Risdon Brook reservoir.

A lovely sunny day.

Heading up one of the hills.

A Tasmanian Native-hen (Gallinula mortierii).

We passed quite a few other track users.

A great outing.

Some welcome shade.

The dam wall.

Close encounters with a wallaby.

Our training took a turn for the worse the past couple of weeks, so the thought of a 101km event in 9 days time, is making me a wee bit nervous. After 19 hours of traveling, we finally touched down in Tasmania, and decided to walk the 1.7km to catch a local bus into town where we had to pick up the rental car. At $11 for the both of us, it seemed a much better option than the airport bus at $40 for us two. Besides, we needed to do some form of exercise after all that sitting. Continue reading →