16-17/07/2011 - report - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Melinda Turner, David Trinder, Andrew Smiffy, Scott Kirby, Huw ap Rees
Smiffy also has photos from this trip
White conditions at the cars at the end of the Mt Hay Road
Walking in to Mt Hay
The party on top of Mt Hay - David, Melinda, Scott, Smiffy, Huw, Rachel
Scott sliding down a ramp off Mt Hay
Melinda sidling the narrow ledge on to the western Boorong Crag
Rachel in scrub on the Boorong Crags
Huw in Shaw Gully
Rachel on the tricky bit of Byles Pass
Scott descending the tricky bit
Views from Byles Pass across to Mt Dixon
Garrad Gulch through the trees
Scrambling in the lower section of Shaw Gully
Packing up at our camp the next morning
Melinda in Garrad Gulch
Scott and Rachel scrambling
Waterfall in Garrad Gulch
Garrad Gulch
Scrambling in Garrad Gulch
Smiffy contemplating a beached whale manouevre
Rachel scrambling up to Mt Strzelecki
Scott scrambling up Mt Strzelecki
Garrad Gulch
Smiffy on the cliffs above Garrad Gulch
Walking up Mt Strzelecki
Rachel
Rachel and David at a great lookout on the slopes of Mt Strzelecki
Looking back at where we came from - Garrad Gulch and Shaw Gully (Byles Pass)
Smiffy and Rachel contemplating the lawyer vine on Mt Strzelecki...
...as it goes on and on
On the slopes of Mt Caley are numerous evil and prickly plants, of which the Acacia paradoxa (Prickly Wattle) was the most evil
Looking back at Mt Caley - it looks harmless from a distance
Walking out on the fire trail along the Explorers Range
Heading towards Mt Banks
David and Rachel
Smiffy on the eastern slopes of Mt Banks, looking for views
Smiffy's torch making a mess with so much fog
That's a bit better! Huw and Smiffy on the summit of Mt Banks
Huw, Smiffy and me - not smiling because the camera was refusing to fire, before catching me unawares!