10. North-West Circuit 3

Christmas Village – Mt Anglem – Yankee River, 19.7 km
Tuesday, February 12: A few light showers during the day, heavier in the evening
GPS Tour
Christmas Village in the morning

Christmas Village in the morning

Two snorers – the far worse was Ross, but Bernhard also joined in the concertino russamento. I slept until 1:00 before being awoken, and then I searched around for an aspirin, as I had a headache, but nothing could be found. Went out for a pee and heard a possum; then it was intermittent sleep until 6:30 when everyone got up and had breakfast. We were all going up Mt Anglem, but only I was going to attempt to get to Yankee River before the rain set in. Continue reading

Green Light

Fern

Koru – the fern leaf spiral

The go-ahead for the new adventure came late last week, after a couple of weeks of prelegal danse macabre. Anyhow, it’s there now, and the final preparations can begin in earnest.

For begun they have well before this time last year, when I was originally planning this trip. There have been plans and preparations, and prices to compare and check again. One of the most comprehensive questions covered was that of photography, although that was no longer a question of what camera to take, but rather how to deal with all of the eventualities that hacking the current set of three cameras has brought with it. Continue reading