Last Day in LH!

Last day, last walk! This morning the trails involved Andy trying to summit Mt Eliza then join me on the the loop of Kim's Lookout and Malabar Hill. Originally we heard that the Mt Eliza track was closed, due to the nesting Sooty Terms however a local convinced Andy that the fledglings would be out and walking around almost ready to fly. Thus Andy tackled the hill hoping no one would be around but a short distance after crossing past the track closed sign, Andy said the fledglings were out and about but were everywhere including all over the track and panicking to get away from him. The situation made him very uneasy and he turned back opting not to summit Mt Eliza.

Meanwhile I at this point in time was enjoying the view from Kim's Lookout - it was perfect!

Andy eventually caught me up as I was descending Malabar Hill. We continued down to Ned's for a final swim.

Back at the lodge we couldn't lounge around for long as we were required to leave our accomodation by 10am. Thankfully the lodge allowed us to use the 'transfer lounge' until we departed at 1pm for our 3pm flight.

In the meantime, we ambled around the island visiting all the shops in search of  souvenir t-shirts and successfully bought one each!

Hot and sweaty by lunchtime, we decided on a final dip in the main lagoon and were back at the transit lounge as the only rain on our trip fell from the sky! Perfect timing. The only thing left to do was shower, do a final pack and read.

On arrival at the tiny terminal we discovered it was packed. The flight before us had landed, the passengers disembarked while the rest of  the crowd were waiting for their departure. Unfortunately (or possible fortunately of some) the plane had a technical problem. It was first delayed and then cancelled as the issue required an engineer to inspect it! All the passengers (except for 3 who managed to sneak onto our plane) were forced to stay for another night!!

We were glad to have a working plane and uneventful flight landing us in Sydney around 6pm. A smooth transition through the airport meant we were quickly in the car on our way home. The holiday was over and life was back to normal work / school holiday routine! 

Lord Howe is definitely a special place and we were certainly glad that we chose to have a holiday there!