Canberra to Thredbo

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Day 1: Namadgi Visitor Centre – Honeysuckle Creek Campsite

DSCN0098 — Adriaan, Karen, Richard leaving Namadgi Visitor Centre

DSCN0103 — Charred trail marker on the track

DSCN0108 — Fallen tree across the track

Our First Campsite - Honeysuckle Creek — Our First Campsite – Rainbow above the tents at Honeysuckle Creek

Day 2: Honeysuckle Creek – Cotter Gap

DSCN0112 — Rest break overlooking the plains

DSCN0115 — Rest break

Richard Filtering Water — Collecting water on the trail – Richard Filtering Water

...30 Minutes Later the Sky has Cleared — Richard climbing boulders at Cotter Gap

Day 3: Cotter Gap – Murray Gap

Time for a break — Time for a break at Murrays Gap

DSCN0125 — Richard on top of Mt Murray

Third Night - Murrays Gap — Third Night – Murrays Gap

Day 4: Murray Gap – Blue Waterholes

Oldfields Hut

Eat my Dust — On the trail – Eat my Dust

DSCN0134 — Creek crossing at Blue Waterholes

Washing Time

DSCN0141 — Campfire at Blue Waterholes

Day 5: Blue Waterholes (Rest Day)

DSCN0152 — Clarkes Gorge downstream from Blue Waterholes

DSCN0153 — Cooleman Caves

DSCN0154 — Cooleman Caves upstream from Blue Waterholes

Day 6: Blue Waterholes – Hainsworth Hut

Was it this wet on the way into camp?? — Was it this wet on the way into camp?? “Dry” creek crossing from Blue Waterholes

A - I think we are on Track... R - I Know we are on Track — A – I think we are on Track… R – I Know we are on Track

DSCN0001c — Hainsworth Hut

Day 7: Hainsworth Hut – Long Flat Hut

DSCN0161 — Hainsworth Hut in the morning

DSCN0163 — On the trail across the plains

Intrepid Explorers — Adriaan & Richard: intrepid explorers

DSCN0175 — The Murrumbidgee river

Long Plain Hut — Long Flat Hut

DSCN0180 — Tents at Long Flat Hut campsite

Day 8: Long Flat Hut – Four Mile Hut

Thanks for the Lift Harry — Harry and the magic Landrover

Our first food drop, and its all intact... yee har — Kiandra: Our first food drop, and its all intact… yee har

DSCN0187 — Back on the trail

DSCN0190 — Karen (can you see Richard and Adriaan?)

Wild Pigs — Herd of feral pigs

Four Mile Hut

Sitting in the sun, reading the Log Book, doesnt get any better

DSCN0198 — Interior of Four Mile Hut

DSCN0195 — Scrap metal outside Four Mile Hut

DSCN0203 — Dramatic storm in the evening

Day 9: Four Mile Hut – Happys Hut

DSCN0204 — Back on the trail

DSCN0206 — Gnarly old snowgum

DSCN0209 — On top of Tabletop Mountain

Happys Hut... Just Happy to be here — Happys Hut… Just Happy to be here

DSCN0211 — Sawing wood in the afternoon

Good Nights Sleep — Bunk beds at Happys Hut = Good Nights Sleep

Day 10: Happys Hut – Mackays Hut

DSCN0217 — Sunrise from Happys Hut

DSCN0220 — Morning sun at Happys Hut

DSCN0222 — Heading down the trail towards Jagungal

DSCN0228 — Mackays Hut

Day 11: Mackays Hut – Derschkos Hut

In amongst the ruins of ???? Hut — In amongst the ruins of O’Keefes Hut

DSCN0234 — Burned mug at O’Keefes Hut

DSCN0235 — Richard marches on

Dirshkos?? Hut — Derschkos Hut

Day 12: Derschkos Hut – Valentines Hut

DSCN0240 — Derschkos Hut in the morning

DSCN0241 — Adriaan and Karen enjoy the landscape

Gray Mare Hut

DSCN0243 — Mining equipment at Grey Mare Hut

DSCN0250 — Mining Cart at Grey Mare Hut

DSCN0257 — The sun shines again

DSCN0260 — Back Flat Creek

Found some more Snow — Our first glimpse of snow (little did we know what was in store…)

Day 12: Valentines Hut – Horse Camp Hut

The Snow is here to stay... — Valentines Hut in the snow

DSCN0266 — Heading out from Valentines

DSCN0267

Karen enjoys the scenery

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Track marker in the snow

DSCN0277

Heading back into a less snowy scene

DSCN0278 — View from the weir

Horse Hair Hut — Horse Camp Hut

Day 13: Horse Camp Hut – Seamans Hut

DSCN0286 — Passing by Perisher Blue resort

DSCN0287 — Heading out on the summit walk

Day 14: Seamans Hut – Thredbo

DSCN0292 — Blue sky in the morning

DSCN0293 — Seamans Hut

DSCN0294 — Heading for Kosciusko

DSCN0297 — Trudging through the snow to Mt Kosciusko

Top of Australia

DSCN0309 — Heading back down to Thredbo

DSCN0310 — Looking back to the snowy mountain tops

DSCN0312 — Our first glimpse of Thredbo Village

DSCN0313 — The track down to Thredbo

DSCN0315 — Made it to the Village

Day 15: Thredbo (rest day)

DSCN0317 — View from Thredbo back to the mountains

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