Overland Track, Tasmania - Day 4

Pelion Hut to Kia Ora Hut
Distance Hiked 8.2 km/5miles

Is anyone sick of seeing my dirty fingernail yet?

Lots of trees down in the forests due to wind throw.

Beautiful spot were two waterfalls joined together. Just lovely

Yup, we had to walk right through that and many, many more spots just like it. Some were up to the mid calf, some were up to the knee. Loads of fun.

Another hiker in the mud

View of Mt Pelion East. Notice anything different about this picture? The sun graced us with her presence, YEAH!

A Black Currawong. These birds have figured out how to unzip backpacks, so we had to be careful not to leave food in zippered pockets of the backpacks when we left out packs on the sidetrips. And I would not want to go head to head with that beak to get my food back.

We managed to eat really well on our track. Here we have Moroccan Cous Cous and Curry Chicken with rice. Gotta love dehydrated meal packs.

Our first night of putting up the tent. Due to the rain, the first three nights we slept in the hut. Our site was right next to a waterfall and look at the view we woke up to. The Cathedral Mountain. Amazing. It was the best nights sleep we had the entire trip- cool air, sounds of the waterfall, no snoring- heaven

Hanging out with a few other hikers- the father/daughter and the germans

This day was loads of fun- because we did not need to wear any rain gear, the sun was shining and we hooked up with another team of hikers and traveled together and had an awesome time.

I haven't mentioned anything about the water on the hike. Each hut has a tank that collects rainwater for us to use for washing up and drinking. But the great thing about the area we were in is the water from the streams is the purest of anywhere in the world. We were able to just dip our waterbottles right into the streams and drink the water without filtering or adding iodine tablets to it. It was incredible.

Another great day, make even better with the addition of the beautiful sun shining.