Sabtu, 23 Februari 2013

[Idaman_Group] Santai mendaki Gunung Kosciuszko

 

Santai mendaki Gunung Kosciuszko

Post under , , di Jumaat, Februari 22, 2013 Dicatat oleh Naim Qlate
PARA pendaki bergambar kenangan di puncak Gunung Kosciuszko di Australia. 

KEINDAHAN alam semula jadi di Taman Negara Gunung Kosciuszko (TNGK) di New South Wales, Australia memang mengujakan sesiapa sahaja yang berpeluang menjejakkan kaki ke situ.

Pada musim sejuk, kawasan itu dipenuhi pemain ski, manakala pada musim-musim lain, taman negara itu menerima pengunjung daripada pelbagai kategori termasuk golongan pendaki.


Menariknya, sesiapa sahaja yang mempunyai kesihatan yang baik mampu menjejaki puncak Gunung Kosciuszko.

Sungguhpun ia merupakan gunung tertinggi di Australia, namun pendakian begitu mudah sehinggakan ada yang membawa anak kecil ke puncak.

Ada juga yang mendaki dengan hanya memakai seluar jean sambil 'berlenggang kangkung' menuju ke puncak di ketinggian 2,228 meter (7,310 kaki) itu.

Itulah antara pemandangan yang dilihat penulis yang mendaki Gunung Kosciuszko bersama rakan-rakan dari Kelab Orang Gunung Kuala Lumpur (OGKL) pada November 2012.


Apa yang menjadikan jejak ke puncak Kosciuszko mudah adalah kerana terdapatnya laluan pelantar ke puncak.

Para pendaki hanya perlu berjalan di atas pelantar tersebut sambil menikmati pemandangan indah di kiri dan kanan laluan tanpa perlu mengotorkan kasut.


Pelantar besi sejauh 6.5 kilometer itu bermula dari stesen terakhir chair lift. Stesen itu dibuka dari pukul 9 pagi sehingga 4.30 petang, setiap hari. Jika pendaki terlepas chair lift yang terakhir, maka pendaki terpaksa berjalan kaki menuruni lereng gunung menuju ke taman negara.

Alhamdulillah, kesemua 21 pendaki dari Kelab OGKL berjaya menamatkan pendakian sebelum pukul 4.30 petang pada 17 November lalu.

Ringkasnya, pendakian kami bermula pada pukul 10.30 pagi. Masing-masing berjalan mengikut rentak kaki sendiri. Ada yang jauh di hadapan dan ada yang berjalan santai sambil menghayati keindahan alam sekeliling.


Agak melucukan juga tatkala melihat gelagat rakan-rakan yang pertama kali memegang salji. Pengalaman kali pertama 'berguling' di atas permukaan bersalji pasti akan dikenang sepanjang hayat.


Berjalan seorang diri di laluan ini tidak menakutkan sebagaimana berjalan di dalam hutan tebal. Ini kerana tiada sebatang pokok pun yang menghalang laluan, selain kerap berselisih dengan pelancong lain. Rumput dan bunga berwarna kuning yang menghiasi hamparan tanah lapang menambah keindahan alam.


Nun jauh di ufuk, kelihatan barisan gunung-ganang dan bukit bukau yang dipenuhi tompokan putih salji. Tidak banyak salji kelihatan kerana kami mendaki pada musim panas.
Penulis tiba di puncak sekitar pukul 1.10 petang. Terdapat batu tanda di puncak dan ketika penulis tiba, sekumpulan pelancong 'mat salleh' bersama anak-anak kecil sedang bergambar.


Sementara menunggu giliran untuk bergambar di batu tanda itu, kami menikmati bekalan sandwic yang dibawa. 

Sambil menjamu selera, mata meliar melihat sekeliling. Panorama kawasan pergunungan yang memutih dan membiru di hujung ufuk amat mempesonakan. Tidak puas rasanya duduk sejam dua di puncak.

Namun memikirkan kami perlu 'mengejar' chair lift terakhir, sebaik sahaja selesai sesi bergambar, kami beransur-ansur meninggalkan puncak.


Di taman negara, kami singgah di kedai cenderahati, sebelum menunaikan solat jamak Zohor dan Asar di parkir kereta. Lewat petang, kami meninggalkan TNGK menuju ke destinasi pelancongan popular, Blue Mountains.

Perjalanan ke Blue Mountains dari TNGK memakan masa hampir 13 jam. Kami tiba pada pukul 7 pagi keesokan harinya. Oleh kerana penat dan mengantuk, maka kereta yang kami sewa dipandu secara bergilir-gilir.







Blue Mountains adalah kawasan lembah pergunungan yang luas. Terdapat banyak produk pelancongan berunsurkan alam semula jadi termasuk air terjun dan batu yang dikenali Three Sisters. Di sebalik formasi batu itu, tersembunyi kisah legenda Orang Asli Australia.




 
 

Dalam kalangan kami, ada yang berjalan kaki ke air terjun untuk bergambar, manakala penulis bersama tiga rakan memilih pakej 4 dalam 1 yang berharga AUD28 (RM92.40). Melalui pakej itu, kami mengembara dengan menaiki Skyway, Cableway, Railway dan Walkway.


Puas menghayati kehijauan alam di Blue Mountains, kami menaiki semula kereta yang disewa menuju ke Sydney. Sekitar pukul 9.30 malam, kami mendaftar masuk di Maze Backpackers. Kemudahan penginapan di sini terdiri daripada bilik-bilik yang mempunyai dua dan empat katil dua tingkat.


