Richmond Range Walk

Day 4 - Side trip to Mt Starveall

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Above - Albert walking up Hacket Ck



Above - Red Beech leaves









Above - ferns





Above - a huge area had been devastated by a windstorm - DOC worked had been through with chainsaws and cut a new track



Above - Beech tree buttress roots



Above - Staveall Hut - on the bushline



Above - stunted Mountain Beech on the bushline



Above - Edelweiss



Above - it was an easy ridge up from the hut to the peak



Above - Vegetable sheep and the Hacket Peaks



Above - Vegetable sheep



Above - View from the summit of Mt Starveall



Above - Me on the summit of Mt Starveall



Above - looking north





Above - a small stunted pine



Above - tussocks





Above - Vegetable sheep



Above - Vegetable sheep



Above - Vegetable sheep



Above - Looking back down the ascent ridge



Above - Mountain Beech



Above - Red Beech leaves





Above - Lichen



Above - Forest



Above - Lichen



Above - Forest



Above - Buttress roots



Above - Ferns






Above - a small creek






Above - a juvenile Lancewood

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