Today's office target, with the route indicated (give or take some hand-shake while drawing it
) Starting at the left, at a place called 'The Springs', looping up below the 'Organ pipes', then down & back across. Abt 12km. This is another attempt to to claw back my youth - we used to scramble all over this thing when we were growing up ...
The tracks have been refurbed recently and easy to navigate, but that first 5km is constantly up!
Look left from the track ... hmm, something has carved its way through the bush up there:
Look right - ah ha. That'll do it.
Token plant shot for the botanists like
@JohnM . I must confess to being partial to
Richea spp. Given encouragement I will relate the story of my field botany course at Uni, where we were charged with compiling a pressed native plant collection over 3 days in the park. 12 students, National Park, plants needed ... what could possibly go wrong?
Locusts ain't in it.
But back to the interesting bits. The Organ Pipes - dolerite columns:
Oh, all right. Some
fa_us crept into the pic below, 'Gondwana' vegetation, as also found in Patagonia, for the benefit of
@juddles .
Nice views, of course. Sandy Bay to the right, CBD and Tasman bridge, 'northern suburbs' to the left:
Looking north up the Derwent:
At the far right of the first image, you come to 'The Chalet', which sounded encouraging. But ... bugger. No barista coffee.
Then it was down and back across to the start. Three hours, 13 km and a glass of Riesling when I got back to where was staying!! (No, not just one, either ...)
