Day 2 - Section 1

Our first night under the stars proved to be pretty amazing.  We were all in bed by 8.30 p.m. and after gazing at the incredible sky full of stars, including some shooting stars, we all drifted off to sleep.  It was erxtremely cold when we woke this morning so much so that there was frost on our bags and even our pillows.

We had a breakfast of porridge, cereal, yoghurt and fruit along with tea and coffee.  At 8.30 a.m. we then headed off to start Day 2 and the second part of Section 1 of the Trek.

The scenery again was just incredible - all you can see is mountain ranges for as far as your looked.  We hiked past the Scorpion Pools before climbing up into Hat Hill Saddle.  The views from here were incredible revealing the rugged Chewings Range.

We finished our Trek around 12.10 p.m. at the incredibly beautiful Simpsons Gap - this Gauge is incredible and our amazing guides had set up an incredible lunch for us.

We covered 10.5 kms today and there was a few challenging places.

We then jumped in two troupe carriers and were taken to a place called Desert Park to learn more about the local flora and fauna of this region.   The bird show that they did was incredible.

Then we were driven back to the same Camp site we had last night - which is why we actually still have service (yay).

We are now sitting around enjoying a cup of tea, cheese and crackers as our amazing guides cook us dinner.

We have  had our briefing for tomorrow and they have told us it will be a huge day.   We will be leaving Camp about 6.30 a,m. and hiking for about 9 hours so it is definately going to be a long and tiring day for everyone.

All are still in great spirits - a little nervous about tomorrow, but all still good.

We probably won't have any service for a few days now everyone, so don't panic if you don't hear from us for a while.  We will definately post as soon as we can.

Our Quote for the day came from Leanne who got up and smelt the coffee today and said "OMG that coffee smells like Chanel No 5" - hilarious!!w

That's it for now everyone,

Hugs,

Donnna.