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Heart Creek hiking

I think this was my first time back up Heart Creek since the flood – and it was much more of a pile of rocks than it used to be.

It is the perfect hike for a herd of small children though. It’s fairly short, with constant entertainment. Bridges! Rocks! Water to throw rocks into! Rocks to throw other rocks at! Water to try and fall into! Things to climb!

To add to the excitement, we ran into a couple of guys with pretty rugged remote control cars. The boys were filled with joy and wonder, and chased about after them as they were driven along the trail, and back and forth the creek.

I don’t know how much they cost, and I’m guessing it’s kind of astronomical, but I could see them being a fairly useful investment if you were looking for more entertainment and motivation while out hiking.

We made it up to the end of the trail, had snacks on a bench and then herded the kids back in the other direction.

A fun little early season hike, and highly recommended for small people.

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early season ice

So, with the Jeep still out of action at the mechanics (and while it’s away we’re secretly looking at every Subaru we see for sale), we ended up cycling to the ice. First we tried to have a look at the Pigeon Mountain Falls near Dead Mans Flats, but the guys at the quarry in front of it weren’t having any of that. So we cycled onward to Heart Creek.

 

Creeksicles

 

Nothing was looking particularly inspiring – and Heart Falls definitely didn’t sound very frozen, I couldn’t be bothered with the scramble round to confirm one way or the other.

 

Thoroughly unappealing look at some of the early season ice at Heart Creek

 

So we ended up playing on the left smear near Bunny Wall (WI2ish) – which was thick enough to take screws if you chose your spot carefully.

 

The two smears near Bunny Wall at Heart Creek

 

Of course by the time we left it was already 4.30pm. And there was a headwind. And we were hungry. And it was uphill. And the only way home is along the freeway. And it was 25km of cycling in the dark to get home. Just sometimes, I think a functioning car could be a handy thing.

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it doesn’t look a bit like a heart

Lovely Summer day climbing at Heart Creek.

 

 

Warm sun, cool creek, gentle breeze, plastic dinosaur. All in monochrome. Not a lot of climbing was done, though we did find the waterfall at the end of the creek – the trail leads all the way to it, but then to actually see the waterfall you have to scramble around some polished rock. From the looks of the bolts, there used to be chains going round, so everyone could get there.

 

 
I guess most people just have to be satisfied with the noise of the waterfall these days.