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Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Mon 25 Jul, 2011 9:28 pm
by shazcol
A quick resize of some of the photo's I took over the weekend. Sorry about the white balance on some of them but time only allowed a quick resize and post.

We had no real plan but ended up doing a loop up via Lady Lake hut through to Lake Nameless hut and the next day across the plateau and up the south west side of Ironstone to the trig point and then down the North West side to the hut and down via the Western creek track to avoid doing any retracing. Only needed the snow shoes for about 1/3 of the trip. Snow was reasonably hard generally.

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Walking on Lake Weston on very thick ice
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Looking South across the edge of Lake Weston
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Mid afternoon approaching Lake Nameless
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NamelessMorning.jpg
Morning view from Lake Nameless hut
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Ice thickness on the edge of nameless
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Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Mon 25 Jul, 2011 9:28 pm
by shazcol
a few more

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Crack in the ice
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Icicles everywhere in every creek
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One of the many ice flows
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IronstoneView.jpg
View from half way up Ironstone - valley fog rolling in spoiling things
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Hut on the way to Weston Creek track
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Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Mon 25 Jul, 2011 10:23 pm
by PTCB
Envious!!!!!!

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Mon 25 Jul, 2011 11:29 pm
by Stibb
Beautiful!!!

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 12:31 am
by lyndoor
Beautiful shots, Shazcol.
I've been through that area but never seen the plateau blanketed in snow...mmm, might have to put on my "to do" list!
Unless I'm mistaken, the hut in your last shot would be Whiteley's Hut.
Lyndoor

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 8:12 am
by baeurabasher
Amazing. I have been walking up there for years and never seen it like that!

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PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 8:34 am
by Mickeymoo
Nice shots Shazcol, looks like a nice walk.

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 9:08 am
by shazcol
lyndoor wrote:Unless I'm mistaken, the hut in your last shot would be Whiteley's Hut.
Lyndoor


I think that is it's name.

Here is the Ironstone hut we stayed in on the southern side of Lake Nameless. It is just below 40 Lakes Peak that can be easily climbed once you arrive for fantastic views. It was rebuilt in 1995 by the Mountain Huts Preservation Society and they have done a great job with it. A fantastic little hut to spend the night in. Both huts have toilets nearby.

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Ironstone Hut on the southern shore of Lake Nameless
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Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 11:14 am
by Phil
Love it. A Winter Wonderland. Just beautiful! :D

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 11:25 am
by stepbystep
Great pics, thanks for sharing :)

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Tue 26 Jul, 2011 1:19 pm
by Son of a Beach
Great stuff. I love that crack-in-the-ice photo.

Re: Frozen Central Plateau - July 2011 - LOTS OF IMAGES

PostPosted: Sat 30 Jul, 2011 8:04 am
by Ciaran
Amazing shots there.

Getting the best of both worlds down there at the moment.

Love the ice crack too, the ice flow was special as well.

thanks for sharing :)

Ciaran.