On to Pemberton! YHA fully booked, so I'm really happy I got to take Max & Dorrit's tent. Got a beautiful spot next to the creek in the Caravan Park so can't complain. Went out to make the most of my day, and climed the Gloucester Tree; 56m high, steel pikes out of the side, and go. Down is no problem, and the view was stunning, just getting up there though...
Hoped to walk to the Bicentennial Tree the next day, but that turned out to be a bit too far though. So instead walked up to the Cascades - walk was long enough. Past enormous flowering yellow bushes which were swarming with bees - almost like standing next to a wall of sound. That's another 22k's to add to the walking count today. Realised today I've been travelling for a month as well. Celebrating that on my own in the pub :)
Next leg; RAIN! BLOODY RAIN! and a lot at that. Turned out the seams of the tent weren't all that strong anymore, so some stuff was wet. Rain all day, put a plastic bag in there hoping that would stop the most rain. Met two cyclists, Dutch, of course, and when I went for a walk later on ran in to a lady with a weird accent (for the people that know her - she sounded like Mevr. Vissers) turned out this lady was from somewhere in Brabant. Switched to 'dutch' and when I left her she said "HOUDOE HE!!" - she had been in Australia for over 22 years. Guess 'houdoe' does stick...
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