This morning’s task was to climb Mt.Ohlsen-Bagge. It’s only 2.5km to the summit, but it’s pretty much all uphill. Harry and John took the lead, while Fergus kept me company as I trailed behind, wishing John wasn’t the only person with carrying the water.

The view was great! Here’s Ferg with St.Mary’s Peak in the background.

You can see both inside and outside the pound from the top.

We had perfect weather again. The walk down was tough on my knees. I think I got second hand ones when I was born.
On arrival back at camp, we found that we hadn’t quite crow-proofed (or magpie –proofed) our camp. Hence our near full carton of eggs was raided, and remnants strewn all around. They also like butter.

We packed up after lunch and headed north, further into the ranges. It is a beautiful drive through Bunyaroo Valley lookout. The landscape is remarkably non-Australian in sections, where a native fir tree covers the hillsides, without a eucalypt in sight. It had a very “Montana” feel about it.

Then it’s down to the valley floor and along the creek bed. They recently had a huge dump of rain, so it was a rare sight to see so much water around.

We left the National Park and drove on towards the Gammon Ranges NP, but turned off to Chambers Gorge. John camped here once, on a trip with his family back in the 70s.
Another good campfire after a fun day. We toasted marshmallows, and Ferg fell asleep in his camp chair. More fun tomorrow – John wants to climb Mount Chambers. Of course.