Day 361 Mount Field NP Monday 24th January 2012

Hi Folks,
Today's blog starts last night. My departure for the airport was slightly delayed as i fulfilled my role of unofficial platypus guide trying to remember what the proper ranger guide said the other week. I was guiding Andrea, plus Roger and his wife from Saskatchewan Canada. Eventually a platypus showed up and after I left they did better by themselves.
Susan and I returned in good time and didn't add to the road kill score.

Tarn Shelf lakes

Lake Seal

This morning we had a leisurely start to the day and said farewell to Andrea.
We decided to head back up the hill and do the Tarn Shelf walk since Susan had not been up there. My blistered and patched heel felt good in the boot so off we went.

Sundews

We savoured the views and had lunch in the Rodway Hut. We then headed along the shelf not quite reaching Lake Newdegate before i declared turnaround time. We were a bit late starting and spent time looking at the flora and scenery as opposed the the quick march that i generally do. One interesting sight was when a whirly crossed the water of one of the lakes. It wasn't huge but would have made a good video if i could have got my camera out in time.
On our return passing Lake Dobson I had a few casts into the lake not expecting to catch anything. My expectations were once again realised.
Tea was nibblies plus some sausages in bread. We spent some time taking to our new neighbours Sue and Bert and ended up taking them to the glowworms. Susan had not seen them this trip. As i recall in the last trip we only saw them in the hollow trunk of the huge fallen tree on the way up. This time there were plenty of them in an "official" glowworm viewing area. We returned to camp around 11pm. A quiet day for us tomorrow as i managed to send my heel blister backwards today plus there is the washing and an attempt to make a plan for what we are going to do for the next 6 - 9 months. Actually the planning is not too hard it is the decisions that are difficult.  In the immediate future we will depart Mount Field Wednesday and head to Bruny Island. where we will spend around 2 - 3 nights. Then back to mainland with 5 or 6 days before we are doing the Salamanca market for Ann on February the 5th.
I have really enjoyed the time at Mount Field no doubt in part due to a week of fine weather. There is a weak change forecast for tomorrow so hopefully there will be no wet canvas dramas when we pack up.

night Folks

Cheers Simon