Day 98, Royal National Park

The adventure that Ally and I pursued with a few other people today was through the Royal National Park. 

Self-explanatory sign

The trees at the top of the hike where we started were much different from at the bottom. 

At the start of the hike, the trees were not very tall and the branches had small amounts of leafs.  There were more shrubs and bushes at the higher altitudes.  You could tell these trees were adapted for bush fires.

A fallen gum tree!

We hiked through the thick stuff for about half an hour before reaching a creek we would follow all the way down on our descent.

This is another view of the creek.  When it rains this area beccomes a series of mini waterfalls and rapids.

Sometimes things look like fun, even if they are dangerous you still go for them! Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you fail.

Unlike the top which had thick bush, this lower area of the gully was much more easy to navigate.  The trees were taller and there were many more ferns and grasses.  There was also a definite change in moisture too.  The lower we got on the side of the mountain the more moisture had accumulated.

Here is Ally walking through some fern/palm trees??? I don't know what they were but they were one of the more interesting plants.

I just liked the way the sun shone through on the plants in this shot.

This was the final destination of the hike.  A pond that was the result of three creeks converging into one.  We ate lunch here before hiking back.

A spiderweb overtop of the water, thinking he was trying to catch dragonflies or something.

This is the view of a different creek that runs into the river, when it rains I bet this is a sight to see.

Ally and I =)

Instead of hiking back the way we came we went out to the road and followed it out of the park back to the train station.  It was really easy to find.

And that was our day trip to Royal National Park, unfortunately we didn't see any animals but we had a fun time nonetheless.