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Sunlit moment, Mt Wedge

Ok, so I’ve decided to write a blog of some of the walks I’ve been on, mostly because I know how hard it can be to find information on conditions, routes, times, difficulty etc without constantly pestering friends, and because I know how grateful I’ve been to the people who have shared with me, and to the information I’ve found on the internet.

At 28 or 29 I decided that life must be about more than work, at the same time that I fell in love with lutruwita/Tassie mountains and wilderness. For a few years all my non-working time was spent out and about in the thick of it, or planning the next adventure. I had a period where I was a little more sedate: juggling a really awesome job and all the ongoing personal study that it requires, lots of real tennis, tutoring and marking at uni, a very special person and a few key friends, gardening, visiting the beach and the odd bit of travel (back when that was a thing). That meant I visited the mountains less frequently, and new ones were like blue moons. But that changed in 2020 when my special person died all too soon and completely unexpectedly and I returned to the mountains to find myself again. But as all things in life, even that hasn’t lasted too long and I am now back juggling part time work and life with another special person and his family. New places to visit are becoming harder to find so new posts are also less frequent, although that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m not out there enjoying ones I’ve already explored a little bit!

I hope this blog inspires people to visit some of the beautiful places in lutruwita/Tassie, and to want to make sure that they’re around for generations to come. So peruse the photos, read my ramblings if you want and most of all take care out there!!