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25.01.2022 #LorellaBedTimeStory As we are nearing the end of our 2020 tourist season, this week we found ourselves starting to day dream and wonder about the next untouc...hed piece of Lorella that we would like to go and explore, and possibly open up one day. It brought back some memories of how I discovered a place on Lorella that is particularly close to my heart. Most locations on Lorella, I have discovered on foot - by taking walks, or rather marathon-like hikes reallyMy version of walkabout, through country not trotted on before. So, today's Lorella history lesson is about a particular walk I did many moons ago with two of my friends - a trip which would take us to one of the top favourite places on Lorella... Early in February 2005, my friends Steve, Troy and I discussed a big walk on Lorella - it was a long time overdue. We were all young adults trying to fix up a few holes in our lives at the time and to make sense of the world... We had done several walks out bush before Some larger ones, but not with so many obstacles i.e. large escarpments, lack of water, heavier packs and expectations of more than the usual one-hundred-kilometre or so we would normally do. So I suggested the idea to my friends, and instantly they were in. I do have a way of sharing my passion and love for Lorella, and it did not take much to convince these two to be part of my next adventure! This was before the Lonely Planet, before Google Earth or Wikicamps; even before Sat phones were commonly accessible, let alone affordable. Common sense was more essential than an iPhone. I did, however, for the purpose of this big walk that we took weeks to prepare, buy a cheap nasty brand new GPS device... only then to have the batteries go flat on day 1 and have no spares. What we did have readily available at our fingertips, however, was a copy of an old army map; the one that has contours to show valleys, hills but also permanent waterholes. No one knew much about our trip - we did not even know much ourselves! Yes, we told my family what the rough itinerary was, but hey, who was going to drive all the way to Lorella to then follow our foot steps into untouched wilderness in the middle of the wet season to rescue us?! So, the decision was made that, should something bad happen, we should carry enough food and survival supplies to last us up to a few months if needed. What it meant was our backpacks were 50 kilos by the time we took off from the homestead on that morning. At a minimum of 22 kilometres a day, we anticipated to be gone at least a week. Of course, we could not carry enough water for that long, so our itinerary was to take us through what the map was showing as permanent waterholes. Besides, it was the middle of the wet season, so surely, we would find waterholes along the way. That is another reason I have done most of my walks in the wet season. And so, we were prepped, we were hyped, and we were excited! I was already grateful for whatever adventures and discoveries Lorella would put on our path. I had only just started tourism at Lorella a few years prior, and I was not quite sure what exactly I was searching for on this walk... (Probably myself.. ) Anyway, the plan was to head South-East from the homestead, follow valleys and waterways, cross over mountain ranges and gorges, and ultimately come back along a river... Have you guessed yet where we were headed and which of the now popular Lorella attractions we might have discovered along the way?! Find out more about our walk and what happened to us during what my friends still call a lifetime experience, next Sunday afternoon! Rhett