Bushwalk Australia

Hi, I'm a new user. Has anybody attempted to walk south from Clytemnestra to the northern reaches of the Great Ravine on the Franklin? Maps/photos look enticing.

Thanks,
Steve

I was looking at that a few days ago. Be fascinating. The first part south of Clytemnetra is very easy going, fairly open country, one or two steeper bits. Imagine it would get very scrubby lower down.

IIRC that's the general route to Mt Lyme.

Lyne

Yeah, that's sort of partly why I was looking at it. Hard to be sure how scrubby it would be, but the area around the Livingston Rivulet looks a little nasty. But I wouldn't mind giving it a go . . .

icefest wrote:IIRC that's the general route to Mt Lyme.

Pretty sure the general route to Mt Lyne heads SW off the summit of Philps Peak, I've not heard of any groups that have crossed at Livingstone - not saying that it can't be done though! I reckon it would be fairly green in there though!

I guess I remembered that wrong then

Hi,
Yes it is doable, we crossed Livingstone coming from the West - from Coal Head.
Yes it is difficult - many many cliffs with thick thick thick vegetation.

Paul.

Paul wrote:Hi,
Yes it is doable, we crossed Livingstone coming from the West - from Coal Head.

Over Mt Propsting?

From Coal Head, to Mt Sorell, to Sth Darwin, to Darwin Crater, to Engineer Range, to Livingstone Gorge, to........................, to Ouse.
Paul.

Hey thanks for the replies, I defintely want to stay out of Livingstone Gorge - it looks nasty. One or two of the ridges that run west to the Franklin in this area look much nicer with much less scrub until a few hundred metres from the river (I hope). There's a rafters' camp cave not too far away that might serve as a nice base for some photography - not much chance for that when you're zipping through with a dozen others on a rafting trip.

I was actually worried about scrub in the saddle immediately south of Clytemnestra, but sounds like it may not be as bad as I was thinking.

Regards,
Steve