Mountain climbing again?

Day 2: Let's climb another mountain. but this time, we'll take a chairlift up to Mount Kosciuszko. This is the highest mountain in Australia. We took the chairlift to the top and then walked to the lookout. It was a 5 km walk. Piece of cake. This was our first experience with the flies. They were all over. They weren't too much in our faces, but sure liked to sit on the shirt of our warm backs. Never got a picture.

The walkway to the lookout and summit is nicely developed so you are
not walking on the grass and hurting the environment. Of course, a
large section uses metal grates and we were told that the path
closes down if it starts to rain as they get very slippery.

Have water bottles, will travel. Are we having fun yet?

The path seems to go forever.

Views of the top of the mountain.

I tried to take some artistic shots and so it took a lot of time
to set them up. I don't think any of the group
realized I did that just to catch my breath.

Descending into the mist.

Possible head-on collision? Bikers ride up on the chair and
then ride down the mountain.

No collision. He made it and before us.

Echidna by the side of the road. He has these sharp quills
but doesn't launch them like a porcupine, they just
make it hard for predators to attack them.

Stopped for a lime and bitters at his little pub. You can
see the regulars on the left.

But then the police arrived. We told them we weren't drinking.
They might have been surprised because that was
why they stopped.

Dead wombat on the road. We saw a lot of road kill -- kangaroos,
wallabies, wombats, echidna. But we did see all of the above
live as well.