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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sat 21 Dec, 2013 4:55 pm
by corvus
Love your photos Biggbird they have inspired me to take my little camera on my next wander ,enjoy your walk.
corvus

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 10:33 am
by biggbird
Cheers Corvus and Nick! :)

A few from the latest trip, and what will sadly be my last big one before starting my first full time job next Monday. An adventure of another sort, I suppose...

We were lucky enough to spend 8 days in the Western Arthurs, and even managed to get 4 good weather days out of it too! Which was certainly a relief after being rained on and having no views all the way up Moraine A, and then being tent bound at Lake Cygnus for the next two days...

The good weather meant lots (800!) of photos for the trip, which again was nice after having taken a grand total of about 10 in the first 3 days. So be prepared for a rather large influx of Western Arthurs :P

With that said, I better post some photos I guess:

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 11:05 am
by tigercat
Nice photos, I look forward to some more.

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 1:55 pm
by biggbird
Thanks TC! I imagine there will be plenty more to come :P

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 3:02 pm
by stepbystep
Lovely pics mate, keep them coming!

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 10:50 pm
by biggbird
One last quick one for tonight, a special Christmas sunset at Lake Oberon:

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2014 10:01 am
by biggbird
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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2014 11:32 am
by tibboh
Some nice stuff there BB. It's A very photogenic part of our state. I couldn't think of many better places to spend Christmas :D

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2014 4:02 pm
by kanangra
I agree. Some terrific shots there.

K.

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2014 6:56 pm
by Snowzone
Thanks for posting some great shots BB. You've got me so excited, I can't wait to get to the Arthurs to see for myself.

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 07 Jan, 2014 8:52 pm
by biggbird
Thanks guys! Definitely lucky to get the weather we did. After three days of slop, blue skies on Christmas was the best present anybody could ask for.

Got plans to get out there sometime soon Snowzone? I'm jealous, I can't wait til I can get back there!

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Wed 08 Jan, 2014 9:46 am
by Snowzone
biggbird wrote:Got plans to get out there sometime soon Snowzone? I'm jealous, I can't wait til I can get back there!

Sure Have BB :D :D :D
Have 12 days in the South West starting Sunday. Planning on the full Western Arthurs traverse and depending on time left afterwards Mt Anne circuit or just up to shelf camp for however long. It looks like we're in for good weather to start and I'm hoping it stays that way. :)

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Wed 08 Jan, 2014 7:04 pm
by biggbird
Awesome, hope the weather holds out! I was so glad we got some nice weather, both because of the views, and because of the fact that I wouldn't love to do the harder couple of days in crap weather! Hopefully you can at least get through those bits with the good stuff, though you've got plenty of time to wait it out from the looks of it. Have you walked much down in Tassie before? Been to the WAs before?

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Thu 09 Jan, 2014 9:03 pm
by biggbird
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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Fri 10 Jan, 2014 5:06 pm
by stepbystep
Lovely shots mate.

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sun 19 Jan, 2014 11:11 pm
by biggbird
Cheers :)

You all sick of the Arthurs yet? Good, because I think I've finally finished fiddling with all the photos :P

The last few:

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And now on to some non-Arthurs stuff...

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Including some mountain portraiture, because why not?

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Mon 20 Jan, 2014 5:08 pm
by north-north-west
biggbird wrote:You all sick of the Arthurs yet?

No bushwalker in his/her right mind ever gets sick of the Arthurs.

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Fri 24 Jan, 2014 7:54 pm
by biggbird
north-north-west wrote:
biggbird wrote:You all sick of the Arthurs yet?

No bushwalker in his/her right mind ever gets sick of the Arthurs.


That's true, but you might get sick of me rubbing the good weather in your face :P

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Fri 24 Jan, 2014 8:51 pm
by north-north-west
Whenever I feel that way, I just remember this day:
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Just another boring day on Scorpio

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sat 25 Jan, 2014 7:48 pm
by Lizzy
Awesome shots! Must get fit & do it one day. Have got to Cygnus in crappy weather but that it....

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Mon 17 Mar, 2014 9:28 pm
by biggbird
north-north-west wrote:Whenever I feel that way, I just remember this day:
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Haha, touche :P

Been a while since I have updated this thread, and it isn't really summer anymore, but still try to get out and about when I am able.

For something a little different, a couple from a recent indian gathering which I attended:

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And then a few from some recent trips:

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Mon 26 May, 2014 8:02 pm
by biggbird
Still not summer, but some more photos anyway. Had a bit of a break, but managed to get out on a few walks in the last few weeks, in a variety of weather (as always).

Yesterday on Mt Sprent:

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Saturday at Ben Lomond:

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The previous weekend at Stacks Bluff:

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A while back, various:

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Tue 27 May, 2014 7:12 am
by neilmny
Great pictures....is that the latest version of light weight hiking chairs????????

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Wed 28 May, 2014 3:25 pm
by walkerchris77
just needs a computer and a desk

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Thu 29 May, 2014 9:48 pm
by biggbird
Haha yeah, you should see it when it folds up... But nah, this was at the top of King William 1, there's a fire lookout up there which was open, so we figured we might as well enjoy the views in style.

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sat 31 May, 2014 11:12 pm
by biggbird
A quick one from a trip to Mt Eliza/Eve Peak today. The original plan had been to get up to the top of Anne, but considering how much ice was around on the way up, plus my fear of heights, we decided to give it a miss. It was still a beautiful walk, with some amazing weather, including being treated to a great sunset.

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sun 01 Jun, 2014 1:02 pm
by biggbird
A few more from yesterday:

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sun 31 Aug, 2014 8:51 pm
by biggbird
Another trip up Anne, still no summit. Succumbed to a man-cold this time, but it was still a lovely night spent up on the plateau.

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Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sun 31 Aug, 2014 9:05 pm
by Lizzy
Love your pics :D thanks BigBird

Re: Biggbird's Summer Adventures

Posted: Sun 31 Aug, 2014 10:57 pm
by whitefang
Absolutely marvelous!