When I checked into the hotel, I overheard the desk clerk telling somebody else about the nice hike up Mount Victoria. She said it might take a couple of hours. The next day I heard one of the people at my conference say that he had hiked up, and it didn’t sound quite so hard. So, the next morning, the first morning that didn’t have rain, I headed out. 

It turned out to be more like half an hour to the top, more hill than mountain.  Super nice trail, big pine trees and eucalyptus trees, and (why not?) A monument to Admiral Byrd on top.