Cathedral Plateau and Mt Rogoona

[tigercat]

Walked up to the plateau via Grail Falls, pitched tent at Chalice lake and walked over to Twin Spires and Cathedral. Bit of a bash on the way to Junction Lake hut before Cloister Lagoon. Sheltered from the weather and ate alot and walked over to Lake Meston Hut. Last day climbed Mt Rogoona and walked out the Jacksons Creek track with an interesting but unintended detour via some cliffs E of the track. Found a samsung telstra small phone on the Jacksons Creek track.

Grail Falls

Chalice Lake

Pelions and Ossa

Twin Spires

Ducanes

[taswegian]

That area is just so beautiful. The views along the rim of the Cathedral plateau are stunning.
One can get "lost" for a week up there and still not get tired of its majesty.
Looks like weather was kind to you.
Thanks for posting.

[Nuts]

Yes, I agree. Mostly easier walking with views on tap!! Nice the way you did it too.
I'm not sure if there is a pad down to Cloister, thought there would be with all the cairns near the top.

[tigercat]

A gorgeous place, I want to return for longer and explore in summer weather.

[dplanet]

Agree. There was so much water at the intersection that i had to back track some years ago.

[corvus]

Walked up to the plateau via Grail Falls, pitched tent at Chalice lake and walked over to Twin Spires and Cathedral. Bit of a bash on the way to Junction Lake hut before Cloister Lagoon. Sheltered from the weather and ate alot and walked over to Lake Meston Hut. Last day climbed Mt Rogoona and walked out the Jacksons Creek track with an interesting but unintended detour via some cliffs E of the track. Found a samsung telstra small phone on the Jacksons Creek track.

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Nice report but I am confused as to how you ended up on cliffs
corvus

[tigercat]

Nice report but I am confused as to how you ended up on cliffs
corvus[/quote]

It was my first time on the jackson creek track and I lost it soon after leaving Lake Myrtle. I took a compass bearing for the moses creek track junction which took me high and E of the track. Luckily on the cliffs I saw the easy open plains. So I backtracked went downhill to the plains and found the creek and the track. Easy nav from there.
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[Lady McGuyver]

Did they look like these cliffs??
If so, you may have been on the Moses creek track, which splits off the Jacksons track. Nice route anyhow

[corvus]

Know the cliffs in question just was interested as to why they would be encountered on top of and so far from the track Navigation is a wondrous thing eh!!
corvus

[tasadam]

If the phone had a SIM card it shouldn't be hard to stick it in another phone to find the detail, or at worst take it to a Telstra shop, I reckon the technology would exist to allow them to identify the owner.

Re the walk, a great place, I camped up on Cathedral once, fantastic!
Camped on Rogoona too.

[tigercat]

Know the cliffs in question just was interested as to why they would be encountered on top of and so far from the track Navigation is a wondrous thing eh!!
corvus

I am enjoying 'developing' my nav skills and off track familiarity!

[tigercat]

Did they look like these cliffs??
If so, you may have been on the Moses creek track, which splits off the Jacksons track. Nice route anyhow

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Not these cliffs, the cliffs were at GDA 333637 approx

[corvus]

Did they look like these cliffs??
If so, you may have been on the Moses creek track, which splits off the Jacksons track. Nice route anyhow

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Not these cliffs, the cliffs were at GDA 333637 approx

Not that far off track you obviously tended to head up rather than along easy done I suspect when using GPS
corvus