Kings Tableland - The Goat Track - Kedumba Pinnacles - 7 September 2017

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Party - Bob, Dave



Above - The Jamison Valley and Mt Solitary from Sunset Rock Lookout. Our goal, to visit three pinnacles (which we called the "Kedumba Pinnacles") lie not far beflow this lookout.




Above - Bob at Sunset Rock Lookout



Above - Some visitors believe in leaving a deep impression



Above - Lion Head



Above - This is a crop of the previous photo, showing another detached pinnacle below the transmission lines.



Above - Kedumba Pass and Lion Head. The Goat Track is an old pass that was used before Kedumba Pass was blasted out of the cliffs. It more or less follows the skyline at the edge of the shadow at Kedumba Pass.



Above - Blue Mountains Ash (Eucalyptus oriedes)



Above - At the Cleary Memorial Lookout at the top of Kedumba Pass







Above - From the top of Kedumba Pass, we could see the three pinnacles.



Above - Bob on the Goat Track



Above - A bit steeper here - but never really hard or dangerous.





Above - Here you can see the old track formation



Above - Rock Orchid



Above - Nice trees below Kedumba Pass



Above - Blue Gum (Eucalyptus deanei)



Above - Bob on the old sewerage road



Above - early Waratahs



Above - Blue Gum (Eucalyptus deanei) with Red Triangle Slug trails (they graze on algae on the bark)



Above - Sublime Point in the distance



Above - We were heading up here



Above - Above the lower pinnacle. It is about 10 m.



Above - The middle pinnacle. It is about 20 m high. It can perhaps be climbed by crossing the chockstone.





Above - The upper pinnacle, about 30 m high.











Above - A clearer view of the middle pinnacle from near the top of the chockstone level



Above - More pinnacles - The Three Sisters



Above - Orchid - Diuris sp



Above - Brown Beak Orchid - Lyperanthus suaveolens



Above - Brown Beak Orchid - Lyperanthus suaveolens



Above - Orchid - Diuris sp



Above - Orchid - Caladenia sp



Above - Grevillea sp



Above - Orchid - Caladenia sp



Above - Orchid - Caladenia sp



Above - Looking up at the upper pinnacle



Above - Hibbertia sp



Above - Greenhood Orchid - Pterostylis nutans



Above - Greenhood Orchid - Pterostylis longifolia



Above - Greenhood Orchid - Pterostylis longifolia





Above - The Kedumba Pinnacles from the top of Kedumba Pass





Above - Mt Solitary and The Jamison Valley



Above - Relics - part of the old telephone wire going down to the valley



Above - The Three Sisters



Above - Rock formation near the Microwave Relay Tower







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