Lady Lake area fire damage?

Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion.
Forum rules
Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.

Lady Lake area fire damage?

Postby Chris » Tue 12 Apr, 2016 4:55 pm

Has anyone been up Higgs Track since the fires?
I heard that Lady Lake hut had been saved which implied that the fire had come close.
Planning to go there soon with someone who has happy memories of starting her walking with that track in the 50s, but don't want her to see it devastated without some warning.
User avatar
Chris
Athrotaxis cupressoides
Athrotaxis cupressoides
 
Posts: 420
Joined: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 1:14 pm
Region: Tasmania
Gender: Female

Re: Lady Lake area fire damage?

Postby teak » Tue 12 Apr, 2016 5:42 pm

Hello Chris, I went for a walk up Higgs Track on Saturday 9-4-16 no fire damage anywhere near hut or even visible on nearby hills. The attached photos show the hut and around the Lady Lake. On the National Parks website there was a story about the Sandy Lake hut being saved from fire. The Sandy Lake hut is over at Lake MacKenzie so that was affected by the fires
Attachments
DSCN0584.jpg
DSCN0589.jpg
teak
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius
 
Posts: 769
Joined: Mon 02 Jan, 2012 10:33 am
Region: Tasmania
Gender: Male

Re: Lady Lake area fire damage?

Postby stepbystep » Tue 12 Apr, 2016 5:53 pm

Hi Chris, the fire stopped it's march at the NE edge of Lake McKenzie and stretched in a straight line to the northern edge of the plateau. All the damage was to the west of that line.
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders ~ Edward Abbey
User avatar
stepbystep
Lagarostrobos franklinii
Lagarostrobos franklinii
 
Posts: 7625
Joined: Tue 19 May, 2009 10:19 am
Location: Street urchin
Region: Tasmania
Gender: Male

Re: Lady Lake area fire damage?

Postby Chris » Tue 12 Apr, 2016 10:29 pm

Thanks Teak and Dan that's great news. Maybe I mis-heard the hut name on the radio report.
It's still as beautiful as I remember it, so looking forward to another visit very soon.
User avatar
Chris
Athrotaxis cupressoides
Athrotaxis cupressoides
 
Posts: 420
Joined: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 1:14 pm
Region: Tasmania
Gender: Female


Return to Tasmania

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 23 guests