Lake Bill in snow

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Lake Bill in snow

Postby Scottyk » Thu 15 Aug, 2013 5:28 pm

Last night was spent at Lake Bill.
I planned on getting all the way to Lake Myrtle as an overnighter but the creek that you cross after leaving Lake Bill was flowing hard and considering there was more weather on the way I turned around and made camp at Lake Bill, by that time the snow was really coming down and I was glad of my decision to turn back.
I was keen to test the new One Planet Goondie in the snow and I certainly got the chance to do that! I got about 200mm of snow overnight and by the morning it was a white paradise.
The track to Bill is starting to get very overgrown and will without some trimming this spring or some more human traffic some sections will be hard to find soon. This made coming down in the snow somewhat hard. I was expecting it, but a few times I had to do a bit of trial and error before I could find a sign I was still on the track.
Good fun all up.
Will add a bit to topic in the equipment section on how the tent performed.
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Re: Lake Bill in snow

Postby ofuros » Thu 15 Aug, 2013 6:13 pm

A winter wonderland, scottyk.
Brings back memories of past wintery trips in that area....thanks for posting. :mrgreen:

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Re: Lake Bill in snow

Postby tigercat » Thu 15 Aug, 2013 7:37 pm

Glad the Goondie stood up to the conditions, nice photos.
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Re: Lake Bill in snow

Postby Scottyk » Thu 15 Aug, 2013 7:40 pm

tigercat wrote:Glad the Goondie stood up to the conditions, nice photos.


So far it seems to a great tent
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Re: Lake Bill in snow

Postby tigercat » Thu 15 Aug, 2013 7:53 pm

I think its a great tent. I have used it twice in snowy conditions and it was fine.
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Re: Lake Bill in snow

Postby corvus » Thu 15 Aug, 2013 8:32 pm

Nice, brrr eh!!
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