Morton scrub… not (13-14 June 2020)

June 15, 2020 rachel

A second weekend in a row we were out the house! Yay! This ended up being a pretty bludgy trip – probably wouldn’t have been the case pre-fires. The walking was super easy everywhere, other than the nasty little burnt off spikes waiting to trip you up or pierce your shoes when you’re not paying attention.

This way to Ettrema Tops! (except not.. you turn left immediately)

Morning tea with a view through the burnt out trees

Dangerous walking with all the little burnt-off spikes

These open rock slabs were very easy walking (no nasty spikes!)

A nice spot on the creek for lunch

Creek walking

Pretty waterfall

Tom spent hours photographing this waterfall so I went exploring downstream. I would have liked to have gone further but I hadn’t discussed my plans with Tom so thought I shouldn’t go too far.

Orchid trying to come back to life

Rock formation

New growth

When I got back I couldn’t find Tom so ended up climbing up on the cliff to try and spot him. Turns out he’d still been photographing the waterfall…

Cliff-top views. Tom is somewhere in this photo. Probably 1mm tall if that, so good luck spotting him!

Our narrow cave ledge for the night

We were fortunate it was a still night and we had a pretty good night’s sleep. It poured (as forecast) overnight but had cleared by the time we got up in the morning. The morning also brought a bitterly cold wind – we were very glad that was nowhere to be felt the night before it would have made for a miserable night.