Then, as we got to our second crossing, we both looked at each other! Holy crap, this really was flooded and, as it poured with rain, we clambered up and down the side of the raging creek, trying to find a crossing that wasn’t too scary or dangerous. We both had mud and stones in our shoes and had to stop often to remove them. I discovered that Anna liked to jump in the many puddles and to skip and hop along this track. To be honest, I think the rain actually made this hike even more special. There was a lot of water racing down what had once been a small creek but, this time, we were knee-deep in rapids! Along, up and round, then down through the most enchanting magical native bush.
Our first creek crossing was a bit tense but we made sure we were safe and helped each other get across. But the great thing was that we actually had a plan for afterwards, and we sure needed one as I was in no doubt at all that we would be wet, cold and needing to eat and get stuff dry on our return. I know I had been there before but this time, we were walking along in streams of water, with waterfalls cascading down steps and banks on all the tracks. Wilkies Pools, the Kaituni Track and Dawson’s Falls. Anna also dressed accordingly and, with her Tevas on, we zipped up, pulled the rain hoods up over our woollen hats and headed out into the storm. Nevertheless, I drag on my hiking clothes that are already slightly muddy, my faithful red rain jacket and my wet weather shoes (my crocs!). We both wanted to go out for a hike but, it was so wet, it was hard to get motivated, knowing that if we went out, we would be soaking wet on our return and there was not a chance of anything staying dry. But holy heck did it rain and, when we got up this morning, the car park was awash, with streams cascading down the hillside. As always, I was thankful not to be in a tent and to have had the internal roof leaks sorted out in Cuzzie. Although we were parked up high in a safe location, we both admitted to waking up and listening to the continuous storm as it raged overhead most of the night.
Well, thank goodness for being parked in some kind of shelter and up high up on tar-sealed ground, as it rained so intensely and heavily last night, with gusts of wind so strong that I almost felt I was back down South in Fiordland.
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