🚌 Cradle Mountain⛰️

We where all so ready to climb the famous Cradle Mountain. Once we arrived got a bit disappointed on the tourist complex that we found surrounding the National Park and the amount of people in it. Still, we wouldn't misd the chance to go for it. I decided to finally buy a proper raincoat (yeah, after a year of going rainy season after rainy season), and investigated the best way to get to the top (spoke to a crazy lady in the front desk who made it look like we were gonna die on the attempt, which made Jesse a bit angry haha). I walked a bit the area, which was quite successful cause I got to see echidnas, wombats, padimelons and... Tiger snakes! And then we went into the only tabern in the place to study a bit and had some food. Jesse and Sarah decided to get some nice fancy food, which ended up being simple and overpriced, so I figured we'd figure we'd make the price even and renewed the bus' cutlery and ran back to our sweet sweet home. Got ready to go to bed for the next big day that was awaiting us, and... Right before finishing the day, we got to see the southern lights!!!! Sky was green in between the darkness of the night, which was soso exciting. Next morning, woke up, got on the shuttle but thay would take us to the beginning of the trail, and spread in two, Jesse wanted to do the toughest way to the end while I wanted to do the long one that went around different lakes and craters. So Sarah and I enjoyed that nice walk and met Jesse in a point in between. It was really foggy, windy and cold, so when we got to the emergency hut before the toughest part, it seemed like anyone there would dare to attempt the final climb. But we were pretty determined. As high as we would go, the toughest it would get, so the last hour was full boulder climbing, which was a good fun way (even though Sarah wasn't so keen about it, since she doesnt like rocks nor highs). Reached the peak, with no views at all, but it was still rewarding because of the challange it had been. On our way down, sky started clearing so we were lucky enough to get some views of the area, and as well, the place started getting busy, so we were happy that we managed to avoid the crowds, even if it was on a tiny adverse weather. Walked back and made it back to to the bus. The hike was clearly fun and a bit challenging, it remainded me a bit to hiking Pedraforca. It was good to activate ourselves after being taken evrrywhere by the bus. Once we got back and rested a bit, drove to the next destination, Launceston.

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