Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair NP

The start of the Overland Trek - Ronny Creek	We pass buttongrass moorland...	...and Pandani plants	Pete spots something on the duckboard...
...it's a metallic skink...we saw lots of them warming up	The track starts off flat	Woolly Teatree	The trail starts to rise
Crater Falls	Climbing higher	Boat house at Crater Lake	Crater Lake
Crater Lake - it was a hot, sunny day	We walk along and up above Crater Lake....to see Lake Lilla and Dove Lake	A look back to Crater Lake	Our trekking poles have a rest...which way to go?
Let's go for the steep trail to Marions Lookout	Part way up and we look back to the crossroads	Up, up and more up...	...there's a chain to help on the really steep sections
We make it!	And we are rewarded with the most incredible views	Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake	You can climb Cradle Mountain...maybe not today
Pete on the way back down from Marions Lookout	Lake Lilla and Dove Lake	Looking back on our trail, all the way to Marions Lookout - on the left	Wombat Pool
Wombat Pool	On trail towards Lake Lilla	Narrrowleaf Triggerplant (we think)	Heading down to Lake Lilla - Dove Lake in the distance
Pete checks the water temperature...a little chilly	Cradle Mountain and Marions Lookout	Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain	Enchanted Walk - Cascades
We spot this guy	Dove Lake Circuit - we walk this 6km undulating trail	Dove Lake across to Cradle Mountain	It's a cloudier day
Quartzite beach and upturned tree	Gnarly tree	Mountain Pinkberry	We were advised to walk clockwise...
...that way, you get good views of Cradle Mountain as you trek	Through the Ballroom Forest and up to see the mountain again	One last look	Black Currawong - we've seen these guys everywhere in Tassie
They are cheeky and always looking for food	Can you see us in it's eye?	Waldheim Chalet - the Weindorfer's home - built 1912	Gustav Weindorfer in 1910 said - This must be a national park for the people for all time
Lake St Clair - 167m deep - Australia's deepest lake	A little beach near the visitor's centre	Lake St Clair	Ferry Jetty - many Overland trekkers will take the boat to finish their trek at Cynthia Bay
Sunset at Lake St Clair	We hike the Shadow Lake Circuit - big trees	View to Mount Hugel (we think)	Shadow Lake with Little Hugel in the distance
Little skink warming up	Very colourful fungus (Wax Gills?)	We meet a very friendly echidna	Their eyesight is bad, so if we stay still...
...they will walk right up to us, walk through Jackie's legs and...	...on to say hi to Pete	Snack break...we need our head nets for the flies	Snow peppermint tree?
Warnings re snakes on trail...they like to warm up in the sun	We see 3 tiger snakes today...	...we stayed still and he sat for a while...	...smiling for our camera, before he slithered off. Phew! He's poisonous
Hugel River	Waters meet - the Hugel River and Cuvier River	Platypus Bay Trail	Platypus Bay Trail
View near Fergy's Paddock	Look out for echidnas at our camp...	...here's another one	A possum in camp
Pete manages to get a photo	Brush tail possum (we think)	Cute but will eat your food - keep it in sealed containers