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Snowy mountains
high 4WD trails, + VIC, April 2006 |
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We had a crew
of three 4WD's and 6 humans (Neanderthals ?) as follows :- |
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Car 1 |
Nissan Pathfinder, with :-John Parjel, Caesar
Kroll, starting from Tewantin QLD |
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Car 2 |
Nissan Pathfinder, with :- Phil Meintjes, John
Leggett, starting from Sydney, NSW |
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Car 3 |
Mitsubishi Pajero, with :- Mike Ganin,John
Stevenson, starting near Bega, NSW. |
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We met at the
Tom Groggin campground, about 20 km. West of Thredbo ski resort. |
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Sydney/Tewantin
group |
Tom Groggin camp, Murray river. |
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Trip planning |
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We set up camp
right beside the upper reaches of the Murray river, on the NSW / VIC border. |
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The next few
days, we spent fishing, walk to Kosciusko, Eagles nest, drive to Scammels
Spur etc. |
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Our camp
fisherman claims he caught 7 trout, but were all too small so were thrown
back. |
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Tom Groggin
"residents" |
Walk to Kosi, Mike & Caesar |
Mangis took photo, also made it. |
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From Tom
Groggin, various superb mountain tracks were available. We chose to do an
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circuit, via Mt
Pinnibar, Mt. Anderson, Mt. Gibbo, Buenba Gap, returning via Mt. Murphy
historic area, |
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Davies Plains
Hut, and back to Tom Groggin campsite. This is NOT a wet weather track ! |
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Some of the
tracks approaching Mt. Pinnibar looked awesome from a distance, but were
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manageable,
despite the fact the 2 Pathfinder drivers didn't get into "low"
range ! Neither had cause |
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to use low
range before, and thought the blinking light indicated low . Found out later
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difference in
performance ! The track has been considerably improved since Feb 2002 and
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useful
"signage" has been added. I suppose our park fees of $18/day served
some purpose ? |
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Approaching Mt.
Pinnibar |
Top of Mt. Pinnibar |
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Davies Plain hut & campground |
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Mt. Pinnibar track, continued. |
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