June 4: Trip to Green Gorge - Day 3: Heading back to VJM

Our weather forecasts down here typically don't include a temperature as it is pretty much always the same and largely irrelevant anyway.  It is always cold.
The official weather forecast for the day of our trip home was "Very cold".  That had Louise, a BoM Forecaster, mildly nervous / bemused or both. After rejigging our clothing layers we set off early after a 0730 sched with VJM to make the trip home. It was cold. The snow that hampered out trip on the way south had partially melted, and refrozen into ice. The mud on the track was frozen solid into chocolate gelato like peaks, and even the floating bogs were easy to walk on as they had a crispy ice layer on top meaning that we could scurry across them quickly without the usual sinking and subsequent wet cold feet. The peanut butter cookies that were baked in the hut provided plenty of fuel for the whole way home, and our Comms Technician back on station had the sauna going ready for our arrival back on Station before dark. Another beautiful walk through this dramatic landscape, left me once again with many more memories than photos.

View back to Brothers Point. Photo: Jacque Comery

Icy creek. Photo: Jacque Comery

Jacque with Finch Creek Valley in distance. Photo: Jacque Comery

 The two sandy bare patches that you can see behind me in this photo are the Royal Penguin rookeries, which during breeding season will be full of thousands of Royal Penguins and their chicks.  They travel a surprising distance inland to nest, considering their little legs!

Lakes between 4 Ways and Mt Blair. Photo: Jacque Comery

Icy patterns. Photo: Jacque Comery