Spent the weekend walking in Namadgi with Tom.

We started at the Yankee hat car park, or as far south as you can drive on the Old Boboyan road if you know it.

From there we headed south west through the old pine plantation, and then did a bit of minor bush bashing to get up the ridge and over Gudgenby saddle. From there we dropped down into the next valley, and camped the night.

It was cold, everything froze. We had ice on the inside of the fly, which was nasty in the morning when it started falling on us. And the water we’d left outside had about 5mm of ice on top of it, brrrr. That’s what you get for camping in a frost hollow.

Once the sun popped up it was lovely again though, just like Saturday had been.

After breaky we headed off down the valley to join the Old Boboyan road again, and then head back to the car.

It was good to bump into a family on Mountain bikes who were riding around checking things out, nice see some other people out there enjoying the scenery. They made good time too, a lot faster than us.

On the way back to the car we popped over to check out Frank and Jack’s hut. It’s still looking good, no obvious damage from the fires. The surrounds aren’t in such good nick. Although that seems to be part of the regeneration program, which has removed the pines that were there and replaced them with natives. About time too, it’s been planned since 1986!

If you’re in the area be warned there is very little water around. We found a bit in Naas creek, but only towards the head of the valley where it’s not swampy, or where the track crosses it where it’s pretty dirty and horrible.

All up a brilliant way to spend a couple of days, even if it was a chilly night. We tramped about 25km all up, and I don’t feel too bad given it was my first real hike since being sick.

Looking forward to doing it all again in a couple of weeks!