Get out… while you can (10-12 July 2020)

Originally I had proposed this trip for a bit later in July, but somewhat presciently I decided to move it forward since… “I’m keen to get out there sooner rather than later just in case we end up with a return of any Covid restrictions.” That was in an email back when Victoria was only getting < 20 new cases a day!

Covid-aside, there was an East Coast Low brewing due to hit on Monday. When we went in there was 80mm of rain forecast for Sydney – though this was substantially downgraded by the time we got out on Sunday. Given the unsettled weather we were pretty lucky – a beautiful day on Friday, a little bit of rain on Saturday afternoon, but it only really set in about an hour from the cars on Sunday afternoon.

Another top weekend in the bush, though somewhat sobered by the full-scale views we got on Sunday of the scale of the desolation from the fires.

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Beautiful weather to start the trip

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It it a bird? Is it a plane?

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Waterfall views

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Lunch day 1

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The log book got a little toasted

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Another waterfall

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Moody afternoon

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Tom happy he brought the fancy camera

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What are you doing down there?

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More afternoon views

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That light!

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End of the ridge

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Wind patterns

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Walking in the burnt aftermath

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A completely unnecessary squeeze

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Strange landscape. I would love to know what it was like pre-fire

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Another heat affected log ‘book’. Only had 3 entries – 2007, and 2014 x 2

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Trig with thermos on top (containing log book)

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Views

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Flying Tom

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Oh no there’s intruders in our cave… with a tent no less!

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Cascades

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Slabby walking

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Morning tea waterfall (and brief sunshine!)

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Our only real hill of the day

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Practising our scrambling

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More slabby walking

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Interesting creek

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Desolation after the fires

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Ground zero