Prince of Wales Range Traverse - Tasmania - January 1981
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Part 4 - Yop Yop - Denison River - Hamilton Range - Gordon Dam
Above - Tom sewing up some clothing during a break in the scrub
Above - the delights of Yop Yop - baura, tea tree, cutting grass and dead logs....
Above - we bashed out a place for lunch
Above - relatively open cutting grass
Above - tea tree and cutting grass
Above - the occasional rock provided relief from the scrub - providing a place to rest and check the map
Above - Tom resting in the scrub
Above - Our second campsite in the scrub - in a small patch of buttongrass
Above - at camp
Above - camp
Above - looking back. Most of the way - we had not been able to look out of the scrub at all
Above - Looking back along the five miles of Yop Yop. Mt Humbolt in the far distance.
Above - Looking down into the Maxwell Valley. This area was due to be flooded by the proposed Lower Gordon Dam
Above - Early on the third day in the scrub - we arrive on the summit of Mt Yop Yop (now called Mt Olegas). Ian, Tom and Bob.
Above - looking ahead to the Denison Gorge and Hamilton Range
Above - Ian at our lunch spot on the Denison River
Above - Looking back up
Above - The Denison River
Above - The Denison River
Above - The Denison River
Above - The Denison River
Above - Denison River camp
Above - The Denison River
Above - The Denison River
Above - The Denison River
Above - View from the Hamilton Range
Above - Looking back at Yop Yop from the Hamilton Range
Above - Looking back at Yop Yop from the Hamilton Range
Above - The Gordon and Pedder impoundments
Above - This magnificent gorge on the Gordon had been dammed.
Above - Tom and Bob at the Gordon Dam
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