After just about suffering heat stroke
walking up the Chimney Pots yesterday, we got an early start in the
morning, drove south, and walked to the top of Mount Napier, an old
volcano, before it got crazy hot. This is a short but moderately
interesting walk as the crater is still pretty obvious and there
seems to be a healthy population of koalas in the surrounding forest
(we saw three).
The old crater on Mount Napier
Just a bit further south are the
Byaduck Caves which are actually lava tubes with collapsed roofs.
These are pretty interesting too, especially when you consider that
these passages run for almost 30 km underground. The caves are
formed when the roof collapses and opens up an entry into the lava
tubes. One cave has an easy scramble down into the bottom and you
can wander in the back where it is delightfully cool and moist.
Lava tube at Byaduck Caves
By lunch, we had set up for the
afternoon and were doing what you do when you live in a caravan
without air conditioning and the temperature is in the high 30's
Celsius. You just try to survive until it cools down.
Mount Napier Koala
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