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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