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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