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Mickeymoo
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Mt. Wellington

Tue 22 Jul, 2008 10:38 pm

Gday all, I went for a little wander up to the summit of Mt. Wellington today, it was very beautiful and nice and cool which was good! Anyway here are a few of the photos I managed to get.

Michael.

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frank_in_oz

Re: Mt. Wellington

Wed 23 Jul, 2008 7:41 am

Great pics. Heard it was pretty cold over there.
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Re: Mt. Wellington

Wed 23 Jul, 2008 9:30 am

I would've thought the gates were closed yesterday? You could ski down that road, well cross country at least :)

Re: Mt. Wellington

Wed 23 Jul, 2008 9:49 am

Wow- what awesome pics. I guess you have a 4WD LOL
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Re: Mt. Wellington

Wed 23 Jul, 2008 10:17 am

Thanks Guys for your comments. Nick the gates were closed, but they did open them up to the springs mid morning, I caught a bus to strickland ave/huon rd and walked up from there, there were a few skiers earlier but they started to clear the road above the springs in the afternoon, I would think the road would be open all the way up by now.
CP unfortunatly I don't have a 4WD, those aren't my tracks in the snow they are from council workers, as apparently some people working in the tower had been trapped for a day!

Michael.
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Re: Mt. Wellington

Wed 23 Jul, 2008 10:57 am

Great photos as usual Michael. I looked at the weather observations for Tassie at lunchtime yesterday and noticed a bushwalkers weather alert for snow down to 300 metres just about everywhere. The thought of snow on Mt Wellington at ~1200 m crossed my mind! Looks like a walk for thermals and goretex jackets :wink:.
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Re: Mt. Wellington

Wed 23 Jul, 2008 12:06 pm

Thanks John, the snow wasn't actually that deep up on top as it was very windy (much more than what the BoM site indicated I would think as it was hard to stand in open spots up top, so a bit more than the 40kms/hr or so they indicated I reakon) although there were large drifts in the lea of bushes/rocks etc the first few of which I stumbled into as I couldnt see them!! Some people think I'm mad and probably rightly so! but I never wear trousers/thermals only ever shorts and rarely a jacket either :D
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