It’s been awhile since I last posted on this blog but something I must share is a recent hiking session I had with a friend in April. We hiked into the Big Desert Wilderness Park in Victoria. We camped within the park for two nights.

Before we started our hike we stayed with some friends who have a wonderful property north of Nhill where they have carried out some great work rehabilitating a farm. One of their nesting boxes had a sleepy Western Pigmy Possum.

There are no tracks in the Big Desert Wilderness park, no camping grounds, water or toilets. Pushing through the vegetation can be tough but in recently burnt areas it’s much easier. Hence, we tried to utilise the burnt areas as much as possible.

I love the Mallee and in particular I love the trees. It’s difficult to capture the beauty of a Mallee Eucalypt in a photograph, despite having tried many times. The photograph below is good but does not do this fantastic tree justice.

And of course when there is no Television to watch, no internet or mobile towers, entertainment is most often the simple things of life like a sunset. We sat and watched the sun set and best of all, it’s free and happens every day.