Frankland Range Traverse
January 2002
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This was a 6 day walk along the Wilmot and Frankland Ranges in South
West Tasmania. I was joined on this walk by Rob Hynes. This was my
second traverse of these ranges. My first was with Adrian Teague in
December 1979.
Above - Rob with his father, who drove us out to the start of the walk
at the Serpentine Dam
Above - Rob on Mt Sprent
Above - Looking along the Wilmot Range
Above - Our first campsite
Above - Dusk
Above - Sunset
Above - Dawn
Above - Yabbie
Above - We camped at the southern end of the Wilmot Range for the
second and third nights
Above - We were stormbound for a day
Above - Looking back along the Wilmot Range
Above - Looking along the Frankland Range (and the Western Arthurs in
the far distance on the left)
Above - Rock formation in the Wilmot/Frankland saddle
Above - Rob on the rock, Coronation Peak behind
Above - Looking to Double Peak
Above - rock towers
Above - The Moat
Above - high camp on the range
Above - dawn
Above - Approaching Frankland and Secheron Peaks
Above - high on Frankland Peak - looking back along the range
Above - Dawn - from near Frankland Peak
Above - Our route down wasa through this band of scrub
Above - Rob on the Giblin Range
Above - Looking down the the Lake Pedder Impoundment
Above - "Fake Pedder"
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