Leonards tarn

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Leonards tarn

Postby tigercat » Thu 17 Jan, 2013 8:28 pm

I spent the first 5 days of 2013 on a trip to Leonards tarn. Walked in the Arm river and camped at Pelion by the creek. Walked over Thetis on a warm sunny day to Leonards tarn. Explored Leonards tarn, climbed Achilles and walked up to the saddle between Perrin's Bluff and Achilles. Next day it was a scrubby walk down the forth river to frog flats on a hot day, after a 90 minute lunch break walked up to warragurra creek looked for the Smurf hut to no avail and camped by the creek.
Great start to the year!
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Achilles Heel
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Leonards Tarn, Pelion West and 4 ducks
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Saddle between Perrin's Bluff and Achilles
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Achilles heel
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Waterfall on the Arm River track
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Re: Leonards tarn

Postby tasadam » Thu 17 Jan, 2013 10:45 pm

It is scrubby between Leonards and Frog Flats, isn't it?
Taking our time a bit, but we did it in the other direction with heavy packs and covered the 3km in 6 hours.
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Re: Leonards tarn

Postby tigercat » Fri 18 Jan, 2013 5:32 am

I took about 4 hours downhill with lightened pack. Nav easy with the river.
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Re: Leonards tarn

Postby Graham51 » Fri 18 Jan, 2013 7:40 am

That's a beautiful area. Did the same a couple of years ago. Same way in and out and climbed Perrins as well. The walk down to Frog Flats is a bit scrubby with a lot of tea tree but we found it possible to pick out quite a few clearer areas. I can't remember how long it took. (And now I've looked at my pictures I see it was actually 6 years ago.)
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Re: Leonards tarn more photos

Postby tigercat » Fri 18 Jan, 2013 9:08 am

Mmmm that Teatree looks familiar

A couple of beautiful small waterfalls on the way down the Forth River.
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Anyone know the name of these lovelies.
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Thetis and Leonards tarn
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Re: Leonards tarn

Postby stepbystep » Fri 18 Jan, 2013 9:20 am

tigercat wrote:Anyone know the name of these lovelies.
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I'm pretty sure it's lemon scented boronia, very nice stuff and one of my favourites.
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Re: Leonards tarn

Postby PeterJ » Sat 19 Jan, 2013 7:22 pm

stepbystep wrote: I'm pretty sure it's lemon scented boronia, very nice stuff and one of my favourites.

Quite correct Dan, Boronia citriadora


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