Haven't had much experience with pitching on metal mesh tent platforms before. Here it is on the Falls Creek to Hotham trail.
The provided pegs were a little short and got pulled out when the hiking poles went up. So tried two options - loop the corners to the chains and stretch them out, and for the second campsite joined my pegs with the cord loop to form a T (one peg goes in the slots, and the other stops it falling through).
- Cope Hut campsite
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- Dibbins Hut campsite
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I am a handle facing up guy, so I've made a diy keeper rig like Tarptent's Trekking pole handle adapter with some fabric and a stretch cord to keep the pole handles at the grommet. On these mesh platforms, it worked out well, as the tip of the poles fit nicely into the mesh slots, and the tent was semi freestanding, even without the corners pegged out.
At Dibbins Hut got an overnight visit from a little rodent sneaking under the fly to poke around my pack and the rubbish bag hanging from the hiking pole straps. After the second visit at 2am, I moved the rubbish bag inside with me, and thankfully it didn't try to chew through the mesh.