Western Arthurs Traverse - 5 - 15 January 2008
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Day 1 - 5 th January - Scotts Peak Dam to Lake Cygnus via Morraine A
Above - At the start at Scotts Peak Dam - John R, Chuin Nee, John M, Stephen, Dave
Above - Chuin Nee near the top of Morraine A. This ridge as well as a
lot of the Arthur Plains had been burnt out by a bushfire a year
before. The flowers here are white irises
Above - Richea alpina
Above - Euphrasia
Above - Quartzite crags at the top of Morraine A
Above - A small spherical flowerhead
Above - Blandfordia
Above - a type of epacris very common in the range
Above - another small white flower
Above - Looking up the range to Mt Hesperus
Above - John M at the top of Morraine A
Above - Looking along the range from Mt Hesperus
Above - Chuin Nee on Mt Hesperus
Above - Mt Hayes from the Capella Crags
Day 2 - 6th January - Lake Cygnus - Mt Hayes
It rained for a lot of the day - so we stayed at Lake Cygnus. In the afternoon it fined up a bit so we did a daywalk to Mt Hayes
Above - Looking up to the Capella Crags
Above - a gnarled tree near the lake
Above - Richea alpina
Above - Sundews
Above - an epacris grows in a crack in the rock
Above - Blandfordia
Above - King Billy Pine needles
Above - View from Mt Hayes
Above - Descending Mt Hayes
Continue to Day 3
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