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September 17, 2021

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Forêt de la Frachas

24 July 2021

Today Detti and I are going from our first walk post Detti wiped out days. She feels ok, so, off we go! And this is a surprisingly long hike, I forgot about the long fire trail that we have to follow first! So it ends up being a nearly 12km walk with about +500m of up hill (probably a bit more).

But, even though by lunch time D is exhausted, food gives her a second wind (and a third, and fourth, and fifth with each snacks later on!) and so, while we do not make it all the way to the plateau, we do make it to an amazing (and amazingly cold) waterfall!

Well done D for this trial of fire! It is a great sign of better times to come!!!

Click here for all the pictures.

Alps, Forest, France, Hike, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Tree, Walk, Waterfalls
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September 17, 2021

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Tête de la Ruine

1 August 2021

A day hike to la Tête de la Ruine. We saw it the previous year from la Cîme Guilié, it’s close neighbour, and I wanted to do it since. Early start at the parking of the Boréon (1690m), we follow “à la fraiche” the main track that goes towards the Refuge du Boréon, which we quit before its final climb in order to take a small valley north-west bound, in direction of the Cîme de Baissette, we also leave that track to go towards the Lacs Bessons (2550m) and have a breaky a bit before reaching them.
Then, it is a fun hike up, passing cliffs on a kind of a maze, up, right, down, left, right, up, up… The last bit is very treacherous and vertical before the summit (2981m). We have lunch there, as the clouds are closing in on us. We arrived a bit late for a clear view of the Gélas, and the French summits. Even the Argentera is only partially visible at times. We will have to come back!

We go back down, alternating our route for better spots, and then going to the Refuge du Boréon, to make it more like a loop than a back and forth. A very demanding hike, very hard on the joints, especially with all those boulders and slippery slopes!

Beautiful non the less.
To do: go up la Tête de la Ruine, then down, but only a tiny bit, aiming for la Cîme Guilié (and a swim in that little beautiful like in the rocks near the summit), then, back down. Or, if we are in for a ride, we could even follow that by la Cîme du Mercantour, with or without a night somewhere.

To see the pictures, click here.

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September 17, 2021

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Granges de la Brasque

15 to 18 August 2021

The weather is good, so Detti and I head off on a short holiday to the Granges de la Brasque, a place full of childhood memories and which became an all time favorite relaxing camping spot for Detti and I. The fact that the best cheese in the world is made there is also a great calling card. Oh. And did I mention that at times wild strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are to be found for those looking for them? And that a mere 40m from the camping site there is a fountain with cold and fresh and oh so pure spring water?

On our second day, Detti and I hiked to the little summit nearby, the Mont Tournairet (2085m), small (per our standard) yet, the view from the top is amazing, and we can clearly see many of the summit that my dad and I have been crossing one after the other this last few years. A nice outing, with some raspberries ready to be picked on the way down. Miam! (side note: there is a little well made cabin just by the summit, would be a beautiful spot to hit for a night in early spring when all is still covered in snow!)

We are joined by my parents for the last 2 days, trip down memory lane, a night by the fire, good food, great company, amazing times and… a few kilos of raspberries!.

For the pictures, click here.

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September 27, 2018

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Newnes Glow Worms Tunnel Walk

10 March 2018

Detti and I took the opportunity of this nice weather weekend to go camping in the Blue Mountains and enjoy a nice walk, that goes through the Glow Worms Tunnel of Newnes. A very varied walk, with some views over the top of the eucalyptus trees, and some passage underground, in the man made former train tunnels, but also, if you know where to look, in some natural caves where a very small stream snakes around.

Here is the Full Gallery

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September 23, 2018

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Heathcote National Park

27 August 2018

Today, Belle, Detti and I are off to do a walk in the Heathcote National Park, a park that I have never explored before, but seems to be quite promizing, with the promises of beautiful water hole, rivers and the like.

