{"id":6000,"date":"2013-06-24T23:31:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2013-10-17T14:17:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T03:17:16","slug":"from-oberon-to-waterloo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/from-oberon-to-waterloo\/","title":{"rendered":"From Oberon to Waterloo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.entry-title {display:none;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"image\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sand-paths-fog-scrub-greenery-wilderness.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"sand-paths-fog-scrub-greenery-wilderness\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6017\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"topleft\">\n<h1><a class=\"white\"; href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/from-oberon-to-waterloo\/\" title=\"from-oberon-to-waterloo\">[mm-insert-title]<\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"white\">a mini otway adventure<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ultralight-hiking-trekking-umbrella-bushwalking.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"ultralight-hiking-trekking-umbrella-bushwalking\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6014\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bird-silhouette-tree-branches-mountain-wilderness.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"bird-silhouette-tree-branches-mountain-wilderness\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6012\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"topleftcol\">\n<fancyletter class=\"green\">T<\/fancyletter>hrough mountains haloed in mist we wandered. Umbrellas and ponchos setting us apart from the average hiker&#8230; if only there was one to pass us by on the sandy trails. <\/p>\n<p>Carly&#8217;s shoe that had been faithful for so many years fell to pieces on her, but any attempts to go bare foot were rebuffed by a path that peevishly changed from soft silky sand to stones and mud puddles. <\/p>\n<p>The fog dampened sound, all was silent. Hazy faces emerged: a rock imitating a man eating an ice cream, another a deranged swamp creature and finally a living one &#8211; the furry face of a wallaby.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the  <a class=\"green\"; href=\"http:\/\/parkweb.vic.gov.au\/explore\/parks\/wilsons-promontory-national-park\/things-to-do\/tidal-river-camping\" title=\"Tidal River\" target=\"_blank\">Tidal River<\/a> Car park a sign had boasted a photographic trail of the <a class=\"green\"; href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/travel\/travel-news\/wilsons-prom-park-may-be-closed-over-easter-20110323-1c6sb.html\" title=\"Flood Event\" target=\"_blank\">latest flood event<\/a>, never had photos of damaged bridges been so celebrated. We came upon the replacement recycled plastic boardwalk with some disappointment, as man&#8217;s mark tends to destroy the daydream of wilderness, especially when moulded from plastic bags. How exactly are you meant to pretend you that the cratered boulders are trolls <a class=\"green\";  href=\"http:\/\/www.sixwatergrog.com\/2013\/01\/olafur-and-gellivor-troll-icelandic.html\" title=\"Trolls\" target=\"_blank\">caught out in the light<\/a> of day when you&#8217;ve got plastic underfoot, albeit much more comfortable than being knee deep in the much and the mire. It was good to see the workers had a sense of humour though, their lunch spot emblazoned with not one but two larrikin signs. <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"navy\">And then through a chaos of bare tangled branches was the ocean. <\/h4>\n<p>So blue it warmed your soul &#8211; <a class=\"green\";  href=\"http:\/\/parkweb.vic.gov.au\/explore\/parks\/wilsons-promontory-national-park\/things-to-do\/little-waterloo-bay\" title=\"Waterloo Bay\" target=\"_blank\">Waterloo Bay<\/a>. On a distant rock sat a black and white bird, our naked eyes keeping the dream alive that it might actually be a penguin, not even 20-20 Dylan could say it was for sure. Closer inspection with the zoom lens sadly showed it to be more like <a class=\"green\";  href=\"http:\/\/fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us\/jmorlan\/drpe081306.htm\" title=\"Petrel\" target=\"_blank\">some sort of Petrel<\/a>, no offence Petrel, but you just aren&#8217;t in the same league as a Little Penguin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/poncho-raincoat-hiking-rain.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"poncho-raincoat-hiking-rain\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/hiking-fog-mist-rock-formations.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"hiking-fog-mist-rock-formations\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6001\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sand-trails-rock-formations-burnt-bushfire-trees.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"sand-trails-rock-formations-burnt-bushfire-trees\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6013\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/banksia-flower-wilsons-promontory-maintenance-taj-mahal.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"banksia-flower-wilsons-promontory-maintenance-taj-mahal\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/waterloo-bay-wilsons-promontory.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"waterloo-bay-wilsons-promontory\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6004\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/waterloo-bay-penguin-beach-ocean.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"waterloo-bay-penguin-beach-ocean\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6003\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/beach-mist-blue-azure-sea-water.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"beach-mist-blue-azure-sea-water\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6002\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[mm-insert-title] a mini otway adventure Through mountains haloed in mist we wandered. 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