Today, I am reposting one of my only ever camping trips. I did this trip back in 2016, I think it was. I hope you enjoy hearing about it again.
Well, that was something very new, I have to say. I had to get a tent, a mattress, and not much else, which was good. A friend and I decided that for some places, we really need to be able to camp. We got our gear together and planned our first trip.
That first trip was to Mount Sterling and Craig’s Hut. It is a very famous hut that sits on top of the mountain. It was made for the movie The Man from Snowy River in the 1980s. It has been built to look like the huts that many of the cattlemen and horsemen used for shelter when they were allowed to graze their animals up there.
It was quite incredible. You can see across the top of the mountains. It was quite hazy, but okay for photos. The area around the hut was cleared so you could see it. There were also places for picnics and toilets, always good. It was a hard place to get to, and you really need an AWD or 4WD to get up the road. It was an experience.
The camping part was okay. I mean, I wouldn’t want to do it every night, but to do it occasionally wouldn’t be too bad. I like the idea of being able to set up close to a place and then waking up early to get a sunrise. A lot better than getting up several hours beforehand and driving somewhere.
Photos
The photos are all from the camping trip. You can see the hut and some of the area around it. We had hoped for a sunset, a sunrise, maybe the Milky Way, and perhaps get a star trail. We got none of it. It was too overcast to do anything. Still, clouds can be great in photos, and I couldn’t be disappointed with these. In the morning was watched with fascination as the clouds crawled over the neighbouring mountains. We were also drowned out by the currawongs as they ate and flew around us.
I hope your weekend is good.
Beautiful photos, that first one is just awesome! Nice you could sleep in a hut. At my middle age, I definitely am not built for tent camping anymore! We actually bought a trailer this summer and have entered the camping era!
Thank you Pamela, we slept in small tents, it wasn’t great. Yeah, I am too old for it now too. I would love to do a van or camper, but my husband won’t leave the house, lol.
I think the clouds enhanced the isolated feel of the place. Such dramatic photos, even the flowers. So the bird on the fence was a currawong? It looks like one of our grackles (USA), same noisy bunch.
I think you are right Bernadette. Thank you so much, I don’t remember what noise the currawongs were making, lol.
Interesting experience! Great images of that hut and the landscape
Thank you Sue, it was fun, not trying to sleep, but the rest was great.
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Such a relatable experience! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you too Manu.
You captured some beautiful landscapes Leanne. I especially liked the mountains and clouds.
Thank you so much Anne. I love mountains.
Interesting shots from the wilds. Good on you for trying camping when no longer in the first flush of youth (I guess!) . My camping days are firmly over!
I think my camping days are over now too, it was hard that night, I like a good bed. Thank you Margaret.
What a beautiful location for camping!
For illegal camping. lol. Thank you Egidio.
Beautiful shots, especially the ones of the hut with the mountains in the background. There is something quite gothic about the scene!
I recently stayed in a glamping yurt for the first time, not sure I’ll be in a rush to go back to a plain old tent.
Thank you so much, it is a great place for photos. I would love to go glamping, that would be fun, but yeah the old tent is just too hard at my age, lol.