Cradle Mountain

When on a tight schedule you don’t get to pick the weather when doing something like the walk around Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain.
Dove Lake has a 6km track around it. The lake was carved out by a glacier, the scars of which can still be seen on some of the granite rocks. The adjacent mountains creates a unique microclimate with clouds often circling the peak of the adjacent Cradle Mountain.
The entire time we were there the clouds encircled different parts of the mountain resulting in not being able to see it all at once. In our travels we came across a photographer who had waited for hours yesterday and was going to wait a few more hours today to capture “the shot” of the mountain. It never occurred whilst we were there.
Instead of wide angle landscape shots, we focused on macro again. The leaves of unique plants, including the yellow leaves of the only native birch tree. Again we found some mushrooms and mosses everywhere. The walk took us about 4 hours (usually 3 for those not photographing everything!)
We left the mountain and went to nearby Rory Flats, which is the start of the Overland Trek - a 5-7 day hike back to Lake St Clare. Just on the short bit of the trek we did we came across around 10 wombats - none of which came too close.
Back to the cabins to relax before dinner at nearby Peppers Bistro.Read more