Duke of Edinburgh Silver Test HikeI have to say these hikes just keep getting better every time. This much anticipated event occurred on the first three days of school holidays. Dedicated right. Some of my best times at Danebank have been spent on these hikes. I know I know how can hiking be fun. You wouldn't think hiking through the Australian bush with 15kg hiking packs would be fun but really it just makes everything more memorable.
The members of my particular hiking group included (in picture) Isobel, Ranga Liz, Erato, Adrienne, Jess, Liz, Britters and Myself. We were accompanied by two other groups, the A team who are the smart people who might actually like hiking, and the Blondes who are a group of preppy shire lovers who think because the teachers love them then the rest of the grade will. Not the case. This hike I must say there was a very harsh tension between our group and the Blondes. The A team was neutral.
On the first day it stormed and rained heavily. It also hailed which just reassured us how stupid it was to be hiking on our school holidays. This rain ceased after it had thoroughly soaked each and everyone of us and our packs and everything inside of them. It was a very pleasurable experience. On the first night the Blondes and the a team slept in a very small cave which my group refused to stay in due to its close proximity with the Blondes. We slept outside in our own little campsite and it didn't even rain.
The members of my particular hiking group included (in picture) Isobel, Ranga Liz, Erato, Adrienne, Jess, Liz, Britters and Myself. We were accompanied by two other groups, the A team who are the smart people who might actually like hiking, and the Blondes who are a group of preppy shire lovers who think because the teachers love them then the rest of the grade will. Not the case. This hike I must say there was a very harsh tension between our group and the Blondes. The A team was neutral.
On the first day it stormed and rained heavily. It also hailed which just reassured us how stupid it was to be hiking on our school holidays. This rain ceased after it had thoroughly soaked each and everyone of us and our packs and everything inside of them. It was a very pleasurable experience. On the first night the Blondes and the a team slept in a very small cave which my group refused to stay in due to its close proximity with the Blondes. We slept outside in our own little campsite and it didn't even rain.
The second day just consisted of some up and downs, terrain wise including a extremely steep descent to our second campsite. We slept next to a freshwater creek where the scenery was quite intriguing. This was the beginning on one of the greatest duke of ed nights with my friend Jess England.
Instead of going to bed like the good school girls were doing we went for a midnight walk.
On this midnight walk I achieved my two goals to achieve on a duke of ed hike:
1. Smoke
2. Drink
In which both were completely and utterly achieved and enjoyed in the process.
After finishing our bottle of Frantelle "water" we decided to go swimming in the river. At first we went in our clothes but soon realized it was much to wet and got to our underwear. Trying to cross the river on protruding rocks Jess managed to step on a rock that had a yellow and black snake under it. It was a big struggle to get back to the shore, I managed to completely soak myself slipping on a rock. All night you could not wipe the smiles off our faces if you tried.
The next day was spent hopping across rocks to get across the river like little bush critters. We crossed this river repeatedly this way 44 times and im not exaggerating. All in all this hike was amazing it was worth every second and if I could do it again I would make sure Britters didnt injure her ankle which meant she was sent home. Sorry Britter's.
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