Ben Lemmond NP

 After 2 lovely days of no cell service and beautiful nature I headed back into town to do some work and settle a bit. My French botanist friend, Quentin, messaged me while I was out  and asked if I wanted to join him for some hikes in the national parks to the east and work the way down the coast together for a bit. Happy to have an adventure partner I agreed and we met up in Launceston (where there is a beautiful park which also has free warm showers - needed after a few days without one) and then we headed for Ben Lomond park in the evening. We made a lovely little fire and sat chatting into the night. The number of stars in the sky is absolutely incredible. I’m also glad I came up here earlier than later because it’s getting quite cold and I imagine soon there will be snow. While we sat by the fire a cheeky quoll came and tried to steal our dinner leftovers. I was charmed by its cuteness even if it was a little thief. 

The next morning we headed up to the top of the mountain where we went for a few gorgeous, but very cold and windy hikes. We found some really cool rare plants and enjoyed some nice long walks. The area is a ski resort during the winter and it hasn’t got snow yet, but it definitely felt like snow could happen at any moment. It was chilly. Along our hike we saw so many cool endemic alpine plants. It was really neat and one of a kind. I was thrilled with how much we saw. In the late afternoon we made a large fire which lasted us long into the night. 

We spent many hours quietly watching the fire and enjoying the peace.