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Down the lake

The Lake St Clair Track

Day 14: 29 September 2019

We began the morning in fairly heavy rain at Bert Nicholls Hut (Windy Ridge). This meant a very wet tent and all our rain gear on. Only a km or so down the track the rain eased to light intermittent showers which continued the rest of the day. Most other groups were heading for the ferry due at 1.00 pm at Narcissus so had headed off a little earlier than us. We soon caught up with a group of three families from Canberra who had initially welcomed us at Kia Ora. We enjoyed walking with them through to Narcissus.

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Through the Paddocks

Day 12: 27 September 2019

I (Tim) have been to Lee’s Paddocks many times over the years so there was a lot to reminisce about as we walked the 10 kilometres alongside the Mersey River to the string of private property titles nested inside the Cradle Mountain National Park.  We had ended our last walk at the new suspension bridge and had not walked much over the winter (for a variety of reasons).  Now in Spring, and 5 months later, it was great to be back on the track putting another few stages down.  This was the first multi-day walk carrying a full pack since my second round of surgery in June.  I was really looking forward to it.  Even with a rather challenging route planned. 

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