GAME: Where am I?

[tas-man]

On the Mount Ironstone track in the upper reaches of Smoko Creek, looking east to Bastion Bluff.

[teak]

Cleft Rock track with Meander Crag on left edge of photo?

[L_Cham_67]

Cleft Rock track with Meander Crag on left edge of photo?

That'll do. Although the sign on the day said it was the split rock track, I notice LISTmap shows it as Cleft rock. Meander falls plus this track made for an enjoyable circuit.

[teak]

The name was changed a few years back so older maps and signs still have the old name. Where was I standing in this photo?

[tas-man]

Mt Pillinger looking over Lees Paddocks.

[teak]

Correct over to you.

[tas-man]

Thanks teak! That's always a great view from Pillinger . . . except when covered in cloud . . . then all views are the same!

Here's the next photo following on from this theme. Where am I standing?

Lee’s Paddocks from Bishop Peak.

[devoswitch]

Edit: Lee’s Paddocks from Bishop peak?

[tas-man]

Edit: Lee’s Paddocks from Bishop peak?

That's it! Go for it.

[devoswitch]

Sorry, the software on my phone died yesterday and I’ve lost everything on my phone anyone can go...

[north-north-west]

Sorry, the software on my phone died yesterday and I’ve lost everything on my phone anyone can go...

Hope there's a way to recover the data. In the meantime, which mountain did I recently climb via a diferent route?

[Last]

is it Mt Ida?

[north-north-west]

It is. Nice little walk from the lake. Great paddle (with platypodes).

[johnw]

Great paddle (with platypodes).

You made me go and look that up:
Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, the term "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect and a form of pseudo-Latin; the correct Greek plural would be "platypodes".

[Last]

Thanks NNW. Next

[north-north-west]

Great paddle (with platypodes).

You made me go and look that up:
Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, the term "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect and a form of pseudo-Latin; the correct Greek plural would be "platypodes".

Does it explain about "platypus" being the original generic name and then some smart-arsed taxonomist realised that it was already applied to a very different genus, so they had to come up with something else but that name stuck for common usage? Oddly enough, exactly the same thing happened with the only other monotreme, the echidna.

Here endeth the lesson.

[Last]

From Wikipedia. "The common name "platypus" is the latinisation of the Greek word πλατύπους (platupous), "flat-footed",[11] from πλατύς (platus), "broad, wide, flat"[12] and πούς (pous), "foot".[13][14] Shaw assigned the species the Linnaean name Platypus anatinus when he initially described it, but the genus term was quickly discovered to already be in use as the name of the wood-boring ambrosia beetle genus Platypus.[15] It was independently described as Ornithorhynchus paradoxus by Johann Blumenbach in 1800 (from a specimen given to him by Sir Joseph Banks)[16] and following the rules of priority of nomenclature, it was later officially recognised as Ornithorhynchus anatinus.[15] The scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus is derived from ορνιθόρυγχος (ornithorhynkhos), which literally means "bird snout" in Greek; and anatinus, which means "duck-like" in Latin.

There is no universally-agreed plural form of "platypus" in the English language. Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, the term "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect and a form of pseudo-Latin;[10] the correct Greek plural would be "platypodes". Early British settlers called it by many names, such as "watermole", "duckbill", and "duckmole".[10] The name platypus is occasionally prefixed with the adjective "duck-billed" to form duck-billed platypus."

[Tortoise]

The Needles?

[L_Cham_67]

Perhaps Collins Bonnet, i guess from Mt Marian?

[Last]

Correct L_Cham.

[L_Cham_67]

I wasn't totally certain because I couldn't see any fire trail scars in the picture.
This next one is a phone pic, so apologies about the quality.

[RicktheHuman]

King William 2 looking south?

[L_Cham_67]

Yep, although it's the Abel and not the marked summit.

[RicktheHuman]

Thats a fantastic view of the Spires.
Next.

[north-north-west]

Nevada?

[RicktheHuman]

No...

[eggs]

Snowy North?

[RicktheHuman]

Snowy North?

If you split the difference between your and NNW's guess and you have the answer....Along the ridge between the two. I'm sure I was closer to Snowy N, So take it away Eggs

[eggs]

Next one then

Camp on the Jukes ascent ridge. Huxley, Owen, Lake Burbury and Eldon Peak beyond.

[bushwalker zane]

Next one then

Somewhere I'd rather be. I see the Eldons and Burbury. Are you perhaps on Jukes?