Since my trip to New Zealand last year, I became interested in hiking and exploring nature. I’m by no means an outdoorsy person, but I find walking in nature very peaceful. I’ve been following the hiking adventures of The Life of Py since I first heard of it last year from a couple of colleagues but never quite made it to any of the organised hikes last year. I managed to attend the Life of Py’s first hike of 2017 a few weeks ago. It was a nice and easy trail called the Victoria Reservoir Trail up in Carmel. As it was the first hike of the year and a fairly easy one, there was a massive turn out (probably around 30+ people). We met at 8.30am along Masonmill Road to start the 7km loop. It was a lovely day to be hiking in the morning. It was great to see hikers of all ages (including children!) doing the hike with us. The loop only took us around 1.5 hours to complete at a fairly leisurely pace, with a few stops along the way to allow people to catch up.
When I was hiking in New Zealand I found the paths very easily identifiable. I find finding the right path while on a hiking trail in Perth or WA can be quite difficult sometime. I won’t go into the details of Victoria Reservoir as The Life of Py has done an excellent summary if you’re interested in the trail. I spent most of my time on the trail chatting to friends, and only managed to take a few shots here and there with my Fujifilm X-T10 and my 35mm f1.4 lens.
After the hike, we decided to part ways with the other hikers who were going to Core Cider House for lunch. We decided to drive further in to Kalamunda to have brunch at Jack and Jill. We’ve previously had lunch there after our hike at Lesmurdie Falls, almost a year ago. This time I decided to share the french toast and a big breakfast with a friend. Given that it was quite a warm autumn day, I opted for a iced long black instead of my usual flat white coffee
Thanks for stopping by today.
J.
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