Cradle Walk… Part One

Hi! Busy week but fence is done!
Decided to do the walk story in two parts otherwise I was in danger of not getting it done at all!!

As you can see… it was a magnificent winters day up at Cradle!
Fresh, crisp air – fabulous for walking up hills!

We started out at the usual Ronnies Creek… lots of the little ponds and streams were iced over

Still frosty where there was shade too

Spotted a nice fat wombat eating his dinner before presumably popping off for a snooze

Crossing the bridge

Didn’t take us long to find the first mud puddles!!

There were a number of people out on the track that morning. A group was geared up to start the Overland.
We took the turn off and went up the Horse Track where there were no other people

I admit I struggled in the morning. Its not as steep as going the other way but its longer and stretches up for ever

The views as always just get better as you go

The narrow paths are quite pretty

(Still struggling on up!)

Came across a mini waterfall and waterway

Looking across the hills… so clear that day!

Then looking back

Then looking ahead (Sob)

Getting high enough again to see Cradle peeking over the edge

The track was icy in parts. Nothing too difficult though. Enough to slow us up a little.

The old timber tracks look cool but can sometimes be a bit hard to navigate. (Easy to slide off or end up in a puddle)

Not far off the top now…
A quick diversion off to Crater Peak for a look. Always love the views from up there

Makes me feel small

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Back on the track we stopped to refill one of the water bottles with some fresh icy mountain water

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Sometimes the ice between the rocks was hard to spot

Jeff saw these trees and thought it looked like an aerial shot

Onward!

The new tracks are so easy to traverse after the old ones!

Going to have to climb Barn Bluff one of these days!

Brrrrr… well… its cold sitting here and I will warm up better if I get off my bottom and do something with the day while the sun is shining…
Back with part two soon! (And Fence Stories of course!)

Cheers