DAY 25: Thursday, December 7. CRADLE MOUNTAIN


Today we drove to the Cradle Mountain National Park.  We walked up to Marion's Lookout for a view of the park and Cradle Mountain.  Our 3 1/2 hour walk started at Ronny Creek and ended at Dove Lake.  To reach the walking points there is a mandatory bus shuttle that operates to and from the visitor center.


At the visitor center a park ranger marked out our trail or "track" for us.  The black marker highlights the steep sections going up and down.  The section near the top has chains to assist with the climb.  The terrain was varied as we progressively gained altitude and entered alpine territory.  Our early morning group on the bus included many people with large backpacks leaving for a six-day camping trip across the park.



The views from the top were quite nice.  On the way down we had some other nice views of small lakes.


In the parking lot as we were leaving we saw a wombat.


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