Day 11 (105)

Overcast and humid with high 28 ☁️, almost constant rain as predicted from midday 🌧️ with a reported total of 6.2-15mm - was expected to be 20-30mm

🚶🏼5.5km hike
🚶🏼‍♀️2km walk

👍🏻 Hiking in warm rain 🚶🏼☔️
👎🏻 Tried to spend 💰in town but couldn’t, nowhere open for dinner 😕

We knew it would be cooler today and was keen to get out on the trails with some light refreshing rain, but we didn’t factor in the humidity - WOW 🥵

Headed out to the Snowy Mountains and Kosciusko National Park to hike the Blowering Cliffs track to the Blowering Falls 🚶🏼.
It’s a challenging grade 4 trail, up and down 6km return and 252m of elevation ⛰️ with scenic views of Blowering Dam.
At the top we were surprised to find a little running water as it’s been so dry for so long, but rain had just started to fall in the area- perhaps it was from that 🤷🏼‍♀️
We were caught in the rains as we started to descend, which was refreshing and brought with it the most amazing petrichor aromas.

Whilst in the National Park we went to check out the Blowering Power Station and Blowering Dam and Spillway, part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Unfortunately access has been temporarily restricted and you can’t currently get up to the lookout point which was disappointing but the we looked very small against the dam wall

Stopped for a picnic lunch at Tumut, nestled at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains on the Tumut River. After lunch we did the River Walk, past Bat Island 🦇 and the Labyrinth for Peace.

A little wet and bedraggled we popped into The Royal Hotel for a drink with plans to treat ourselves to dinner, unfortunately there is no service on a Sunday and the kitchen is currently closed at the Services & Citizens Club so we had to go home to cook 😕

Spent the evening in Hester listening to the constant rain - can’t complain as it was the 28th Nov when we last experienced rain on our travels 😳 and the farmers and locals are very happy to see it ☔️
And we’re looking forward to tucking ourselves under the covers and listening to the rain in bed tonight for the first time in ages 🛌Read more