Day tripped from Riana, leaving the camper at Pioneer Park. Headed up to the coast and out west as far as Stanley. Beautiful coastline…including lovely Boat Harbour Beach and the unusual Winged House…Google it! At Stanley…only a 2 hour drive that took us about 4…meandering…we climbed The Nut. Thought my heart was going to bounce out of my chest. Only took about 10 minutes and then we did the walk round the top…half an hour. Saw the shearwing bird nests…these amazing little critters migrate to Alaska every year from Tassie. Phew! Now that’s a hike! Then the 2 nuts on The Nut took on one last challenge for the day…race the chairlift to the bottom of The Nut. 3.05 mins later…we won!
And paid for it the next day….my quads were so sore…but good prep for climbing Cradle Mountain in the near future. Took in Gunns Plains Caves this morning….astounding what you can find in a hole in the ground! Limestone formations a plenty….really quite beautiful. We walked round in the 11-degree cave for an hour with our very knowledgeable guide Geoff. My comment to Jon afterwards was that God is obviously ‘beyond our comprehension’ creative….not only has he covered the surface of the earth with amazingly beautiful things, He hid them away too. These caves are amongst 150+ just in the one valley. Later we went to Leven Canyon, another above ground creative wonder. Hiked 697 steps….down hill fortunately! Tonight we camped right beside Lake Gardiner in a freebie campsite…just us, with water views and right beside a gurgling, crystal clear creek. Cold night, but stunning spot – worth the dirt road trek in.
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