Mt Amos Sunrise
Freycenet National Park, including Mt Amos, was home to the Toorernomairremener people, of the Oyester Bay nation, who lived and cared for country here for tens of thousands of years before being displaced by colonisation. The Toorernomairremener people would have used the Freycenet coastline for hunting seals, mutton birds, possums and more. We are grateful to get to explore these stolen lands and recognise that Mt Amos always was, and always will be, aboriginal land.
Me (Ash) and my friend Jaz from work got up at the ripe hour of 3:30am, to make the 1.5hr drive from Scamander to Freycenet. From there, we took an hour to scramble up Mt Amos for the sun rise at 5:50am. Mt Amos is a short, but rewarding hike with steep, flat, rock sides that you really have to hold on to. Grippy shoes go a long way and I did enjoy sliding down on my butt to avoid falling off the mountain altogether.
At the top we were rewarded with amazing views of Coles Bay, Wineglass Bay and a lot more,while we sipped on coffee made on my wee gas stove. We realised at the summit that to the west, is another peak which obscures the sun’s rising point and had to laugh. Regardless though it was so worth it! Thanks Jaz for getting me out of bed!
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