Tuesday 13 June – Mount Hart
Shaun’s birthday today so it was present time over a cooked breakfast. As we are just moseying around Mount Hart today it was a lazy morning as Shaun had birthday calls etc to take. We then piled into the Cruiser and drove down to Annie’s Creek to see how high the water level is. We were able to cross here in 2019 but not in 2021 after a better wet season so of course the road over is closed again this year. We walked along the creek instead and L nearly had heart failure when two pigeons flew out from behind a rock right in front of him. We were the only people there and probably the first for the day so we were the first to disturb their peace and quiet.
L and S skipped across the creek to visit the large boab tree on the other side but J, having seen in before, was content to stay on the other side and explore the various cascades and rock pools along the creek. Not much to see in terms of wildlife (apart from the pigeons) however.
Back in the car and headed off just as a tour bus pulled in so that was good timing. We drove on to Matthews Gorge (which we are pretty sure has been called Dolomite Gorge on previous visits). It was getting on for late morning and pretty hot again so we very quickly decided that a casual stroll to the first pools along the creek instead of making it to the big pool at the back of the gorge would be the go. One couple coming out as we got there so we had the place to ourselves for quite a while. The little waterfalls were flowing strongly and the pool was deep enough for a good soak so we stayed blobbing there for ages until at last another couple came along. Having been there long enough to start to feel hungry we left them to it and headed back to the car just as, once again, the tour bus arrived.
Back to camp and toasted up the ham and cheese sandwiches I had prepared earlier and then we decided that a lazy birthday afternoon was in order which because of Shaun’s advancing years also required us all to have an “LLD” (little lie down). Feeling much better (but a little hot and sweaty from being in warm vans on a hot day) it was time to hit the showers and dress up a little (ie J actually wore a dress for the first time all holiday!) and then go up to the station for happy hour drinks and dinner to celebrate Shaun’s birthday. A very nice meal was had (fish and chips for L&J and a yummy tandoori pizza for Shaun) just goes to show that you should never believe everything you read on Facebook and really should go places and make up your own mind. Mount Hart has been just as good as we remember, if not better, and is definitely worth a visit.
As they hadn’t stuffed up our dinner and hence we didn’t get free drinks this year, L was able to safely navigate the car back through the campground at the end of the night and after a couple more nightcaps and rocky road for dessert, it was time for bed.
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