Hey Sambo,
Funny, I was just thinking about you a couple of days ago, wondering what adventures you'd been up to.
Enjoyed your writing once again. And glad you finally got those views from Barn!
Bummer about Emmett, though. We only went through a very short band of scrub - it's the boulders that turn a lot of people off. In case you haven't checked out it out already, looking at the State Aerial Photo view on LISTmap (under Basemaps at the top right) can be helpful.
https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/mapThe other thing I learnt from a master on the Eldons traverse, was not to be afraid to go a fair way around to find a path of much less resistance.
Cheers