Our hike continues…..
View from the hillsides
Entering Baudin Conservation Park
The Ironstone Hill Hike took us to the top
Possibly a shag
The terrain got steep
Still in view of the ship
A shoe-cleaning station
The local ladies said don’t go to the car park
Reasons to clean our shoes
I did it, mostly for a photo
Following the winding trail
Getting further away
Australian magpie
Why conserve a park?
Saved forever to tell the story
Yes, it was steep, but we had plenty of time
Never saw so many ants
A peek at the ship
Glad the trail was dry
A rocky cove
The trail was well-marked
Oxen-pulled wagons delivered the grain
Large rocky shoreline
Ironstone Creek Cove was used as a pick-up point
Hillsides of Australian pines
Going straight up
Dense shrubs hid some wildlife
Open fields between the trees
Are we there yet?
There goes another ferry
Looks like wallaby territory
A termite mound
Hope it doesn’t rain….no umbrellas
Another trail marker
Never lost sight of the water
The hiking trail
Looking for signs of wallabies
Found some poop – signs of wallabies
Trees showed signs of a recent fire
The first wallaby sighting
He’s not afraid of us
He did not run
At least, not right away
Bet there are more where he came from
Getting ready to hop away
His coat looked like he was shedding
Yes, I see you
Dead fall
We could hear rustling in the bushes
Looks like a shelter
Another tammar wallaby
They are much smaller than mainland roos
Looking for more
Another marker to follow
This one was hiding well
Blending in with their surroundings
Off and running
More deadfall
Getting closer to the top
Follow the road
Old rusting farm equipment
Fields where the barley was grown
Winding up to the top
Looks like a kestrel
Remains of Bate’s Cottage
Harry Bates, the farmer, lived here
Fields for growing grains
Wendy, Steve, and their friend geo-caching
Their treasure could be anywhere
More old equipment
Open fields up high
Must have been very hard work
Tricky to get water here as well
A grain threshing floor – used to separate the seed from the plant
Machines eventully replaced hand labor
Remains of a thresher
A better example is in a museum in town
New plantings to hold back the hillsides
Resting for a minute
Homestead
