Bushwalking is Hiking

The Aussies call hiking -- bushwalking. Actually, I'm compiling a list of conversions between Australian and Canadian. But, I'll save those for a later post. So, 3 Swiss, 2 Belgians and 1 Canadian set off on a rather intense hike. It was a 2-day hike, totalling 36km and involved carrying all the necessary camping gear for the one night stay. In one sense, I had it easy since I didn't carry any of the cooking gear. On the other hand, my tent is so small that I had to carry a tent for just myself whereas the rest fit into two other tents. Lynn can attest that our tent is cosy even for the two of us. It was a holiday on Monday here so we had the option of doing it in 3 days, but we opted to carry on for almost 9 hours on the second day to finish it off. All in all, an excellent introduction to hiking in Australia.


Had some fires in recent summers.


Finally getting near the top.


The Razorback Ridge. We walk along the top of this for 10k on day 2.


Fred, Joelle, Olivier, Cindy, Katherine, me (3 swiss, 2 belgians and myself).


The lower the ISO, the less light is let in (so, as you've probably realized, i'm a laughable photographer, but i'm learning. see, the blog can be educational too). This is ISO50.


The same shot at ISO400.


A view of Mt. Bogong in the distance, which is the highest peak in the state of Victoria (1986m ... just a shade under the highest peak in Canada at 5959 m). And yes, they can ski here in the winter. Also, you can ski at Mt. Hotham, which we hiked pretty close to.


Some lush forest on the way down. Day 2.


Tomorrow, I have a treat for everybody. Some exciting, tantalizing, mesmorizing photos of Australian critters!