{"id":375,"date":"2010-12-12T06:47:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:34:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:34:21","slug":"mount-bogong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/mount-bogong\/","title":{"rendered":"MOUNT BOGONG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong01.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-376\" title=\"DesertEcho-Bogong01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong01.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong01.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong02.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-377\" title=\"DesertEcho-Bogong02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong02.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong03.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-378\" title=\"DesertEcho-Bogong03\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong03.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong03.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong04.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379\" title=\"DesertEcho-Bogong04\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong04.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong05.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-380\" title=\"DesertEcho-Bogong05\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong05.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong05.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong06.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[375]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-381\" title=\"DesertEcho-Bogong06\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DesertEcho-Bogong06.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A beautiful foggy weekend camping at Mount Bogong. At first the walking was a bit tough because I was just coming off what seemed to be a summer flu (who ever knew such a thing existed, but I guess when it rains so much in December that picnic tables are underwater anything is possible). But walking slower did give me a nice excuse to admire the beautiful hills and eerie forests of bone white trees.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan, decked out as an Alpine Cowboy,\u00a0 found a tarp floating in the river and that soon became the perfect little cooking shelter and nearby he spotted this curious little red flower like thing that seemed to produce rather a foul looking gundge that attracted flies. Close to sunset on our second day we discovered a sweet little waterfall that Dylan boldly, and I less so, climbed to the base of, where soft grass pillows provided a lovely place for a nap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful foggy weekend camping at Mount Bogong. 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