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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Wed 04 Nov, 2009 9:28 am

Yes - you have a lovely High Dome - so I had to recheck my photo.
I found that the stitching program had removed most of High Dome - so I adjusted the setting and ran it again to put High Dome back!!
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Wed 04 Nov, 2009 6:39 pm

There seems to be some sort of stalemate with my previous pic, so here is another.

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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Wed 04 Nov, 2009 8:17 pm

That flat plated white rock makes me think of Mt La Peruse - but the dolerite peak is more like Pindars Peak.
So I checked out some google images - and there seems to be a few spots where this flat white rock breaks out in that area.
So I will go with the track to Pindars Pk looking up at the peak.
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 9:38 am

Not Pindars Pk. But I am not far off a track that leads to Pindars Pk.
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 9:54 am

Amazing - it was a photo from Dave Noble's web folios of Mt Victoria Cross that made me think that the white rock breaks out at a few places.
I didn't put the 2 together and think maybe the white stuff in that photo was the same as in yours!!

http://www.david-noble.net/Tasmania/Feb75/Tasmania75.html

So were you on the track up Mt Victoria Cross?
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 10:50 am

Correct. About halfway between the main track and VC. There is no track up VC.
(And yes, you can see that white rock in Dave's pic of VC from Wylly.)
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 11:44 am

Time for a really easy one.

Click on it to explore and enjoy
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 12:08 pm

Ah, happy memories eggs, thanks (as I sit here at my desk dreaming of adventure :( ).
Siriusly amazing sunset you had there :wink:
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 12:17 pm

It was a hard slog to get here from Junction Ck - the younger lads were just about had it at Square Lake.
But we planned our trip with the flexibility to try and match the weather - and it paid off big time on this walk.
We still got blasted off Hesperus 2 days later. :lol:

The game has been a bit slow stu - and I reckon you are due for a post
So your turn for guessing Mt Sirius (this photo is a panorama showing the Western Arthurs from one end to the other.)
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 12:33 pm

Yep, that's a pretty big day eggs.
Day 1 I went from Scotts Peak to Lake Fortuna only, I think my 25+ kg pack nearly killed me going up Morraine A.
Next time I'll pack lighter I think :oops:

This one should also be fairly easy, plenty of obvious landmarks from here...
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 12:42 pm

The Acropolis from somewhere along the DuCane Range? I'm guessing Geryon?
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 12:52 pm

Hi Stu - that's Olympus and the lake in the background, so it's somewhere east of Lake St Clair. It's too far back for Mt Ida (I think) and I've never been to Mt Spurling - but somewhere near there, in the Travellers/Mts of Jupiter area, is my guess.

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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 12:54 pm

That will do tomberli (sorry whynotwalk; a bit further west of where you were thinking).
This is the view south from just under the southern subsidiary peak of Geryon.
We diverted over here for a look on our way to do Geryon South.
Over to you tomberli...
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 1:39 pm

Ok, here we go. A coastal shot for a change - could be a bit tricky...

EDIT: increased the quality of the photo so you can see some more detail...
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Tasmanian coastline
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 2:55 pm

stubowling wrote:Day 1 I went from Scotts Peak to Lake Fortuna only, I think my 25+ kg pack nearly killed me going up Morraine A.
Next time I'll pack lighter I think :oops:


That'll be the day! You were over 25kg for our 5day trip to the KW Range wernt you??
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 3:07 pm

tomberli

I sort of wondered about the location of your tricky one, but increasing the quality means I can now see the denizens.
Tricky indeed.
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 3:20 pm

Looking south from about 400m south from the main camp on Macquarie Island?
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 5:21 pm

eggs wrote:I sort of wondered about the location of your tricky one, but increasing the quality means I can now see the denizens.
Tricky indeed.


yeah I figured it'll be a bit too hard if you can't actually see what is crawling on the beach. But robl has got it - its Buckles Bay on Macquarie Island, looking South along the east coast. Still a Tasmanian National Park after all...

Well done - over to you robl!
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 6:13 pm

Thanks tomberli, the googling worked for me on that one.

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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 6:58 pm

tomberli wrote:Still a Tasmanian National Park after all...


Almost but not quite... its been just about everything but never a National Park... its mainly a Nature Reserve and a Marine Park...

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=626
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Thu 05 Nov, 2009 7:40 pm

tastrax wrote:
Almost but not quite... its been just about everything but never a National Park... its mainly a Nature Reserve and a Marine Park...

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=626


You're right - I should know better actually. Lets rephrase it to "it is still a World Heritage Area managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife service" :)
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 1:51 pm

Okay robl ... judging by the fencing and the trampled/grazed foreground we're talking central plateau. Anywhere near Lake Ina and the Traveller Range?

cheers

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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 5:44 pm

Incorrect. This abandoned farm paddock is less than 5m above sea level but the distant mountain is over 700m.
(I took this pic because of the interesting cracking pattern in the soil)
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 6:10 pm

Looking at Mt Maria from Frenchs farm?
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 6:40 pm

Correct. I thought it would be found more quickly because Mt Maria was in an earlier pic.
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 7:04 pm

Well I am regular to Maria and would never have picked that!
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 7:26 pm

It's a very interesting photo of it!

Here's something a little different
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 7:50 pm

A sinkhole near the NE ridge of Mt Anne?
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 7:52 pm

You got it!
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Re: GAME: Where Am I? (Continued)

Fri 06 Nov, 2009 8:12 pm

Where am I, and name the prominence.

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