This is the first in a series of posts from a holiday in Tasmania. The holiday included some bushwalks and some touring. It was organise by my friend Wendy. We were also joined by Colin and Steph for part of the time. Wendy was keen to walk in the Western Arthur Range in South West Tasmania, and that was the main goal of the trip. But when we arrived in Tasmania, the weather looked poor, so we delayed our departure by a day. During that day, we headed up to the summit area on Mt Wellington (we had a hire car).
On top of Mt Wellington, the worst of the weather had not yet arrived – it was cold and windy, but not wet. It was not misty and we had fair views. After visiting the summit trig, we walked for a bit on the plateau area – enjoying the dolerite boulders and the alpine vegetation.
Bad weather seemed about to arrive, so we retreated down to The Springs for lunch and a visit to a nearby lookout.
We then headed down to Ferntree and did a nice walk up to Silver Falls and eventually to Rocky Whelans Cave. During this walk, we had light rain, but on the whole, the bus was very dry – low flow in the creeks and the waterfall and not much fungi out.
More photos from the day are online here on my website.