Merry Ce
- Start date: 13 March 1999
- Age When Completed: 49
- Direction Walked: Sectional
Food/Supplies Comments
Menu improved immensely with food dehydrator. Sweet & sour pork, chilli con carne, etc.
Favourite Section
Denmark - Walpole. Combination of beautiful beaches and fabulous forests, Frankland Hilton and of course the final leg of E2E.
Highlights
Meeting Chris 2 years ago and sharing 3/4 of the journey with him. Meeting other wonderful like-minded people and making friends with many of them. Waking up to the chorus of birds in the morning and feeling totally removed from workplace, stress and dramas.
Personal Reactions
Walking the Track started as a means of proving to myself and others that I could. Over the course of time sections that would have filled me with trepidation merely became just another hill that needed getting up or down or a slightly longer day that with an earlier start was easily achievable.
Wildlife
SNAKES!!! Delightful birdsong, cute quenda at Mt Cooke - hope he survived the bushfire; champagne guzzling possum (New Years Eve at Monadnocks.
Your Best Equipment
2 walking sticks a must for up and down steep hills and dual clicked knees.
Your Worst Equipment
3/4 length Thermarest - sore and aching feet need something soft too.
Advice for Others
Take time to smell the wildflowers and see and feel the magnificence around you. Keep pack weight down (my most difficult challenge!) Take advice from those who have actually been there, not those who think they know it all but haven’t been there, Most important - enjoy the experience - it is so special.