Many of you will be aware that 'The Lads' - a group of 5-6 of us have gone away into the mountains every March/April since 1981 - 31 years! This year was to be no exception but events on 22 February threw a spanner in the works - at least in the short term. There was a strong reluctance on the home front for us to away from home - and understandably so.So what were we to do? Take them with us was the answer!! So we searched for a mountain retreat - and found it in the form of Glenthorne Station at Lake Coleridge - in the shearer's quarters no less (we highly recommend it to you). One of the 'girls' offered to cook dinner -it would have been rude to decline. Our airline pilot looked after the Single Malts, and I was given given the onerous task of getting the weather perfect for the occasion. No pressure Johnny!!
Well, the company was excellent, the wine and the malts perfect, the food was to die for, and the weather, as you can see, was bang on. Phew!
We walked and we talked........and then we talked some more! On Sunday morning four of us really walked - ~15 kms all up. From Lake Catherine through to the Harper/Avoca rivers (photo), then back via Mystery Tarn.
A great weekend everyone. Thanks heaps. An annual event (but minus the quake to precipitate the weekend)??
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