We liked Edith Falls so much we came back for another look. No, that's not entirely true. We ran out of cash the first time in, and promised to come back and pay them for the free night they gave us.
We hiked up to Sweetwater Pool the following day, a distance of 4.8k with full packs. We're in training for our Cradle Mountain walk in Tasmania next year so we walked out, overnighted at Sweetwater pool and walked back the next morning. We actually walked past Sweetwater pool and about 5k further along the "Jatbula Trail, then back to Sweetwater. We probably covered about 15k on the way out, and 5k on the way back
Key learnings:
We camped in the shade of some trees. The trees were fruiting. They were full of birds. We had bird piss all over the tent, our backs, in our hair, just about everywhere. Don't camp under shade that is fruiting.
I dozed off at the pool itself, I woke to find that I had company. A water monitor had ben watching and moved to within a metre me. His head was out of the water, and no doubt working out his strategy! I don't know who got the bigger fright, both of us exited in different directions. Don't sleep by the pool.
We arrived back at the campground the following day to find the track had been closed earlier. There was a fire in the area. We didn't smell, see, hear any smoke or flame. We were east of the main fire. It was travelling West, but it was back burning to the east as well. We discovered the following day that the fire had come to within 100m of the campground and no one knew it. Be aware of your environment.
We hiked up to Sweetwater Pool the following day, a distance of 4.8k with full packs. We're in training for our Cradle Mountain walk in Tasmania next year so we walked out, overnighted at Sweetwater pool and walked back the next morning. We actually walked past Sweetwater pool and about 5k further along the "Jatbula Trail, then back to Sweetwater. We probably covered about 15k on the way out, and 5k on the way backKey learnings:
We camped in the shade of some trees. The trees were fruiting. They were full of birds. We had bird piss all over the tent, our backs, in our hair, just about everywhere. Don't camp under shade that is fruiting.
I dozed off at the pool itself, I woke to find that I had company. A water monitor had ben watching and moved to within a metre me. His head was out of the water, and no doubt working out his strategy! I don't know who got the bigger fright, both of us exited in different directions. Don't sleep by the pool.We arrived back at the campground the following day to find the track had been closed earlier. There was a fire in the area. We didn't smell, see, hear any smoke or flame. We were east of the main fire. It was travelling West, but it was back burning to the east as well. We discovered the following day that the fire had come to within 100m of the campground and no one knew it. Be aware of your environment.
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