Meredith Range
Posted: Wed 05 Dec, 2012 11:50 pm
- Mount Meredith
- Mount Livingstone
- Sunset from the Meredith Range
- Meredith granite
- Mount Meredith
Last weekend I headed into the Meredith Range. It was a quick 24 hour trip leaving a quarry near the Corinna Road at 3pm and following a vehicular track over the Whyte River valley and onto the foothills. Once the track petered out I followed the watershed between the tributaries of Post Office Creek to one side and Rocky River on the other.
At 7:30pm I reached the first few granite slabs and pitched my tent on a flat one. The scrub had been consistently mid thigh deep which made progress a little tiring. After dinner I was treated to a spectacular sunset which bathed the range in a rapidly changing glorious glow. My photos don't do it justice. I felt privileged to be there!
In the morning I gave myself a couple of hours to climb toward the range crest. Time constraints prevented me reaching the crest of the range so I settled for a cool granite peak with house-sized boulders surrounding a scubby summit basin. As I stood on top the wind changed and a westerly sprung up which, if I was drinking coffee, would be threatening to blow the milk out of it.
On the way back I reached the track just in time for heavy rain to set in. It was very cool to have done all the scrub walking in the dry. By 3pm I was back at my car and, for a change of scenery, I drove home via the 'Road to Nowhere' (aka Western Explorer).
I strongly recommend this walk for anyone who has a fairly good sense for off-track walking. I'm looking forward to a longer trip next time. For more pics, check out my Facebook album here.