The next morning it was off early towards Lake Mackenzie – a freshwater perched lake.
We passed by Cathedral Rock
And the wreck of the Maheno (a liner that ran aground on its way to be decommissioned)
We left Mhairi at the walk in to Lake Wabbi, and drove on to Lake Mackenzie without her. She’d been really irritating all day and no one wanted her in the van an… No, actually, she needed to stretch her legs, and so ran most of the 14km between the two lakes. You’ll have to check her weblog for the pics (I don’t like stealing all her good shots!)
The rest of us got to lake Mackenzie,
chilled out for a while, and then set about making lunch – at which time Mhairi arrived back to the group. Perfect timing.
4 of us decided to walk from Lake Mackenzie to our campsite for the evening at Central Station. It was amazing… I think it was my favourite part of the trip actually.
In this pic you can see L->R Ben, Alero, Carine and Mhairi. You will see they’re all holding sticks and looking menacing. This is ‘cos we were told that if a dingo is attacking you that it’s best to have a stick handy!
We passed by Basin Lake – another perched lake – but this time tannin sands, it was absolutely special though, really peaceful, and just the four of us there.
There were also some pretty funky trees that I do not know the name of I’m afraid. Sure were purty though.
That evening we cooked up the snapper (a fish) that the fisherman had given one of our sister groups – and Alex (a girl from the group) and another had gutted them. Mhairi cooked it, and we all tasted. It was – definitely fishy, and could have been de-scaled (if we knew how) but all in all good.
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