[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 05/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Honeymooners Track

This weekend we did the Honeymooners Track at Royal National Park which was a 3-hour full circuit walk. There was a flight of steps that we had to go through for about half an hour going down which brought us to the Audley fishing area. To go back up was another half-an-hour but for me going up is more difficult compared to going down so it took me longer. Another ten minutes added to the half-an-hour estimate.

We had a rest after the climb before proceeding back for another hour's walk to where we started. The view on this trail was picture perfect and this time there were just 4 of us as other members of the family could not make it.

Stone Crafting

Was feeling bored last night when I decided it was time to use the stones I had in the garage which has been lying idle for years now. This time and happiness #12 although not fully finished yet as I want to put moveable eyes, here are the stones I painted last night. Through these stones, the "Libatok family" is born and expect to see more of them in the very near future.

And tonight I transferred  an image of flowers onto this rock through decoupaged, sealed it for protection and called it "Mum's rock" for Happiness #13.

To see larger images of the Libatok family, please click here.

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 04/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Bondi to Coogee Walk

We prefer to do our walking practices on Saturdays in order to have a full rest on Sundays and make it to work on Mondays. I think everyone knows about the Bondi to Coogee walk. This Saturday we were fortunate to start early. There were less people doing the walk and we were able to get a free parking still at Bronte.

This is what I enjoy most with our bushwalking runs in preparation for our Peru trip. I get to see some awesome sceneries which would have been impossible for me to see and experience.

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 04/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Uloola Falls

We also did the Uloola Falls trail on the 4th of April,2014 but cant seem to find any picture but this. It seems to be mixed up with the Karloo track since if you do the whole circuit where you start from the Uloola Falls trail you can proceed to do the Karloo track. It took us another 5 hours from where we started at Loftus and ended up in Engadine.

This is the big ledge on the Karloo track and where the kids were resting for the second time. First was when we did the Karloo track and this is the second time when we just did the Uloola Falls. 

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 03/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Karloo Track

This was the Karloo track in the Royal National Park - 2-Mar - 2014. A total of about 4 hours of walking uphill and downhill . After 1-1/2 hours, we ended up in the Karloo Pool. This area actually gets filled with water and not passable when it is high tide season so a bit scary to be lost in the area. Maybe for some it would take them less than 4 hours but for us who were a bit slow it took longer but the scenic view along the way was unbelievably beautiful.

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 02/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Bungoona Trail

This was our very first bushwalking practice in late February. A regular 3 hour walk just to start us to get to used to rugged paths, going uphill and downhill. This was at the Bungoona Trail, Royal National Park. Some pictures were taken from the Bungoona lookouts.