by mikeb » Tue 15 Jan, 2019 1:27 pm
From the bottom of Lake Fanny, we followed pads up eastern side of the lake, which seemed to peter out around the top of the lake. After a bit of a scrub bash along the eastern side of Powena Creek, we crossed over to the western side and picked up a clearer route, which was cairned in places - particularly heading into Zion Gate. Arrived Dixon's early afternoon.
From Dixon's, we took the direct route up and over Great Pine Tier then followed the strings of lakes back towards Fanny. We followed the ridge between the lakes, which was pretty trackless apart from a faint pad here or there. There were a few cairns around the end of the lakes and aerial photos suggest this might be the continuation of a more developed pad along the southern side of the lakes, possibly continuing all the way down to Fanny. We lost track of it anyway and ended up with a short scrub bash down through the forest to Fanny. Left Dixons around Midday and arrived at Fanny around 5PM.
As others have commented, plenty of great campsites at Lake Fanny - our favourite was the clearing in the trees next to the lake. Look out for the amazing tree growing out of a hairline crack in the big boulder.