page 1 Snowy mountains high 4WD trails, + VIC, April 2006 File = Snowy-06
We had a crew of three 4WD's and 6 humans (Neanderthals ?) as follows :-
Car 1 Nissan Pathfinder, with :-John Parjel, Caesar Kroll, starting from Tewantin QLD
Car 2 Nissan Pathfinder, with :- Phil Meintjes, John Leggett, starting from Sydney, NSW
Car 3 Mitsubishi Pajero, with :- Mike Ganin,John Stevenson, starting near Bega, NSW.
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. Trip planning
We set up camp right beside the upper reaches of the Murray river, on the NSW / VIC border.
The next few days, we spent fishing, walk to Kosciusko, Eagles nest, drive to Scammels Spur etc.
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.
From Tom Groggin, various superb mountain tracks were available. We chose to do an anticlockwise
circuit, via Mt Pinnibar, Mt. Anderson, Mt. Gibbo, Buenba Gap, returning via Mt. Murphy historic area,
Davies Plains Hut, and back to Tom Groggin campsite. This is NOT a wet weather track !
Some of the tracks approaching Mt. Pinnibar looked awesome from a distance, but were quite
manageable, despite the fact the 2 Pathfinder drivers didn't get into "low" range ! Neither had cause
to use low range before, and thought the blinking light indicated low . Found out later with surprising
difference in performance ! The track has been considerably improved since Feb 2002 and very
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 Davies Plain hut & campground
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page 2 Mt. Pinnibar track, continued.