5 of us took off this morning to walk from the Tennis club to Taurama and all of us enjoyed the outing. It was a good walk with a nice introduction of a steady climb up to the first peak, from here, the undulations increased and there was a few nice pinches to test out the lungs. The final descent into Taurama just seemed to keep going and going.
But apart from the Burn's Peak death march, this walk provides the best views of Port Moresby and surrounds. The views of Pari Village are awesome and a container ship traversing Basilisk Passage was a nice touch to the scenery.
It was a sunny start to the day and the sun provided some of it's usual heat on some of the last few climbs, and with recent rain falling in Moresby, there were some sections of track where the grass was well over our heads. The height of the grass provided some confusion as on the odd occasion, the track was not able to be seen or felt under our feet. But we bashed our way through, taking time to admire the small blue pea flowers, the white passionfruit flowers, the mauve miniature pohuehue, and the ever increasing collection of grass seeds which were gathering in our socks.
And to add to all the excitement, a PMV ride back into town topped off the morning. I hope our sweaty, stinky, bushwalking body odours didn't offend any of the other passengers... ooops. The only downside was the numbers who turned up, perhaps 13 hours notice wasn't enough time for some to get ready... just remember its always the same time at the same place on fortnightly Sundays.
