We had an overnight hike from Katoomba to Mobbs Swamp in Blue Mountains during first two days of Easter.
We planned to go to Mt Dingo from Dunphy’s camp ground via Black Heath.
But this area was severely affected by fire, flood and then landslide so we had to change our route.
Unlike our light feeling about only one night and two days it was actually hard carrying heavy backpacks and walking a long distance in total 40 km for two days.
There were a few day walkers and cyclists on the Narrow Neck Trails but after that we had all mountains to ourselves until we met this trail again next day.
My favorite moment was a short break in the shallow part of creek before camp site.
Eddie suggested that we take off our heavy walking boots, soak our tired feet in the water.
Sun was harshly strong and cooked us up all the way from Narrow Neck Trail until Medlow Gap via Taro’s Ladder.
I was finally relieved with green forest but the trail was disappeared by overgrown grasses taller than my height and many parts were waterlogged and extremely muddy.
When we arrived at the camp site I was again shocked to find overgrown tall grasses and lush vegetation took in charge left a small patch of space barely for two tents.
Burnt out or fallen trees were everywhere but one positive and encouraging fact was that nature was powerful to restore itself without human’s interference in no time.
