South Coast Track adventure

[Pteropus]

Hi all,

I recently walked the South Coast Track and had a fantastic time. The walk satisfied all my bushwalking needs: surrounded me by nature, supplied me with beautiful scenery and got me out of the office! There was the mud, sweat, but no tears! But plenty of fantasies about beers (which flowed freely when we got back to Hobart!!)! I really enjoyed the walk and would definitely do it again one day. There does, however, seem to be plenty of degradation caused by volumes of walkers on the track, especially through the button grass bogs and through the rainforest sections on the eastern side of the Ironbound Range and South Cape Range. I personally would have been happy to pay a greater fee for walking if the money could go into further track maintenance in some of the most degraded sections. Having said that, I take my hat off to the people who build and maintain the boardwalks through some of the boggiest sections! Anyhow, this is a gallery, not a trip report or bushwalk discussion, so here is a selection of photos I would like to share from my trip. As you can see, we had some excellent weather, especially for the crossing of the Ironbounds!

Cheers
Andrew

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Bathurst Range, south of Melaleuca

042 Wilderness south of Melaleuca 4-3-11.JPG (282.32 KiB) Viewed 4273 times

Across Cox Bight

059 Looking across Cox Bight to New Harbour Range from the base of Black Hills 5-3-11.JPG (321.86 KiB) Viewed 4273 times

Louisa River at dusk

084 Louisa River 5-3-11.JPG (421.76 KiB) Viewed 4273 times

Looking over the Louisa River Plains onto the Louisa River camp from the Ironbound Range

091 Looking down onto Louisa River camp from Iron Bound Ranges 6-3-11.JPG (337.96 KiB) Viewed 4273 times

Across the wilderness to the Arthur Ranges from the Ironbounds

120 Eastern Arthur Range from the Iron Bound Range 6-3-11.JPG (322.63 KiB) Viewed 4273 times

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More pics

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Beautiful eucalypt, Little Deadmans Bay

Sunrise over Pindars Peak, Little Deadmans Bay

143 Sun rise over Pindars Peak, Little Deadmans Bay 7-3-11.JPG (294.55 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

New River Lagoon and Precipitous Bluff

162 New River Lagoon and Precipitous Bluff 7-3-11.JPG (194.65 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

The mouth of Milford Creek at New River Lagoon

172 Crossing the creek near the mouth of New River Lagoon 8-3-11.JPG (262.01 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

Waterfall at Granite Beach

192 Waterfall at Granite Beach 8-3-11.JPG (367.5 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

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some more pics

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Of course there was mud...one of the shallower sections....

201 More mud than track 9-3-11.JPG (514.59 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

Drying out at South Cape Rivulet

205 Drying out, South Cape Rivulet 9-3-11.JPG (378.61 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

This Pademellon allows me to justify packing my 700 gram zoom lens....not as much wildlife as I hoped for though.

234 Pademellon at South Cape Rivulet Campsite 10-3-11.JPG (454.42 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

Hermit crab

264 Hermit crab 11-3-11.JPG (356.06 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

Looking back to South Cape Rivulet from Coal Bluff

246 Looking towards South Cape Rivulet from Coal Bluff 10-3-11.JPG (300.56 KiB) Viewed 4272 times

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This last photo is of a bull elephant seal that was on the beach at Cockle Creek. According to the NPWS volunteer rangers, he had been weighed by marine biologists and was significantly under weight. He was coming and going, suggesting that he was still feeding, though was a long way from home. An interesting wildlife sighting....

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Sick? Bull elephant seal

270 Dying bull elephant seal 11-3-11.JPG (380.87 KiB) Viewed 4267 times

[eggs]

Nice photos - thanks

Particularly liked the Louisa River at Dusk shot and the Hermit Crab

[ollster]

Very nice set of pics. I like the "Sunrise over Pindars Peak, Little Deadmans Bay" and like Eggs, the hermit crab - just so vibrant!

[juju]

Beautiful pics thankyou. Julie

[Pteropus]

Cheers guys