lørdag 14. februar 2009

Mt Warning

The weather here in Lennox has been pretty lousy the last couple of days. The palms has statt i vinkel and it hasn't stopped raining. Today is a bit better, but still pretty bad.

A few days ago, a Dutch guy Roeland and I, climbed a mountain called Mount Warning. It is the place on the mainland that is believed to first see the sun rise. The Aboriginals call the mountain Wollumbin, which means cloud catcher.

And seff was it cloudy.

In 1770 mr James Cook passed by, and dicovered that the reefs are pretty bad out there, so he desided to call the peaked mountain Mt Warning, as a.....warning.


You can see the mountain in the back

Very steep!


On our way up, we saw quite a few snakes, but only pythons, so nothing to worry about.



The mountain recuires a good level of fitness.

Mt Warning is still of cultural and traditional significance for the Bundjalung people, and generally advise people not to climb the mountain, unless you feel called to do it. Roeland felt called, and I didn't know about all this 'til we were back in Lennox.

4 kommentarer:

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