Larapinta Trail day 2

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Well good morning friends. Today is day two on the Larapinta Trail. Today we are at section 8, about 110 kilometres up the track. We're going to do this section but firstly we are heading nearby to Serpentine Gorge to explore before coming back up here and heading across this next section over thirteen kilometres. There are sixteen kilometre all up today. So come and join with me on my second day on the Larapinta Trail.

Well friends, I've now made it up to Serpentine Gorge near the end of section seven of the track. This is another beautiful gorge cut through the range. It is very beautiful.

Just behind me there, is one of the food drops. People hiking the trail can actually have food dropped here and they can leave their rubbish here as well. This saves them having to carry 14 to 21 days of food with them. It is quite expensive to get this done to get food drops out here because these are quite remote spots. People hiking through here can pick up their food. Turning around you can see it is quite a different landscape today. We will be heading up these hills. There hasn't been a bushfire here for quite a while so it is a lot greener here. It's time to continue.

Well friends I've now made it up to the lookout at the top of the range. Looking down through there it is absolutely spectacular looking along the ranges. In the distance is Mount Sonder which we are hoping to climb in the next couple of days. Apart from that this is a very fascinating landscape.

Well friends I'm almost at the end of the track. It has been quite a long one today going over Serpentine Ridge and now going through the lowlands. We got a little bit lost before and ventured up a track but managed to get back on the track again. I'm almost at the end of this long walk today, so thanks friends for joining me again today and I shall catch you on another part of the Larapinta Trail tomorrow. Ciao for now.