Lord Howe Island's Seven Peaks Walk: Australia's new great walk - 45 kilometres of pure spectacle

By Louise Southerden
Updated September 14 2017 - 2:27pm, first published 1:29pm
Breathtaking vistas: Rising above lush rainforest and the lagoon, the two mountains are a majestic sight.
Breathtaking vistas: Rising above lush rainforest and the lagoon, the two mountains are a majestic sight.

"Woo … hee! Woo … hee!" Our guide Dean Hiscox is shouting at the sky, which is alive with providence petrels. These migratory seabirds nest on the ground, he says between screams, and will often investigate unfamiliar sounds near their burrows in case their eggs or chicks are in danger. Sure enough, the petrels circling the mountaintop we're on start gliding past lower and lower, almost skimming the tops of our heads until, suddenly, it's raining birds.

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