View from the top Next morning, now that my boots, raincoat and jeans had dried out, I tackled the Fluted Cape Circuit. It starts just past Adventure Bay and is acclaimed as one of the 60 Great Walks in Tasmania. The weather was still showing fried eggs and it was under overcast skies, not altogether unpleasant for the task at hand, that I began this walk. It's a long, long climb through rather nondescript vegetation - a few scattered and fire scarred gum trees, bracken fern and those sad looking sags that always make me think of snakes. Knots of people lap me at regular intervals and there are quite a few coming down the other way. They tell me it’s much steeper that way making me glad that I have chosen this route. At first I wonder what the fuss is about. Sure, there are undoubtedly excellent sea views from the top at 231 metres, but today they are obscured by mist and drizzle and I see nothing but a huge sheet of water. I imagine a boat cruise – the well patronis...
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