Above the treeline (where the average yearly temperature is too low for any trees to grow), things seem rather stark, but there is plenty of life.

During the summer there is a wealth of wildflowers on the heath. Ironically, most of them seem to be white in colour. Since we walked in mid-December it was only the shoulder season for flowers, hence we didn’t see a wealth of them, but enough to get a taste of what happens in mid-January during peak season. With the flowers unfortunately comes the flies – they are the chief pollinaters in the alpine since bees don’t seem to exist up so high.

We walked into camp not long after 3pm, and what a superb place to camp, on top of Australia.