We woke up with the knowledge that this was out last day together as a group.
Given the bus departure times of 2 pm or 4 pm, those allocated to the 2 pm bus needed to be up, packed and on the track by 7 am at the latest. There was a little more hustle across Retakunna that morning.
Our group of 6 were all allocated to the 4 pm bus. Given the climb, weight of the packs and some health issues with one of our group we decided that we wanted to be on the track no later than 8 am.
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| Leaving Retakunna |
We set off around 8 am for the challenging climb up Mount Fortesque, 200 metres climb over a distance of 1.60 km.
Top of Mount Fortesque
We continued along the ridge line stopping a various points of interest and more spectacular pictures before reaching a junction, where most dropped our packs, took a day pack and continued to Cape Hauy. Others decided to descend straight to Fortesque Bay.
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| Pano - Mt Fortesque en route to Cape Hauy |
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| What a view |
Panorama view from Cape Hauy
Climbing to Totem Pole
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| Caroline taking in the view |
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| Final stages... |
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| Nearly there... |
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| Fortesque Bay, cool water and coffee... |
The return trip to and from Cape Hauy and the world famous Totem Pole involves many steps and we were fortunate enough to see some climbers on it, doing their thing.
Once we returned to the junction, we again lifted our packs and began the descent to Fortesque Bayand the promise of a cool dip and hot coffee before we boarded the 4 pm bus back to Port Arthur.
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