On The Road: Day 284 Mount Arapiles Monday 18th March 2013

Well Hello There

Are you still reading? You are to be forgiven if you are only here for the pictures!

Ankle height = Slithering height

Today commenced with a slither out of the swag, due to the rain over the past couple of days. Simon erected the tarp over the swag and due to the wind, he fastened it down close to the ground. This is wonderful for keeping the swag dry but disastrous for old people with aches and pains and stiff joints. Getting in and out of the swag is somewhat of a struggle to say the least. I had Simon stand by the swag to give perspective to the amount of room allocated for slithering!

Slithering aside we were up early to say farewell to Peter who had a dental appointment and would be away when we departed. After packing up, breakfast and showers we said farewell to Andreas, Azusa, and Roman as well and gave out our cards, should anyone decide to visit us in Adelaide.

Our homeward journey today took us through Ballarat, Ararat, Horsham and Natimuk. Yes Natimuk, we were not expecting to drive through Natimuk, but we received a phone call from Peter to thank us, wish us well and suggest we visit Natimuk or more specifically Mount Arapiles. What a nice guy, and what a great suggestion. Just a perfect spot for our last night on the road this trip. We were surprised to see the number of people here, some groups of school kids, and other learner climbers. Mount Arapiles is a well renowned location for rock climbers, we can see why.

Dinner was an experiment tonight, I had purchased one of those pre-dried, pre-packed, camping meals when we were in Katoomba, and with our food supplies purposely depleted we tried it Beef Curry..........and.......it was quite tasty! It was hard to tell if it was enough for a meal, we are big eaters, as we had a beer (even me) and cheese and biscuits while we waited the 10 minutes for the absorption process, also bread and butter with the meal and chocolate afterwards.