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17 Feb 2017: Mt Buffalo - The Big Walk
Photos:
Robert Ian Mair, Ray Spooner, Wen Qi
It was an undisciplined rush for the start...
By the time we reached the swing bridge over...
The first big climb with an ascent of over...
It was a surprisingly fast pace given the...
Steadily The Big Walk winds its way up the...
The first junction and we seemed to be going...
Mark emerging at top of first climb
Hyacinth Orchid
A side trip to lower Rollason Falls resulted...
It may have been something in the water that...
Morning tea at Rollason Falls
The top falls brought out a more refined...
top of Rollason falls
Back on track and the climb continued.
Looking down Buckland Valley
The views were to enticing not to stop.
Looking along the Buckland Valley towards...
A little further on a stop for a morning...
The track continued to wind its way back and...
The tried and true "hands-on-hips"...
With stunning views at every step the climb...
A short stop at Marriott's Lookout was...
First the view down to the Buckland valley.
Then the view to where, gasp, we had to...
Our leader was unfazed and dropped off to...
Our next stop was at Reeds Lookout.
Again we just sat and took in the views.
From Reeds Lookout it was a relatively flat...
Hasn't changed much
Close as the chalet was, and the promise of...
It was well worth the stop.
And we still made it in time for the...
Another couple of kilometers brought us to...
We were soon set up at our designated camp...
Lake Catani just prior to dawn
Lake Catani at dawn
At the appointed departure time we were...
The morning sun brought the dam at the end...
The morning sun filtered through the trees...
A pause to regroup.
Who is holding who up
Sometimes it seems easier to be off-track.
View Point took advantage of a remarkable...
From the side it looked rather precarious.
The views were equally remarkable down the...
Looking the other way and Lake Catani was...
A short pause at the underground river on...
Group at Underground River
There were other places to raise the...
Cliff face at Chalet Lookout
Looking back from Bents Lookout the hang...
Not so obvious was a rock climbers sleeping...
In our haste for an ice-cream the day before...
We stopped for a break where we could get...
Viewed from the other side it is hard to...
A group shot on the way down.
Taking a short cut.
The hard bit on a gravelly surface.
All too soon the walk was nearly over as we...
Time to celebrate with lunch at the...
