There haven't been any hiking posts for a while as I haven't been hiking. At the start of May I hurt my foot, so until recently I haven't even been walking which has been very frustrating. I think it is finally on the mend, but I need to be careful I don't overdo it (easier said than done).
Melbourne also went into a two week lockdown (that ended yesterday) due to a Covid outbreak. We are still only allowed to travel within 25kms of our home under current restrictions so we can't go bush even if my foot was ok.
My husband took this photo of the Maribyrnong River a couple of days ago. Look closely - after taking it he turned the photo upside down. The reflection was nearly perfect.
This is a photo of Aberfeldie Park. At the start of last year that dirt in the foreground was just a big pile of dirt. But over the last year it has been carefully sculpted into bike ramps. During lockdown last year groups of mostly I would guess nine to thirteen year old kids, mostly boys, but a few girls, would congregate here and slowly the mound of dirt was shaped. Kids that I assume would normally be doing other activities on the weekend found an outlet here.
If you look carefully you can see an old wheelbarrow and shovel that I have circled, and you can see the path their bikes take down the hill to the ramps. I wonder if the council would have allowed this to happen in a normal year.... I think probably not.
