Uncouched Potato

We walked from the other side of this National Park today, Charlotte Pass, along the Main Range track, passing the four glacial lakes. The track began with a steep downhill to the Snowy River, crossing the river by rock hopping, then followed by a steep climb to the top of the hill. The track became relatively flat for a short while before another steep downhill, crossing a very small creek, then another steep climb to the top.       Before Blue Lake we walked past Hedley Tarn. A small glacial lake in a shape of a question mark (?).     Once we got to the top of the second hill, we walked to an intersection and turned into a small track on the right hand side. This track took us down to the Blue Lake. It was raining, foggy, dark and cloudy on the day. The Blue Lake didn't look very blue which was very disappointing. Looked more like "Grey Lake". We had a quick snack in the r...

I have been wanting to do this walk for a long time. Although this is not a very high mountain/peak, but this is the highest peak in Australia, standing at 2228m above sea level. We drove to Thredbo Village the night before and stayed overnight. Starting the walk from the village, 1365m above sea level, we decided to take the shorter but tougher route, Merritts Nature track, to the top of the chairlift. The hill was steep with many steps to climb. We saw only a few people at the beginning of the walk, one jogger running up the hill, but generally it was a pretty quiet track. Once we got up to the chairlift station, there were a lot more people. Being school holiday and Easter long weekend, there were a lot of young kids around. Most people took the easy way up with the chairlift. Most of the chairlift were occupied with people. From the chairlift, it was a slow climb uphill. Most of the walkway was made out of concrete, elevated metal grids, or gravels, ...