the slippery rocks. dun ask how it happened, but one of my slippers took part in an experiment n drifted out, nvr to be seen again. saw possums stealing chicken bones, a wallaby eating, n many kookaburras laughing away. grp C saw a snake on the walk but i dint. no koalas/platypus... wanna go back there again, minus the cold. |
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