Six days with Tas Walking Co from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair. Weather forecast for the week had us worried and setting off into the rain was not a good sign. But Tassie looked after us. Great weather, beautiful scenery, lots of laughs.
Day 1 - Waldheim to Barn Bluff Hut
Pandani (Giant Grass Trees) were with us all the way
Button grass meadows
Crater Lake
Lunch stop ahead
Kitchen Hut for lunch (cold)
Kitchen Hut
First view of Cradle Mountain (not much of one)
Cushion Plants can give a 10 degree difference from surface to underneath whcih helps other plants establish
baby Pandanis
Aurora in the south
Orion to the north
Day 2 - Barn Bluff Hut to Pine Forest Moor Hut
Greeted in the morning with sunshine on Barn Bluff
Barn Bluff Hut
Lake Will below Barn BLuff
Lake Will
Looking back on Barn Bluff and Cradle Mountain
Looking forward to Mt Oakleigh, Peilion East (the nipple), Mt Ossa, Paddy's Nut and Pelion West
Slightly wider version...
More water around than usual
Lunch stop (and a cold swim for some) ahead
Love a bit of moss
Through some boggy ground with Barn Bluff in the background
Forth Valley lookout
Day 3 - Pine Forest Moor Hut to Pelion Hut
Day 4 - Pelion Hut to Kia Ora Hut
Cascades
The trusty trail marker
Club Moss Moss Club Mascot
Pelion East (no climbing this today)
Japanese gardens on Mt Doris
Mt Ossa South
The gates of Mordor (or Madonna's boobs)
Alas, summiting Mt Ossa was not to be
Of course it cleared up once we were down
Cathedral Mountain
Day 5 - Kia Ora Hut to Windy Ridge Hut
Du Cane Hut
So green
- Windy Ridge Hut to Lake St Clair. The final day :(
Myrtle Beech
The pertrified wombat
A cool bridge to finish
The end of the track
