I love this walk. This is the first time I've done it with company. Today Amanda Belton and Alan & Karen Simpson came along. We made pretty good time despite the upper trail being overgrown with nettles. A few minutes were lost when we encountered a large python sleeping on the trail and none of us was willing to sneak past it. We threw small sticks near it until it woke up and moved off into the bush.
We had lunch at the lookout at the top which was lovely, especially Amanda's baking and Alan's awesome sandwiches, but the sun was very warm. After finishing lunch we checked out the barely noticeable track to the heavily treed summit which is just slightly higher than the lookout. I have never bothered to go to the summit having assumed it had nothing to offer having no views. Boy was I wrong - it's an absolutely gorgeous spot to have lunch sitting on boulders surrounded by moss covered trees.
There was a huge variety of fungi growing in the forest and I took a stack of photos of them. I was also fortunate to catch a clear shot of a lovely butterfly. Amanda told me what sort it was but I have forgotten.
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