Passage Peak is high up. My legs hurt. The end.
My dad has lived in Sydney for the past 4 years so whenever I'd visit I tented to stick around that area BUT this year he moved to Melbourne, as well as this I somehow managed to get a boyfriend?? (I'm not sure how that happened, I am gross) So on this trip instead of staying in Melbourne for 3 weeks my boyfriend and I decided to visit a bunch of places during our trip, Hamilton Island being one of them.
Now, Im all for sitting on the beach and getting a tan, which Hamilton Island is PERFECT for by the way. But everyday when I sat looking out at the sea I kept seeing this massive hill to the right of me. Normally when i see a big hill I'm like 'wow cool thats a big hill', sometimes I might even take a picture of it but then I'm done and it leaves my thoughts forever. But this hill was so bloody massive that all I could think was 'wow cool, thats a big hill. i'm going to climb that big hill' and once that thought was in my brain there was no stopping it, so we put on our trainers, grabbed some water (and some sweeties) and got on our way.
The next hour or so is a bit of a blur, mostly because it was 35 degrees, sweaty and well, there was just too many steps for my puny little stick legs to manage.
About an hour and a bit into our hike David and I reached this really cool view point. It looked over Hamilton Island and really was quite beautiful. If the hike ended there I would have been happy. We rested there for a little while and soaked in the view before continuing, because to our surprise this was not in fact the top!
After about 30 minutes more and a wholeeeeeee load of steps we made it to the top and oh my gosh. What a view!! The heat, leg ache (and an embarrassing fart incident) was more that worth it. From the top of Passage Peak you can see for miles and miles all around you. In the distance you see Whitehaven beach and a bunch of epic little islands dotted around the ocean.
All I can say is Passage Peak is a massive hill worth hiking. In the whole 3 hours walking from top to bottom we didn't see a single person, a wallaby, but not one human being. The views were breath taking and worth every second and I would do it again one thousand times over if I had the chance.
Thanks for reading!
Lots of Love,
Ebony x
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