Oleh kerana penginapan ini berkonsepkan hostel, maka penulis bersama tiga rakan wanita lain berkongsi bilik dengan dua pelancong lelaki 'mat salleh'. Setiap penghuni dikenakan bayaran AUD30 (RM99) semalam. Kami menginap di sini selama dua malam.

Bilik mandi dan tandas terletak di luar bilik penginapan dan dikongsi bersama penghuni hostel yang lain. Kemudahan dapur untuk memasak disediakan di tingkat satu.

Walaupun sekadar bertaraf hostel, namun kami tidak merungut kerana ia sesuai dengan bajet kami. 

 

Jika berpeluang lagi ke negara kanggaru ini, penulis pasti ke Melbourne yang dikatakan memiliki lebih banyak gunung-gunung menarik untuk didaki.

Mohammad Nakhaie
No. 41, Jalan Siantan 3, Taman Seri Paroi
70400 Seremban. Negeri Sembilan
Hotline : +013-212 7799
Faks : +06-7620817
Website : http://raudhah2u.my/
Weblog : http://badalhaji1.blogspot.com/ dan http://badalhaji2u.blogspot.com/
Email : raudhah.umrahajj@gmail.com



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Kamis, 21 Februari 2013

[Idaman_Group] Animals In News

 

 
 
Rock sokmo.. (jadi rakan FB wa: irwan matrock)

 
 



A lioness that approached a waterbuck in anticipation of an easy meal got a nasty shock when the antelope turned the tables and charged at her. The lioness ran away, lucky not to have been seriously gored. The stand-off was caught on film by photographer Daryl Balfour at the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.



A shark gives a diver a high-five. Eli Martinez was interacting with the lemon shark in the balmy waters off the coast of The Bahamas. Eli, who works as the editor of Shark Diving magazine, said: "This particular shark I had encountered before. She is very laid-back so I knew if I held my hand out she would come over. At first she was swimming straight towards me, but I didn't expect her to turn at the last moment. She tapped my palm with her fin like we were high-five-ing."



A Little Owl imitates a ceramic insulator on a telegraph pole. The bird was spotted by wildlife photographer Mircea Costina in Dobrogea, Romania - but only after another bird gave its position away.



Two orphaned baby burrowing owls, nicknamed Linford and Christie, have moved into the home of their keeper Jimmy Robinson. The owlets were hatched in an incubator at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, and are now being hand-reared by Jimmy. The native American birds, which get their name from living in small burrows in the wild, can find plenty of nooks and crannys about his flat to hide. "Tea cups and bookcases are a particular favourite," says Jimmy, "but it's good to see them developing their natural behaviour and they always seem to find me at meal times."



Telegraph reader Richenda Oldham writes: "He may be only 26in high, but new arrival Pingu the Shetland pony has already won the hearts of both staff and clients at equine therapy centre Special Horses for Special Children near Chard in Somerset. In just a few weeks he has learnt all kinds of tricks from shaking hands to standing on pedestals and walking on a specially built seesaw. Pingu is partial to a cup of tea - preferably with milk and two sugars. He will even stand on a pedestal by the table, so he can reach his mug."



A mare named Panamera prepares for the London 2012 Olympic Games in a HIDEZ compression suit. The suits, made by Australian company Hidez, are to help horses recover from travel and strenuous exercise. Company director and suit designer Matthew Spice claims they help reduce vibration during travel and aid blood flow which in turn reduces muscle soreness, and speeds recovery after a big event.



A male giant panda stands on his hind legs to reach out for an apple at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan



A mother polar bear plays with two of her three cubs born in November, at the Moscow Zoo



A polar bear is pictured with its head above water and body below the surface of Repulse Bay in Nunavut, Canada



A grizzly bear feasts on a sockeye salmon in Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska



A baby long-tailed monkey, also known as a crab-eating macaque, is cared for at Muara Angke Wildlife Refuge in Jakarta, Indonesia



Ten-day-old giraffe Mugambi runs through its outdoor compound at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg



A Thistledown Velvet Ant, also known as a Cow Killer, is seen in the Mojave Desert, California. It isn't really an ant, but a wingless female wasp. This photograph was taken by Robert Jensen after his son Chris found the unusual insect wandering around on the desert floor. The female wasp is about 2cm long; the males are much smaller and have wings. Their sting can be quite painful.



A male sage grouse puffs its chest out and extends its spiky tail feathers. The bird can inflate two air sacs on its chest during its courtship ritual. This male sage grouse strutted around for hours while fanning his tail feathers and making a series of calls to females. Photographer Doug Dance drove more than 1,000 miles to photograph the courtship at Bluebank lek, in Wyoming, America.



American photographer David Schultz captured intimate family moments of an adult and baby penguin while on a trip to the Antarctic. The images include the chick peeking out from under the adult's brood pouch, being encouraged to walk on the ice and looking up at its parent. The Emperor penguins belong to a colony near Snow Hill Island along the Antarctic Peninsula.



Polly, a Humboldt penguin, looks at the first penguin eggs to be laid at the new Penguin Beach exhibit at London Zoo



A bald eagle defends its nest and two eaglets from an osprey. However, the eagles had previously stolen the nest from the osprey and made it larger to accommodate their family. Wildlife photographer Lorraine Hudgins caught the irate birds on camera at York County Sports Complex in



A goose walks along a riverside wall opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London



A dove is hand-fed in Richmond Park, London. Russian photographer, Aroian Ashot, who shoots under his professional name Alex A. Royal, snaps himself feeding birds.



A deer appears to be carrying fiery orb between its antlers as it is silhouetted against the setting sun in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland




A Sphynx cat wears a wedding dress during a cat show in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan




 

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