Tranquil Tarn

[Mickeymoo]

Gday all, I went for a walk up towards Stacks Bluff on the weekend hoping to get some good photos, but the wind decided that I wasn't going to get much. The "great campsite" as described on thesarvo was very exposed and would be about 1m underwater at full tarn level! but it was a nice spot, not the best for photos though. So after a sleepless night we went up onto the plateau, the wind coming down the scree gully was very strong and made it hard work. In the end we decided that photos were probably unlikely, water a fair distance away and no shelter so headed back down and went home. In the end I got a couple of photos that were okish. On the plus side the new camera bag with harness got its first test and I was reasonably happy with the setup and it doesnt make it too hard to see where your stepping.

Michael.





There were actually a couple of guys climbing the main bluff in this one, on the part that just out towards you.

[eggs]

Michael,

some very nice photos.
That really looks like a boulder field all around. How do you get a campsite amongst all that?

Does this Tarn have an outlet - or does it just seep through the boulder field?

Brian

[Mickeymoo]

Gday Brian, thanks. Yeah I was doubtful from looking at photos where you would camp but some info on a climbing said there was a great campsite at the lake, well there was 2 maybe 3 ok campsites all very exposed and when the tarn is at its full capacity would be about 1m underwater!! (you can just make out the tent in the second photo on the right hane shore about halfway along if you look closely) Otherwise there were a couple of rough spots ontop of the morain where you might fit a tent, with either a short steep scrub bash to water or a longer walk round the top of the morain and then down the scree slope to the western end. I assume that it just seeps out as the level of water dropped an inch or two while we were there but couldn't hear water running anywhere.