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Anne Circuit

Postby doogs » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 9:32 am

On the 10th and 11th of December I did the Anne circuit in fantastic weather. I left a bike chained to a tree and Condominium Creek and started the walk from Red Tape Creek.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby doogs » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 9:35 am

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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby norts » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 10:05 am

Great shots doogs.
Any reason you went anticlockwise? I always thought pushing up against the scrub onto Sarah Jane would be harder than coming down through it.

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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby tigercat » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 10:27 am

Great photos, Lot's Wife my favourite.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby doogs » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 10:49 am

norts wrote:Great shots doogs.
Any reason you went anticlockwise? I always thought pushing up against the scrub onto Sarah Jane would be harder than coming down through it.

Roger

I couldn't start the walk until midday and didn't fancy the 1000m relentless climb at that time of day. Luckily the muddy part crossing the plains wasn't as traumatic as I remember and the climb from their up Sarah Jane is only 500m, it was still a hot climb though. It also meant I would have the sun on my back between Lot and Anne.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby nq111 » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 2:13 pm

Very nice - one of my favourite walks.

How is it you guys get such great weather? - i have never seen anything like that down there :)
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 3:34 pm

nq111 wrote:Very nice - one of my favourite walks.

How is it you guys get such great weather? - i have never seen anything like that down there :)



One of the many advantages of being local. I've never had a bad weather trip in the SW.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby nq111 » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 3:42 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:One of the many advantages of being local. I've never had a bad weather trip in the SW.


I was a local for a few years too. I have never had a non-bad weather trip in the SW :shock: (well - maybe a day here and there worked out ok).
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 3:52 pm

I guess we're just lucky...?

Got me thinking so I went through some of my trips..

Frankland range, 7.5 days of sun .5 of a day of light drizzle
Western Arthurs 4.5 days of sun .5 of a day of light drizzle
Eastern Arthurs 4.5 days of sun.5 of a day of misty weather
Southern ranges 6 days of sun 1 day of bad weather
Sth Coast track 4 days of sun
SW cirsuit 7 days of sun
Mt Bobs 3 days of misty and some drizzle
Mt Anne (3 different trips) 7 or 8 days of sun.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby stepbystep » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 4:00 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:I guess we're just lucky...?

Got me thinking so I went through some of my trips..

Frankland range, 7.5 days of sun .5 of a day of light drizzle
Western Arthurs 4.5 days of sun .5 of a day of light drizzle
Eastern Arthurs 4.5 days of sun.5 of a day of misty weather
Southern ranges 6 days of sun 1 day of bad weather
Sth Coast track 4 days of sun
SW cirsuit 7 days of sun
Mt Bobs 3 days of misty and some drizzle
Mt Anne (3 different trips) 7 or 8 days of sun.


We had at least 18 drops of rain on the Pelion Circuit :wink:
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 4:14 pm

Was it that many??

We also had those perfect 4-5 days on the denison to stepped hills trip, half day of mist?
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby stepbystep » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 4:20 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:Was it that many??


I am prone to exaggeration!

ILUVSWTAS wrote:We also had those perfect 4-5 days on the denison to stepped hills trip, half day of mist?


True!

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P.S. Awesome shots Doogs :D
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby Nuts » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 4:31 pm

So you guys:
a. had a flexible departure date?
b. are extremely lucky
c. are just generally 'The masters' lol

Great weather..Awesome shots Doogs, I too like Lot's Wife..
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby stepbystep » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 4:43 pm

Nuts wrote:So you guys:
a. had a flexible departure date? Sort of
b. are extremely lucky Perhaps
c. are just generally 'The masters' lol Prefer to go by the name of 'Team Awesome'


We did get wet on the DuCanes, at least until we got off the OT and then business as usual :wink:
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby Nuts » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 4:45 pm

lol, fair enough..
hey, what's the forecast for early Jan then? :P
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby stepbystep » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 5:15 pm

Nuts wrote:lol, fair enough..
hey, what's the forecast for early Jan then? :P
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First half of Jan has been booked with Huey, 12 bluebird days with a cpl of days light rain to fill up the soaks :)

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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby north-north-west » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 7:25 pm

ILUVSWTAS wrote:Mt Anne (3 different trips) 7 or 8 days of sun.


This one particularly bugs me. Out of six attempts, I've had one day of sunshine, and that was with too much deep, melting snow between Eve and Anne to risk pushing to the summit. I can start in good weather and, despite forecasts, it will go to *&%$#! within a half hour.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby Tortoise » Sun 16 Dec, 2012 7:36 pm

So my experience of 3/3 aborted summit attempts isn't so bad after all!
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby tibboh » Fri 01 Mar, 2013 11:03 am

Great pics (especially Lots Wife) of my favourite place on the planet.
3 out of 4 of my trips have ended in abortion with 1 awwwwesome afternoon on the summit.
Itching to get back there soon.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby stepbystep » Fri 01 Mar, 2013 11:57 am

Did the circuit myself last weekend, so many nice camping options.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby hunsta » Fri 01 Mar, 2013 5:24 pm

Great shots. I only just read a great story in Great Walks magazine about this circuit.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby Graham51 » Fri 01 Mar, 2013 9:23 pm

norts wrote:Great shots doogs.
Any reason you went anticlockwise? I always thought pushing up against the scrub onto Sarah Jane would be harder than coming down through it.

Roger


I've done the full circuit three times and all of them anti-clockwise, the first time coming down via NE Ridge. The scrub up to Sarah Jane wasn't so bad.

Love your photos Doogs. You were lucky to get such good weather.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby tibboh » Sun 03 Mar, 2013 8:10 am

Haven't done the circuit yet. It's on the very top of my long list!
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby dplanet » Sun 03 Mar, 2013 5:47 pm

tibboh wrote:Great pics (especially Lots Wife) of my favourite place on the planet.
3 out of 4 of my trips have ended in abortion with 1 awwwwesome afternoon on the summit.
Itching to get back there soon.

Few members of MWWC and I enjoyed a perfect afternoon there too and here she is..
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby nq111 » Sun 10 Mar, 2013 1:40 pm

dplanet wrote:Few members of MWWC and I enjoyed a perfect afternoon there too and here she is..


Nice.

I still don't know how you all manage the weather! :D

Here is a pic of Anne from near shelf camp last time I was there - this is pretty standard in my experience.

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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby north-north-west » Mon 11 Mar, 2013 1:57 pm

No, Anne can be done in good weather. And as soon as I upload the photos I can prove it.

Now I just have to work out how to keep the weather good enough for Schnells, Sprent and Shakespeare/Wylds.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby norts » Mon 11 Mar, 2013 3:18 pm

Can definitely be done in good weather
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby Graham51 » Tue 12 Mar, 2013 5:33 pm

You can get good weather on the other side too.
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby nq111 » Tue 12 Mar, 2013 5:52 pm

:roll: I suspect someone in Tassie is doing good business photoshopping photos of Mt Anne into Queensland skies :lol: .
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Re: Anne Circuit

Postby stepbystep » Tue 12 Mar, 2013 6:55 pm

We just flick the switch when Queenslanders are coming.

BTW nice 1500m high camp tonight, no wind, another bluebird day :)
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