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Monday, April 09, 2007

Easter Camping!!!

Hi everybody!

How was ur Easter weekend? Did anything special? Went anywhere new?

I did... I went up to the mountains to camp! Not the church camp kinda camp... REAL camping... haha! Sleep in tent, eat canned food (ok, there's fresh food too), hike alot, climb alot, no bathing... haha! Yep! Went to Main Range National Park... Spicer's Gap was where we were... Oh ya, we = Melisa, Laverne (Melisa's friend from SG), Lilian (Eunice's junior) and me... 4 of us. It was a wonderful time exploring the outback. All the hiking and walking and trekking, although not as tough as I'd expected, still managed to tire me out somewhat at that point of time. But when it came to the night, we were awake as owls! Ok, with the exception of Melisa, who can sleep 12h straight! K la, she drove all the time, so maybe that's why she's more tired.

Anyways, yep! Basically, most of our time was spent hiking alot, I'd say. I'm lazy now to go look up the distances. I'll let the pictures show you where I've been.

The Great Dividing Range... A mountain range stretching from the NorthEastern tip of Queensland through New South Wales, into Victoria. Shown here taken from Mount Mathieson's trail.

Taken from Cunningham's Gap, seen here are the Moogerah Peaks, Lake Moogerah and the Fassifern Valley.

Brown's Falls! One of the lesser known waterfalls in the area, we had to trudge through a whole lot of boulders and rocks just to get to the fall... No wonder the sign said "for able-bodied persons only" ... haha!

Brown's Falls itself...
Some small cascades along the way...

Dagg's Falls lookout. Dagg's Falls was REALLY deep... From the lookout, this shot was taken at 420mm (i.e. 12x zoom on my camera). Really sunny day contributed to the overexposure... my bad.
This be Queen Mary Falls... It was supposedly the best one of all, but because of the dry spell, Queen Mary was particularly disappointing. Nevertheless, it was a grand view of part of the Murray-Darling river system.
Governor's Chair! This was near our campsite... well, 2km to be exact. Haha! It's a nice site from where we spent our first morning waiting & watching the surise.
Climbing up from a sheer drop...
... as seen here. Nothing below to support me! Nope... *shakes head* =)
4 of us sitting on the edge for a spectacular view of the region. From left to right: Lilian, myself, Laverne and Melisa.
There's the sunrise hidden behind a cumulonimbus early in the morning.
A panoramic view from Governor's Chair just before the sun peeks out.
There! Sun's out! Ah-h-h-h... the glare!
Panoramic view in the late afternoon...

These are some of the wildlife we encountered in our adventures... Unfortunately, no koalas or kangaroos...

A spider creeping up on a fly at its end. But hey, its got wings man! Haha! It can just fly off!

Wasps building their hive... They look as if they're staring at me!

Ah-h-h! A snake! A snake! This one's harmless though. It just slid away from us.

Spicer's Gap Camping Grounds. The setting up of our tents.

Our handiwork cum sleeping arrangements. Haha!

Our toilet!

When you're in nature, you're bound to be attracted to flowers as much as the bees are...

Our last day at Main Range National Park, we attempted to scale Mount Mitchell... 5.1km of up-mount track... Its East peak is 1168m, ending in a sheer cliff, seen more obviously when taken from below.

Would you look at that drop! Imagine if I lost a foothold or a handhold!

Once again, on a knife edge of the cliff at the top of Mount Mitchell. 5.1km of mountain tracks took us 210min to reach the top!

Oops! We crossed the line! =P

Here's a more obvious drop-off.

And this one's just nice, with all the grass-trees around. =)

The southern view from the top of Mount Mitchell.

The northern view...

Ok, apparently there's something wrong with Blogger. It's not letting me upload some more photos. I'm gonna end here tonight ya? And when I get more photos from Lilian and Laverne, I'll post them up here again!

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For the next few days though, I'd be stuck at home doing my reports for BIOL3011 and PARA3001. Last report for PARA3001 le!!! 40%! Wah... scary lor. Better to get it done and over with as soon as possible.

Maybe Wednesday or Thursday I'll be going to Springbrooks with Melisa and Laverne. I want to see the Natural Bridge and the glow worms!!! Wooo! Excited just to think about it... haha!

K la k la... I'm gonna sleep! Tired from uploading photos the whole day as well as doing my report. Slight headache forming... *groans*

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"So she said 'what's the problem baby?'
What's the problem I don't know.
Well maybe I'm in love?
Think about it every time,
I think about it,
Can't stop thinking 'bout it.

How much longer will it take to cure this?
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love,
Makes me wanna turn around and face me
But I don't know nothing 'bout love.

Come on, come on,
Turn a little faster!
Come on, come on,
The world will follow after.
Come on, come on,
Cause everybody's after love.

So I said I'm a snowball running,
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love,
Melting under blue skies,
Belting out sunlight,
Shimmering love.

Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream.
Never ever end of all this love.
Well I didn't mean to do it,
But there's no escaping your love.

These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no.

Come on, come on,
Move a little closer.
Come on, come on,
I want to hear you whisper.
Come on, come on,
Settle down inside my love.

Come on, come on,
Jump a little higher.
Come on, come on,
If you feel a little lighter.
Come on, come on,
We were once upon a time in love.

We're accidentally in love,
Accidentally in love!

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally!

Come on, come on,
Spin a little tighter.
Come on, come on,
And the world's a little brighter!
Come on, come on,
Just get yourself inside her!

Love ...I'm in love."

-Counting Crows: Accidentally in Love

Accidentally in love? Maybe. But hey, I'm SO glad I'm in this accident. Because I love you. I love you so much, if it hadn't been an accident, I would've caused the accident myself! I love you my dear. 480 days! Yay! *grin*

Love me if you dare... 18:24
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