And we are very happily swept away by how accessible it is, and yet how pristine and natural it is! Some very peaceful water hole, amazing trees, GYmea Lillies…

We will be back!

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September 23, 2018

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Birds and Blue Mountains

1 September 2018

Penny having just come back from France with a little frog, she organized a weekend away in the Blue Mountains, and Detti Hemant and I were invited. We joined the fun, and had the surprise of an awesome welcome party at the AirBnB we were staying at: Birds. Plenty of birds, which came to us for a feed, and to the delight of our French guest, and our Indian flatmate.

Once we left the birdies to their day, we went for a short walk along side one of the many little stream that one can enjoy in the area, and came back some time later for some more bird watching.

Here is the Full Gallery.

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September 23, 2018

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Burnt Forest

10 September 2018

On our way back from Lemon Tree Passage, we drive past a zone of the forest which had suffered from a previous bush fire. I had noticed it on our way in. The sharp contrast between the charcoal black of the totally burnt wood, and the bright orange and yellow of some gumtree’s trunk. I had thought it could make for some good pictures. So as we drive by, I asked Detti if she would mind stopping for a few minutes.

I think I could have easily walked around and take snaps for hours. And would have probably end up with a lot of crappy shots too.

But there is something there that I really appreciate. I hope you will too.

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September 23, 2018

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Waterfall to Heathcote

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22 September 2018

This weekend, Detti, Hemant and I decided to go for a little hike and camp the night. The walk is only about 11km, and can easily be done in a day, but there are a few very nice spots to spend the night, so that is exactly what we did!

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October 3, 2017

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Cape Raoul & Tessellated Pavement

DSC0655821 January 2017

The objective of the day is Cape Raoul, a few kilometers hike, starting right were we spent the night. Easy. The weather has improved dramatically (the last picture from yesterday’s post was taken at exactly the same spot as the first picture of today’s!). We can enjoy the views from way up high the cliffs. It is breathtaking! But then, the nature of the cliff changes, and it becomes so unique and so amazing that we cannot take more than a few steps before wanting to take another shot! And then, here it is! Cape Raoul! It is truly a wonder, it narrows done to becoming rock needles, little pillars totally vertical with perfect flat walls. Some are still in group, while other are now free standing.

This is where we enjoy our lunch, taking in this alien scenery, and also having a look at a colony of sea-lions, way below, visible because they laze around on their own white poo, their black bodies easily spotted as a result of their filthy habit.

We then backed track, returning to our car, and decided to drive back down to the narrow gully of the peninsula, to go and have a look at the Tessellated Pavement, another totally natural, yet amazing and uncommon phenomena, which sees a large flat rock at the edge of the ocean marked by all kinds of very regular geometrical lines. The pictures talk a thousand words…

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L’objectif de notre journée est le Cap Raoul, une petite balade de quelques kilomètres en haut de fabuleuses falaises. Le temps s’est énormément amélioré, et il fait un grand beau temps. (pour exemple, la dernière photo du jour précédent, et la première de ce jour-ci ont été prises au même endroit…), là où la veille notre vue était bloquée par un épais rideau de brouillard, on peut maintenant voir l’océan, la vue, la hauteur de la falaise…

Les falaises changent de texture pour devenir spectaculaires, verticales, formées de multitudes de piliers géométriques collés les uns aux autres, et qui s’effritent peu à peu. On atteint alors le cap, et c’est vraiment fantastique. Ici la falaise se rétrécie, mais ne perd rien en hauteur, et se sont des séries d’aiguilles de roche, parfois en petits groupes, parfois solitaires, qui s’avancent dans l’océan, comme la mâchoire inférieure de quelque monstre des temps passés.

Nous trouvons un coin avec une vue imprenable sur ce paysage étrange pour prendre notre déjeuner, et regarder de loin une colonie de lions de mer qui s’ébattent et se reposent au soleil. Assez facile à voir, leurs corps noirs se détachant très facilement de la roche couverte de leur chiures blanches, les rendant très visible grâce à leurs habitudes assez dégueulasses!

