Holiday – Day 8 – Bullendale Track

Our awesome camping spot at the Skippers Township Campsite

It’s still early, the dead trees are an invasive species that will eventually be completely eradicated

The Skippers Township Amenity Area with the iconic school

The school’s classroom

If I remember correctly then this is where the teacher used to live

Only empty bottles here, no full ones hidden in the cabinets

Lots of old stuff here

And a lot to read about the history of this place and all the gold mining

Heaps of old photos

Unfortunately this burnt down a few years ago

No idea what this used to be but it has sure been here a long time

Anyway, Rachel is up, time for breakfast

We decided to go on a walk to Londonderry Terrace, this photo is just beyond Pleasant Creek and looking back towards the campsite

The Sainsburys Huts here, well maintained and with amazing views, unfortunately all locked, somebody’s batch I guess?

Just a bummer that the otherwise great landscape here on Pleasant Creek Terrace…

…is in places still littered with remnants of the gold mining

Just north of Stony Creek

Looking west, part of the Richardson Mountains

Here you can clearly see how they ruined the landscape, just for some gold

Later in the day we did the Bullendale Track, it was so hot that I happily took a refreshing dive in the Skippers Creek

Rachel getting ready to do the same

The Bullendale Track was absolutely wonderful! The water had a very pleasant temperature and we could just walk through it

Just again a shame about all this stuff

No idea, what I was looking at here, the sky?

A waterfall, artificial but still nice enough for a photo

Above the waterfall the track continues

It just goes on and on

We made it up to Davidson’s Gully and then turned around

Teva’s were the perfect footwear for this trip

On the way back we passed the waterfall again and even had a swim there

Another ruin of a hotel I believe

And Rachel found some wild strawberries…

…and blackberries and was over the moon with her find

One thought on “Holiday – Day 8 – Bullendale Track

  1. 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

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