20 min of freezing feet was enough for me!

Posted on February 16, 2026 by marilyn

TASMANIA – 16 February 2026
After my stopover in Hobart, I headed down to Maydena with Chrissy who had picked me up from Hotel Astor.  We arrived on the Saturday afternoon and she dropped me off at the AirBnB, then I lazed around with the Cave Rescue guys for a couple of days until Brian (head honcho) suggested that he take Chrissy and me to do a short cave. Continue reading →

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I thought the Totem Pole would have been bigger

Posted on February 13, 2026 by marilyn

TASMANIA – CAPE HAUY – 13 February 2026
Perhaps it wasn’t smart booking a walk up to the edge of a cliff on black Friday (what could go wrong?) … but it turned out that nothing bad happened – other than walking up and down a gazillion steps! Continue reading →

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Next level day walk!

Posted on February 12, 2026 by marilyn

TASMANIA – CAPE RAOUL – 12 February 2026
A year ago, I did the Three Capes multi day walk with Beth.  The last day had a side-trip to Cape Hauy – an 8k bounce trip that you could by-pass.  I decided to give it a miss (an 18k day had the potential to escalate into “survival” mode).  I determined that if I came back to Tassi I’d do Cape Hauy as a day trip.  So, I’m back in Tassi and have booked in to do Cape Hauy, but then I though “what about Cape Roaul, it’s supposed to be pretty spectacular”. Continue reading →

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Lessons to be learned

Posted on February 12, 2026 by marilyn

MOUNTAIN LAGOON – January 31 – February 1, 2026
The first weekend in February, John G puts on a special trip to celebrate his birthday.  This year he’s turning 60, so he had planned an overnight walk.  The destination was on my wish list so I quickly booked in, as did two of my bushwalking friends, Heather and Jeff, we’d be returning to a campsite that we’d stumbled upon 5 years ago. Continue reading →

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Looks like there’s an environmental warrior out there!

Posted on January 11, 2026 by marilyn

CENTRAL COAST – 11 January 2026
Taking advantage of a cool-ish day (after a heatwave), I suggested to Trish M that I show her were Mooney Cave and the Romanesque pools were in the Somersby area. We were brainstorming a social event.  Trish’s partner Peter joined us for what would only be a two hour walk.   Not even half blog-worthy right? Continue reading →

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