De retour à la voiture, nous reprenons la route vers le rétrécissement de cette péninsule, où nous allons voir un autre phénomène naturel assez épatant, le Tessellated Pavement, une dalle de roche à fleur d’eau qui est couverte de lignes géométriques diverses. les photos parlent d’elles-mêmes!

Cliff, Landscape, Nature, Ocean, Tasmania, Travel, Walk
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October 2, 2017

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Remarkable Cave

DSC0637920 January 2017

Quite a bit of driving today, which is not that bad as it was a rather miserable weather. We made it all the way past Hobart, to go towards Port Arthur and the amazing scenery around there.

On this first day there, we stopped for the occasional viewpoint, and then made our way to the Remarkable Cave. All the way down the stairs, to a small beach inside the cliff, and in front of us a massive gapping cave. We were supposed to stay there, 3 meters off the sand, just looking at this black hole from which we could hear the wave crashing. By the amount of foot tracks on the sand, most people don’t. We didn’t either. The tide being on our side, the cave was dry. But what a place! You enter this cave which almost feels like man made, and it branches like a ‘Y’ with both top branches opening up to the ocean. Beautiful! All the people (and that includes family with kids) which came down the stairs climbed over them to experience the cave. The most dangerous part? Climbing over!

After this encounter with the greatness of mother nature, we found a small camping spot, someones back yard really, just at the start of the hike we wanted to do the next day. Offer of our host? Some Rhupagne, a slightly alcoholic beverage made with fermented rhubarb. Quite nice and refreshing! Nice way to end the mean that night!

Here is the full gallery.

On a pas mal conduit aujourd’hui, délaissant le centre de la Tasmanie en direction de la côte est, bien au sud cette fois. On passe Hobart, et on se dirige vers Port Arthur, pour passer quelques jours dans les environs où la côte est fabuleuse.

On s’arrête ici et là pour apprécier la vue, mais la météo n’est pas très bonne (ça tombe bien, on a fait beaucoup de route), et on va explorer la Remarkable Cave. On se gare en haut de la falaise, et un escalier descend tout au fond, où se trouve une petite plage. Du mauvais côté de la falaise, pas d’eau, juste du sable, dans un petit cirque entouré de falaises. Et sur la paroi qui sépare cette plage de l’océan, une grande ouverture noire. La grotte. Une plateforme pour admirer la vue est suspendue à 3 mètres du sol. On n’est pas censés aller plus bas. Mais au vue des nombreuses traces de pas sur le sable, pas grand monde s’arrête là ! Nous, en tous cas, on a vite fait de sauter la barrière, de désescalader la structure et de fouler le sable mouillé en direction de la bouche sombre d’où le son des vagues résonne.

C’est assez impressionnant. Cette grotte semble avoir été creusée par l’homme, et non par la nature. Elle s’enfonce en ligne droite sur une vingtaine de mètres, puis arrive à une intersection, un grand  Y. Les deux branches du haut s’ouvrent sur l’océan, et on peut voir les vagues qui viennent s’y engouffrer. La marrée est avec nous, sinon on n’ aurait sûrement pas pu aller si loin en restant secs!

On y reste un petit moment, et pas une seule des personnes qui descendent les escaliers ne s’arrête là. Pas même les familles avec enfants. Le côté le plus dangereux de l’affaire? Descendre de l’escalier jusqu’au sable. Va comprendre.

Après avoir bien admiré la grandeur de dame nature, on va chercher à se poser pour la nuit pas trop loin de notre départ de rando du lendemain. On ira même, pour s’occuper, faire la première demi-heure de marche, pour voir la vue, qui est totalement bloquée par un écran de brouillard opaque. Le petit camping sans prétention où on s’arrête est sympa, et notre hôte vend sa production locale : la Rhupagne, un alcool très léger et bien rafraîchissant fait avec de la rhubarbe, un moyen très sympa de finir la soirée!

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