This morning, after (a big) breakfast, we went for a short walk (~30 minutes) from our accommodation called Enchanted Walk. It was really lovely, with moss and lichen everywhere, and waterfalls along the river. There were even three little tunnels with pictures on both sides for the littlies who did the walk. We saw a pademelon at the start, a wallaby further along the track, and a platypus once we got back to the dam near the lodge.
We made some sandwiches for lunch, packed our wet weather gear, beanies, sun hats and sunscreen and drive back to Dove Lake. We were prepared for all weather, but decided to just take the gear for wet and cold weather on the walk.
After slathering on the sunscreen (and we still got sunburnt) Andrew and Nathan entered the details of our walk in the Walker Registration book. Toby went unhappily on my back, Andrew had our gear, food and water in a backpack, and Nathan had his own backpack for his raincoat, sandwiches and drink bottle and set off on the Dove Lake circuit, gazetted as being 6 km long and expected to take 1-2 hours. Andrew had a GPS app that seems to think we walked 7 km. Whatever the distance, it took us 4 hours all up, including stops for photos, lunch, drinks, rain, hail, Toby complaining and probably a bunch of other reasons.
It was a stunning walk, and Nathan walked the entire way without complaint. I think the thing that Nathan enjoyed most was that there was so much water around that one part of the track was more like a river than a foot-track. He ended up walking through so many puddles and running water that he was drenched from the knees down. Toby would have loved to walk, but it was too hard for him with all the stones, ad he fell over after about 3 steps every time I put him down.
Pademelon
Tiny pink-orange fungi
Along the Enchanted Walk
Nathan amused himself by banging two stones together to make ‘music’.
I have been fascinated by all the red growth we’ve seen on rocks
An old boat shed near the end of the walk.
