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Our awesome camping spot at the Skippers Township Campsite
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It’s still early, the dead trees are an invasive species that will eventually be completely eradicated
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The Skippers Township Amenity Area with the iconic school
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The school’s classroom
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If I remember correctly then this is where the teacher used to live
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Only empty bottles here, no full ones hidden in the cabinets
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Lots of old stuff here
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And a lot to read about the history of this place and all the gold mining
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Heaps of old photos
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Unfortunately this burnt down a few years ago
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No idea what this used to be but it has sure been here a long time
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Anyway, Rachel is up, time for breakfast
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We decided to go on a walk to Londonderry Terrace, this photo is just beyond Pleasant Creek and looking back towards the campsite
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The Sainsburys Huts here, well maintained and with amazing views, unfortunately all locked, somebody’s batch I guess?
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Just a bummer that the otherwise great landscape here on Pleasant Creek Terrace…
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…is in places still littered with remnants of the gold mining
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Just north of Stony Creek
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Looking west, part of the Richardson Mountains
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Here you can clearly see how they ruined the landscape, just for some gold
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Later in the day we did the Bullendale Track, it was so hot that I happily took a refreshing dive in the Skippers Creek
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Rachel getting ready to do the same
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The Bullendale Track was absolutely wonderful! The water had a very pleasant temperature and we could just walk through it
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Just again a shame about all this stuff
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No idea, what I was looking at here, the sky?
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A waterfall, artificial but still nice enough for a photo
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Above the waterfall the track continues
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It just goes on and on
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We made it up to Davidson’s Gully and then turned around
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Teva’s were the perfect footwear for this trip
On the way back we passed the waterfall again and even had a swim there
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Another ruin of a hotel I believe
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And Rachel found some wild strawberries…
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…and blackberries and was over the moon with her find
that was a beautiful walk with some refreshing swims. Lots of fascinating reminders of the gold mining days – even if the mining has left scars on the landscape they were fairly minimal