Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 2008

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Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 2008

Postby sthughes » Thu 27 Nov, 2008 11:43 pm

Just a few snaps from the BWT Strollers walk for November...

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Parting with Oscar at the Arm River car park.

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Nice and flat so far...

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Lunch stop in the mossy forest.

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Mt. Pillenger shrouded in mist.

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A penguin on a bridge!

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Nice to be pretty much up on top.

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Crossing another bridge.

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Some of our first glimpses of Mt. Oakleigh

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Covus' damn fungi - this shot netted me two leech bites!

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Bridge over troubled water

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Better signposting than some roads!

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A welcome sight - New Pelion Hut

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Enviroterrorists on the left avoid the mud - this photo caused me to miss Corvus' warning of a looming deep bog hole and as I hurried to catch up - I sank a bit and Corvus (after checking I wasn't drowning) politley said "I told you so".

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Corvus shows off "his" hut (Old Pelion). That window sill is Corvus' handy work from many moons ago! Oh and some tool covered in mud.

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An old mine adit.

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Dawn from New New Pelion Hut

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Heading off for Mt Oakleigh

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Troubled bridge over water!

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What a morning!

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The Pandanii forest is a neat addition to the Mt. Oakleigh ascent.

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A taste of what's to come.

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Awsome views from the first false summit.

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Barn Bluff and Cradle Mt. in the distance.

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Devon Annie on the real summit of Mt. Oakleigh with Barn Bluff in the background.

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Me on the Summit (Penguin made an early bee line back to the hut after the second false summit, Geoskid was busy laying caches at the second summit, Corvus was just getting out of bed back in the Hut and only DA and I actually botherd with the this - th real summit).

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Back in the car park with Oscar and his new friend Lance.
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Re: Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 200

Postby sthughes » Fri 28 Nov, 2008 12:06 am

Oh and a 360 view from the Mt. Oakleight middle summit for good measure!
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Re: Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 200

Postby Son of a Beach » Fri 28 Nov, 2008 6:46 am

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Oakleigh is a great mountain - I love the little tight pandanii section which reminds me of a natural pandanii hedge maze. And the view out over the rock pillars is breath-taking.
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Re: Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 200

Postby PeterJ » Sat 29 Nov, 2008 8:59 pm

Corvus shows off "his" hut (Old Pelion). That window sill is Corvus' handy work from many moons ago! Oh and some tool covered in mud..

Oh so that is what Corvus looks like. I recently went to a talk on the Corvus (Forest Raven) by a woman who has studied that very interesting bird species
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Re: Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 200

Postby scockburn » Mon 08 Dec, 2008 8:56 pm

I really loved these photos and great to see who's who in the shot . Maybe one day I'll be able to join a walk if the timing is right. It might be evident why I liked so much from my avatar. Keep up the photos , they are great. SC
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Re: Arm River, Pelion Plains, Mt Oakleigh Nov. 22nd-23rd 200

Postby Christine Dennis » Wed 10 Dec, 2008 10:56 pm

Mt Oakleigh is also a favourite of mine, and we went up the arm river feb last year and stayed near pelion hut in our tents. I am a leader with the North West Walking Club. We had fantastic views like yours. A Helicopter landed at Pelion Hut. Keep up the good work and pics. Granny
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