Day 30
23.4 km
Cum 625.1 km
Camped: Warren
It wasn’t one block today before I was putting on my rain jacket. Left at about 06h45 to most of a sunny sky, but the clouds quickly took over.
The first exciting stop for the day was The Gloucester Tree. It is an old fire lookout. Metal poles are driven horizontally into the tree and spiral around the trunk, acting as a staircase. It is just under 60m in height. Can be climbed but with my fear of heights, I’m not game at all.
The walk continues through impressive Karri forest, dropping steeply to join the cascades walk. Starting flat here is not a sign of things to come, as it definitely got more hilly throughout the day.
The cascades are a little detour off the track, but roaring with the volume of water in the river! Then an uphill trek to join the track again.
There were a few more drizzles during the morning so not much time to rest.
A couple of kilometres before the hut, the scenery changed quiet dramatically as the walk went through a swampy area. The vegetation changed as did the smell, which wasn’t unpleasant.
Its a bit of a climb to the hut- gotta work for it 🙂 . It is nicely positioned though, overlooking large karri trees.
Was joined by Pam and Barry as well as Rusty much later.
The Gloucester Tree 
The Gloucester Tree 
Cascades 
View from the hut 
Sunrise from hut
One reply on “Bibbulmun Track Day 30”
Beautiful sunrise photos!
And that Gloucester Tree looks and sounds amazing.