Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

Little Plain, Fainter South, Fainter North, Bogong Jack's Saddle, back up the Fainter fire trail then traversed the Politically Correct Range and Mt Politically Correct. Back to Tawonga Huts.
Good News: Max of about 20 degrees.
Bad News: Arrived at Tawonga Huts to discover glasses left back at Little Plain.


The West Ridge of Fainter South- looks like an interesting climb for the future.

From High Plains January 2012

Snow gum on Fainter Ridge.

From High Plains January 2012

Bogong Jack's Saddle

From High Plains January 2012

The Politically Correct Range

From High Plains January 2012

From High Plains January 2012

From High Plains January 2012

And of course the summit images.

From High Plains January 2012

From High Plains January 2012

From High Plains January 2012

C • Mt Politically Correct 4

The unplanned evening run. Tawonga Huts to Little Plain and return.

Scenery on the way.

From High Plains January 2012

Started Pretty Valley Pondage. Tawonga Huts then on north to Little plain.

From High Plains January 2012

Down the creek and back up the other side.
Highlight of run: It appears a wild duck wants to take up residence at the Golden Square swimming pool. Not sure how it is going to cope with all the company it will have over the long weekend. I think the forecast coming up is 35 37 39 40.

Extra commute.

Commute. Headwind which means a warm day coming.

Pines-Specimen-Ophir. A morning run in recognition of the first morning run of the 5-Days. This run was painful, taking 15 minutes to stop hurting and then still painful on steeper downhills in THAT knee. Not being at 5-Days was probably sensible..

Commute home via Mackenzie into strong headwind.

Walking out downstream. After a hard day this was relatively easy. The terrain became progressively easier, with less and less scrub bashing or river wading. And as Bogan Marsh drew closer, pads became more common, and eventually a path. Finished at lunchtime, about when we started the previous day. This suggests that with appropriate fitness, this walk is a solid one day option. Taking just a light day pack for camera, food and towel, I could think of worse options for summer walking. And special equipment I never thought I would ever recommend.. telescopic walking poles.

Granite reef across the river. First break on the second day.

From Lerderderg Gorge

About the deepest part of the gorge.

From Lerderderg Gorge

One of the numerous swimming holes, though water quality was a little dubious.

From Lerderderg Gorge

Lesson learnt: wet feet means dry bum.

From Lerderderg Gorge

From Lerderderg Gorge

More swimming holes.

From Lerderderg Gorge

Approaching civilization again.. a ford.!

From Lerderderg Gorge

Lerderderg Gorge.
Started at the car park at the Bacchus Marsh end. Observed the fulsome evidence of Xmas boganisms, and after a quick lunch took to the trail.
After two kilometres climbed out of the gorge up the link track and then descended again into the gorge on the weir access road. One might wonder at the wisdom of climbing 350 metres out merely to begin a descent back down again. It was quicker than the alternative. From the diversion weir the walk was 'merely' a walk back down the river. The first potential camp sites were less than a kilometre downstream, but the day was yet young so we kept going to the next. By six we were about at the end of our capabilities, with the rough terrain and falls in the water and attempts to cut off distance by climbing over steep spurs. There are no short cuts and there is no point in keeping the feet dry. The camp site made up for the travails. We were in bed and sleeping soon after 8 pm despite the bountiful light available for reading.

Early scenery walking up the gorge.

From Lerderderg Gorge

Steep climbing up the link spur track.

From Lerderderg Gorge

From Lerderderg Gorge

The scenery after the weir was pretty good. And we weren't tired yet.

From Lerderderg Gorge

Futile attempts to keep feet dry led to the inevitable, including camera submersion.

From Lerderderg Gorge

Camp for the night. Fog in the photo is after effects of camera submersion.

From Lerderderg Gorge