Hi all,
Just back from an amazing three dayer. It was planned as a four day trip, but we moved quicker than expected, walking around 10 or 11 hrs a day thanks to extended hours of daylight.
Everything I could want from a trip was there. We were able to snack on some native foods along the way like Leptomeria Acida (Native Currant), Persoonia Levis and Persoonia Pinifolia (Geebung), as well as spotting some others like Lomandra longifolia (Matrush) and Gahnia Aspera (Saw Sedge).
We have great opportunity to light fires in the rain, as it poured pretty consistently for the first two days. The little silky saw really came in handy, sawing standing deadwood ready for batoning with the mora.
We were lucky enough to be walking with a caving friend, who discovered a crack in some rocks that led down to an underground cave, roughly 5m underground but the size of my living room. Quite amazing. It's such an eerie feeling to be in absolute pitch black.
We also discovered an old mine, a 1900 hut site and saw plenty of feral pigs and roo's.
On the last of our 6 river crossings, I noticed that my firelighting kit, kept on me for emergencies had floated out of my pocket and was being taken downstream. Taught me a lesson about keeping things secured.
Finally, we had been using a Spot Messenger to track our progress, so that family could follow our movement. Only one message was able to get through during the whole 3 days, possibly due to the cliffs on either side. Maybe something to consider if depending on Spot services as your emergency device. Personally I think I'll be picking up a PLB soon.
All in all an amazing trip. Hope to have the photos up soon!
Just back from an amazing three dayer. It was planned as a four day trip, but we moved quicker than expected, walking around 10 or 11 hrs a day thanks to extended hours of daylight.
Everything I could want from a trip was there. We were able to snack on some native foods along the way like Leptomeria Acida (Native Currant), Persoonia Levis and Persoonia Pinifolia (Geebung), as well as spotting some others like Lomandra longifolia (Matrush) and Gahnia Aspera (Saw Sedge).
We have great opportunity to light fires in the rain, as it poured pretty consistently for the first two days. The little silky saw really came in handy, sawing standing deadwood ready for batoning with the mora.
We were lucky enough to be walking with a caving friend, who discovered a crack in some rocks that led down to an underground cave, roughly 5m underground but the size of my living room. Quite amazing. It's such an eerie feeling to be in absolute pitch black.
We also discovered an old mine, a 1900 hut site and saw plenty of feral pigs and roo's.
On the last of our 6 river crossings, I noticed that my firelighting kit, kept on me for emergencies had floated out of my pocket and was being taken downstream. Taught me a lesson about keeping things secured.
Finally, we had been using a Spot Messenger to track our progress, so that family could follow our movement. Only one message was able to get through during the whole 3 days, possibly due to the cliffs on either side. Maybe something to consider if depending on Spot services as your emergency device. Personally I think I'll be picking up a PLB soon.
All in all an amazing trip. Hope to have the photos up soon!
