BWT 2nd Anniversary Walk - Lady Lake
Posted: Mon 23 Mar, 2009 8:29 pmHappy 2nd birthday to us!
Our second anniversary walk was a great time over the last weekend. I walked up mid Friday afternoon and found a Launceston College group having a break at the hut before they moved on to Lakes Lucy Long and Weston. I was soon joined by Corvus and Speculator for a quiet first night. Another 5 members arrived at 10am on Saturday, with others arriving later in the day. I think there were about 12 of us there total on Saturday night, including melmac and her husband who were expecting a quiet weekend away from it all, and were a tad surprised to find the plateau (and car park!) somewhat more densely populated than anticipated with fellow forum members (really, if you'd been scrutinising the forums daily, you should have known). Additionally another 5 people from a family entirely unconnected to the forums were staying at the hut, and I hope we didn't interfere with their weekend too much.
We had fantastic weather on the Friday and Saturday (enjoyed sleeping with the tent doors all open looking up at the stars on Friday night), with a bit of rain Saturday night and Sunday morning. Several of the group walked from Lady Lake to Lake Nameless, Ironstone Hut and Forty Lakes Peak on the Saturday, to take in the views of the lakes, and to poke pointy sticks at anything that moved (or didn't) including a couple of persecuted whip snakes.
We returned to find the plain in front of the hut full of laughing (wet) children, strolling adults, and several additional tents. When I go bushwalking, I usually like the peace and quiet of the wilderness, but in this case it was a genuinely joyful sight to see so many people looking so happy out on the wild plateau. We also found that while we were off galavanting around the plateau, a mutant-sized super fish had leapt out of Lady Lake of its own accord without the aid of any pointy sticks whatsoever. Later it kindly filled the stomachs of most of the tribe. Does anyone have any photos of this monster?
Most of us spent the evening and morning outside in front of the hut and on the deck, as even when it did rain, it was not particularly cold (and we didn't want to crowd out the inside of the hut too much). There was a lot more frying at breakfast time than there was on the previous year's gathering, and some of the tucker people cooked up over the weekend was exceptionally good (by the smell of it, at least).
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, and hope everyone else did too. I was sorry to have to rush off early on the Sunday morning (to make a lunch appointment with my Mum and my daughter), especially as the weather cleared up beautifully again soon afterwards.
Thanks to all for joining us on the walk, and whether you were able to come along or not, thanks to all members for your contributions to this site. It is the content, and you (the authors) that make this site what it is with all the fantastic and genuinely useful information you've contributed over the last 2 years.
I hope to see some photos from others posted here or in the Gallery soon (I didn't take a camera).
Our second anniversary walk was a great time over the last weekend. I walked up mid Friday afternoon and found a Launceston College group having a break at the hut before they moved on to Lakes Lucy Long and Weston. I was soon joined by Corvus and Speculator for a quiet first night. Another 5 members arrived at 10am on Saturday, with others arriving later in the day. I think there were about 12 of us there total on Saturday night, including melmac and her husband who were expecting a quiet weekend away from it all, and were a tad surprised to find the plateau (and car park!) somewhat more densely populated than anticipated with fellow forum members (really, if you'd been scrutinising the forums daily, you should have known). Additionally another 5 people from a family entirely unconnected to the forums were staying at the hut, and I hope we didn't interfere with their weekend too much.
We had fantastic weather on the Friday and Saturday (enjoyed sleeping with the tent doors all open looking up at the stars on Friday night), with a bit of rain Saturday night and Sunday morning. Several of the group walked from Lady Lake to Lake Nameless, Ironstone Hut and Forty Lakes Peak on the Saturday, to take in the views of the lakes, and to poke pointy sticks at anything that moved (or didn't) including a couple of persecuted whip snakes.
We returned to find the plain in front of the hut full of laughing (wet) children, strolling adults, and several additional tents. When I go bushwalking, I usually like the peace and quiet of the wilderness, but in this case it was a genuinely joyful sight to see so many people looking so happy out on the wild plateau. We also found that while we were off galavanting around the plateau, a mutant-sized super fish had leapt out of Lady Lake of its own accord without the aid of any pointy sticks whatsoever. Later it kindly filled the stomachs of most of the tribe. Does anyone have any photos of this monster?
Most of us spent the evening and morning outside in front of the hut and on the deck, as even when it did rain, it was not particularly cold (and we didn't want to crowd out the inside of the hut too much). There was a lot more frying at breakfast time than there was on the previous year's gathering, and some of the tucker people cooked up over the weekend was exceptionally good (by the smell of it, at least).
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, and hope everyone else did too. I was sorry to have to rush off early on the Sunday morning (to make a lunch appointment with my Mum and my daughter), especially as the weather cleared up beautifully again soon afterwards.
Thanks to all for joining us on the walk, and whether you were able to come along or not, thanks to all members for your contributions to this site. It is the content, and you (the authors) that make this site what it is with all the fantastic and genuinely useful information you've contributed over the last 2 years.
I hope to see some photos from others posted here or in the Gallery soon (I didn't take a camera).
