Walk – Cowan Track – O’Briens Road – Short Cut track – O’Briens Crossing
14.6km return: 3hrs 53min
Finding the path at Lerderderg is almost the most challenging part. For future reference, it’s on the other side of the river to the car park.
The walk was mostly flat, following the river, but there were plenty of bushes, fallen trees and water-logged areas to negotiate. And, as you can see from the photo, there's a whole lot of driftwood to wander across. It's quite an eerie feeling to be walking on such delicate wood which is precariously balanced on top of more delicate wood. It almost felt as though it was alive as the leaves and damp wood beneath the top layer moved to accomodate our footsteps.
And just when you think the 10km you’ve just walked has been a challenge, you come to 'the hill'.
The hill is steep. So steep that it takes you up 200m in altitude and makes simultaneously drinking, breathing and walking impossible. A taste of what walking at 5000m above sea level might be like when we make it to Nepal. The plan is to return to 'the hill' again before we go to see if we can't manage to stride up the mound with confidence. We'll have to see if time permits.
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