Strahan to Lake St Clair

We tried to get away quickly but slept in to make up for the strom.  I didn't think it could get any colder...quick...get out of there!

My luck was not going to change...

I know I love my husband very much because I slept the night in the middle of a snow storm 800m above sea level!  Why, because we (Paul) thought it would be such an excitingly diffierent thing to do.  So who was I to argue when the Park Rangers lent us a heater for the van to make life a little warmer - inside the van - but did anyone tell you that to get to the toilets you had to get OUT of the nice warm van and walk to the freezing cold toilet block with the ice block for a toilet seat???? And...the walk was through a SNOW STORM!!!!  Yes, I love my husband...



Alex all snug as a bug



Besides the drama with the snow, we had a really nice walk around the lake and I got to see a platypus in the lake.  The wonder of Lake St Clair is that it is the deepest lake in Australia and along with Dove Lake is a Glacier made lake while the other lakes we have been too are man-made and for generating hydro electricity.  The glacier lakes are part of National Parks whilst the hydro lakes are managed by the electricity companies and offer free camping along the lake.  The national parks cost money - but we have a 2 month pass so pay only for the nights we choose to stay there.





White Christmas?