Blogs from Khancoban, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Day 1603 It’s been a struggle this year with the blog, in our last entry we said that we had a lot to write about, but no motivation to write it and as much as we wanted to share it with the followers of Kangaroojack, we just struggled to put fingers on keys. We have always believed that we have opened our souls and let you look inside, (pretty, I don’t think so) and we have always shared our secrets, our hopes and dreams with you all and now is not that time to stop. I sit here, typing this on Easter Sunday 31March 2013, Caroline, Clem, Lesley, Scott and Marta have all gone off for a decent walk, and I have decided to stay back at camp and have a pottering sort of day, I ... read more

As cold as cold could be this morning but so crisp and fresh in alpine country that you can just forget about the temperature and appreciate the surroundings. The fast flowing river in front of us was as clear as a bell and the flow seems to be increasing in intensity as the snow from the mountains above continues to thaw. By mid-morning we were at the Thredbo Ski Resort and even though the skiing season is finished the chair lifts up towards Mount Kosciuszko were still in operation so we were in luck. The lower parts of the mountains are now in spring mode but the upper peaks still have a decent covering of snow. The chair lift was smoother than I thought and before long we were off walking towards Kosciuszko. The scenery on ... read more