Today we were supposed to be exploring Mt Arthur and The Lost World on Mount Wellington but the wet weather forecast ensured that we looked for a safer alternative.
Peter Murrell Reserve is one of our local walks and is often visited by members of the group even when it's not one of our programmed walks.
The day started off wet and was forecast to get wetter but there was still eight willing participants.
Everyone is well prepared for the weather before we set of.
Peter Murrell is well known for its native orchid population but there were only a couple of varieties sighted today.
There were quite a number of other flowering natives on show throughout the reserve.
Lots of raindrops hanging of the trees.
More water drops were on the spiderwebs which were close to the ground.
There are quite a few spectacular trees in the reserve.
There was a bit of discussion on crossing the creek.
We had eight walkers and covered 7.3 kms in 2.5 hours.
It was interesting to note that the fastest walking speed achieved for the day was while walking up the last hill to the cars possibly a result of the heavier rain at that time.
Rather than our usual ramble through various tracks today we only walked the perimeter before retiring because of the inclement weather although all enjoyed the walk.
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