Bir-niversa-giving Trip II: Kosciuszko National Park

The rest of the trip was almost cancelled given our cold, drenched, sleep-deprived, aching-muscle state. But it’s amazing what a warm car-ride and a hot meal can do!

So we headed to Kosciuszko NP. We still had plenty of snow to go through, but we were able to fight our way through most of it in the warmth and comfort of our car.


We did a little bit of hiking – as much as our legs would allow. We also checked out the Yarrangobilly thermal pools, thinking it would feel great on our legs. Unfortunately, at ~75F, it wasn’t quite as soothing as we hoped. But fun, nonetheless!

There were lots of signs telling us to watch for kangaroos and wombats, so we did.

And we saw them!




And late in the afternoon, the sun finally decided to show up! We camped by a beautiful river, and enjoyed Ben’s first place prize – a bottle of wine. And we learned a valuable cooking lesson: while noodles may get soft in luke-warm water, they don’t necessarily get “cooked.” Instead, they just get gummy. So it wasn’t the delicious post-race dinner we had planned, but we had sun and a river and a great mango. Happy anniversary to us!