Touching the Sky: Kunanyi, Tasmania
I gazed across to the horizon from the lookout at Kunanyi, also known as Mount Wellington. Kunanyi looms over Hobart/Nipiluna with majesty. Moments later, I experienced snow for the first time in my life. I shoved my gloved hands into my jacket pockets, faced the brutal wind and watched the flakes fall as soft as duck down, as cold as icy razers. It was a lust for adventure on an October day that had drawn me half-way to the summit. I found myself among the clouds on the mountain that touches the sky. View from Kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart/Nipiluna (Photo credit: Sonia Morell) Wellington National Park, which is where Kunanyi is situated, is on 18 011 ha, stretching across South West Tasmania from Hobart. Considered a sacred site by the Indigenous Palawa people, Kunanyi itself is 21km west of the CBD. In summer, locals hike and mountain bike its many trails, and in winter when the snow is thicker, visitors throw snowballs. With multiple places to stop as you wind your way upwards, P...
