Life Trove: snow

13 September 2017

Mount Fields

I love Mount Fields with its giant trees and its sublime alpine scenery. There was a lot of mist on the high mountain so the views were blocked but it was great fun to hike through the thick snow.

Hiking in the mountains

Hiking in the forest

We moved down from the freezing mountains into the warmer forest and explored all the lovely waterfalls. Russell also got lots of geocaching in, finding 7 caches along the way.

Views between Mount Field and the motel where we stayed

11 September 2017

Tasmania experienced its biggest snow fall of the year just before we went. Unfortunately this meant that Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake were inaccessible but this didn't stop us from having lots of playful fun in the snow.

A cute wombat foraging in the snow

Waterfall Walk

The lodge where we stayed had two awesome walks in the surrounding mountains with some beautiful waterfalls. It was wonderful to get out into the mountains again with Russell.

11 January 2014

Hiking in Kosciuszko

Some highlights of our trip

The Kosciuszko YHA - friendly staff and great facilities.
Meeting up with Gavin and Peter who turned out to be awesome hiking companions.
Hiking to the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia at 2,228 metres.
Exhilarating leaps into the sky.
The patience and skill of the photographer who captured our group leap at the top of Kosciuszko - what a star she was!
Going down the ski lift, and a moment of butterflies when we went over a cliff.
An amazing 22 km walk on the Main Range trail past gorgeous alpine lakes, rugged outcrops and breathtaking vistas. One of the best hikes I've done in Australia.
A great meal at a local Italian restaurant - including delicious salmon pasta and the best veggie pizza ever (after the world's worst veggie burger the night before.)
Hiking through a surreal landscape of dead trees and seeing wild horses on The Dead Horses Gap walk.
Seeing a huge gathering of crows on a rocky outcrop - I've never seen so many crows in one place, almost like something out of The Birds.
Awesome dessert on the final night.
Lots of talk about food - and often feeling very hungry as a result.
Delicious cups of tea and hot chocolate after the hikes.
Zante courageously leaping off a rock near the top of Mount Kosciuszko.
Elizabeth falling out of a tree, then getting right back up and up the tree again - not letting anything beat her. Also, powering on ahead up the steep hills.
Michelle, the Queen of Scrabble, who not only won but got a seven letter word; "frenetic." What a champ she is!
Gavin's hilarious and entertaining stories including a new spin on dumplings - we'll never think of them the same way again!
Learning a great and easy recipe for "Poor Man's Tiramisu" - great if you need to make dessert in a hurry.