Day Five. Kia Ora Hut to Lake Clair (Narcissus Hut)

By Alan Kimber on 13/11/2010

Wet clothing and footwear were marginally drier than previously as we set off on our pen-ultimate day. One unfortunate German trekker succumbed to the slippery tree routes and broke her right fore-arm attempting to prevent a fall on the track. Thankfully our travelling GP produced a splint from whittled Gum Tree and she completed the final 18 Kms in some comfort, aided by anti-inflammatory drugs.

This day turned out to be very enjoyable, moving along wooded and dry moraines, with limited tree roots and plenty of board-walk underfoot to ease the way. Much of the route was gently down-hill and we had opted to catch a ferry the next day on Lake St Clair, so, this was essentially the last day of effort. Our destination was Narcissus Hut with plenty of Coal nuggets provided by the Park Service, for warming and drying clothes and aching muscles. Here we were fortunate enough to spy our first Platypus drifting by the ferry jetty.