GAME: Where am I?

[eggs]

Sorry - DAY, not SUN.... OK I get it now.

Many thanks for a great photo

And Devon Annies looks like a nice testy one too.
I find that different monitors display the pictures differently - there seem to be 2 major peaks somewhat hazy on the skyline and I think this monitor displays pictures a bit darker than it should - might be lost on a different monitor?

[Son of a Beach]

Those peaks in the distance (which are very feint on the horizon)) look very much like Cradle Mtn and Barn Bluff, as seen from North-West of them, and there's not a lot of other distinctive land marks. So possibly from one of the peaks on the Penguin-Cradle track... hmmm...

[Son of a Beach]

I've never been there, so this is just a stab in the dark...

Mt Beecroft? or Black Bluff?

Am I allowed two guesses in the one post?

[tasadam]

Well I shouldn't be here, but I am, so
It's not Black Bluff - I checked my photos.
So I look at Google Maps and Guildford doesn't look that far away, so how about from Valentines Peak?

[Nick S]

I'll say Mt Cripps

[sthughes]

Mt. Claude or Van Dyke as a stab?

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[sthughes]

Nah forget that! It's Mt. Tor!

[eggs]

I think sthughes may have it.

I can see Cradle and Barn Bluff on the horizon and their position indicates I am North to North West of them.
They look not too disimilar to the view I have had from the road over the Black Bluff ridge that goes to the West Coast, but this is further away.
So where is Black Bluff ? - not in the photo, probably to the left.
Is it St Valentines? - no, that stands out by itself and would not have the high ranges immediately adjacent.
So is there anything high up with a very broken rock top that is adjacent to the Black Bluff range ?
Looks on the List and sees Mount Tor at 1106m
Google Maps in satellite view confirms a rocky top.
That would make the ridge running across the photo from the left to about centre right the tail of Black Bluff as it heads down to the road.
That is also where the Cradle to Penguin track goes, so this is not on that track.
Makes sense - so I think sthughes will get the nod.

[stu]

Kinda looked to me like it was from somewhere on Mother Cummings Peak / range?
Haven't done as much walking up north being a dang southerner.
Looked like the edge of the Tiers in the distance.
Just a (probably uneducated) guess.

[sthughes]

Also if you use Google earth and sit the "camera" on top of Mt. Tor looking in the right direction, those distictive patches of scree on the northern slopes of the adjacent range show up very clearly. And if you fly from Mt. Tor between them you eventually run into Cradle Mountain! Thanks Google Earth

[Phil]

Do we assume it's correct, sounds pretty good to me, that would mean that you're up 'sthughes', I say go for it!

[sthughes]

I'll assume I'm right just to keep thing going!
Okay this is a lousy pic on a very windy day but I don't have many at work. This should be easy for those in the know. Only a very short walk to get to it.

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[Taurë-rana]

Well done sthughes, that's right. I thought it might be a bit harder than that, which is why I made sure the two hazy mountains were in there. Google Earth obviously makes things too easy!

[sthughes]

Lol - like stealing candy from a baby

[eggs]

Devon Annie
it would have been diabolical without Cradle and Barn Bluff to get a fix on.

sthughes, surely you jest - "only a very short walk to get to it"
hmm - is it 5 days from Scott's Peak or 7 from Cockle Creek
Oh - I get it you flew in, and then hopped on a boat!
Or perhaps you mean a very short walk off the main track?

[sthughes]

Sailed from Hobart to the foot of it in a yacht actually - then an easy stroll

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[stu]

Mount Rugby from near Farrell Point (Bathurst Narrows)?
Having not been there, it's a guess!

[sthughes]

Come on whats the name of the place I'm standing?

[stu]

Mount Beattie?

[sthughes]

Got it! Well done - over to you.

[stu]

Fluke! But I'll take it anyway.
This one I will make deliberately hard
You have until 5pm then I won't be back on until tomorrow morning I'm afraid.
Here we go:

[Mickeymoo]

I'm thinking its taken from very near the top of the Needles, with the thumbs in the top right corner, looks very familiar.

[stu]

Nice work Michael, looking west over the Florentine Valley from the summit of The Needles.
Thought that one might be harder, looking like we all know our backyard pretty well.
Batter up...

[Mickeymoo]

Yes I'v been up there a number of times now, one of my favourite little walks! I'm just leaving work now so I will post one up within the next hour when I get home. Patience Adam

[Mickeymoo]

OK here is the next one then.

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[eggs]

Michael

you do know that is the second time you have put that photo on the forum, don't you?

Oh well - you didn't label the first one either, so that may not be much of a clue.

[kramster]

I knew I recognised that peak...
Ok, lets take a wild guess... View from Mt Hesperus (Moraine A) on the Western Arthurs.

[Nick S]

mt anne silhouette is quite distinctive, and sarah jane just confirms it.. ah somehow this photo makes it only seem a short way out to lake pedder.. bit of zoom i guess

[eggs]

kramster

Moraine A and Hesperus are not quite the same place.
You may like to look back at the panorama on the first page of this topic - which was taken from Hesperus and then make a choice.

[tasadam]

Sentinals rings a bell.
EDIT. But I just checked your older sentinal photos and wrong angle so I'll guess Needles.