by Son of a Beach » Mon 12 Apr, 2010 9:38 pm
My wife and I walked the Arm River Track with some friends during the week of Easter. The weather was great on the first day (overcast, but fine and still), but a bit wet on the second day (not cold though).
We had originally planned to climb Mt Ossa on the first day after walking in, but I misjudged the timing of it all very badly, and we didn't have anywhere near enough time to do this unfortunately (need to have left home about an hour and a half earlier, and walked the Arm River Track about an hour quicker).
However, we did do Mt Oakleigh the next morning before walking out, in the rain and cloud. It was my 4th time up this mountain, and it's still one of my favourites. Lovely bush, and varying terrain.
We ended up pitching all three tents on the large tent platform near the OT, and avoided the hut which was a great decision - our own space, fresh air & peace and quiet (as in no wet socks hanging over the heater, farting, snoring, etc).
As per usual, I didn't take a camera, but here's some shots that the others sent to me. Not photographically brilliant, nor even scenic, but they show some of the fun of the walk.
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- Starting out in the car park
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- Posing on the bridge
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- Posing on the bridge
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- Cooking up 1kg of scotch fillet steak on the tent platform in the Trangia with fresh onions and mushrooms cooked in butter (& some dried veges)
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- Blue slug eating dinner
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- Peering through the pandanii forest 3/4 of the way up Oakleigh
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- It was quite warm, and I'd elected to wear a thermal top which was way too hot up the steep climbing section, so ended up going bare top for a while. I've no idea what I was looking at, and no Kim, I'm not throwing up!
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- What else does a bloke do at the top of a big cliff?
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- No... I was facing into the wind. Just unwrapping an apricot bar.
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- The vague dark patch in the cloud was all that we could see of the large rock columns just off the edge of the cliff at the end of Mt Oakleigh.
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- Wallabies at Oakleigh View Hut (Pelion Hut)
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- Mt Pillinger & Lake Price
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