Blue Breaks Walk - May 1974
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Route - Batsh Camp - Colong Station - Colong Gap - Yerranderie -
Chinaman Bluffs - Alchemy Mountains - Lacys Tableland - Bimlow
Tableland - Greenwattle Ck, Broken Rock Range - Greenwattle Mountain -
Yerranderie - Batsh Camp
Party - Ian Hickson, Tom Michelson, Martin Darling and Dave
Noble. This walk was organised by Ian Hickson for SUBW.
Day 1
Above - Martin on the pass near Bent Hook Swamp
Above - Ian admires the view from the top of the pass
Above - Ian, Martin and Tom
Above - Ian pointing to Little Rick
Above - walking in Colong Station
Above - an old hut on Colong Station
Above - Martin crosses a creek while Ian watches
Above - Little Rick from Colong Gap
Above - The Silver Peak Mine at Yerranderie
Above - Byrnes Gap in the distance
Above - in the late afternoon we climbed Yarranderie Peak.
Looking towards Byrnes Gap
Above - Looking towards Green Wattle Break and Lacys Tableland
Day 2
Above - old house - Yerranderie
Above - Chinaman Bluffs just above the Tonalli River
Above - Tom on the bluffs, Yerranderie peak in the distance
Above - Ian surveys the route ahead from Alchemy Mountain (Bull Island
Peak). We planned to go up the point onto Lacys Tablelad if possible.
This point is called "Terni Head" by Myles Dunphy.
Above - Looking back down to the Chinaman Bluffs and Tonalli Valley
Above - Looking to Yerranderie Peak
Above - starting the descent to the gap before Terni Head
Above - Tom on the ridge - wide, open going at first
Above - then the ridge narrowed into what we called "The Razorblade"
Above - careful balance on such a thin ridge
Above - Martin on the ridge
Above - Looking to Green Wattle Mountain
Our pass did go -with a bit of scrambling and a pack haul. We camped up
on Lacys Tableland.
Day 3
Above - Tom on Lacys Tableland
Above - Tom, Martin and Ian on a small peak at the northern part of
Lacys Tableland. From here we are on Bimlow Tableland.
Above - Martin admiring the view of Broken Rock Range from Bimlow
Tableland
Above - Bimlow Tableland
Above - Looking west towards the Wild Dog Mts
Above - Lacys Creek - north canyon
Above - Looking north along Bimlow Tableland
Above - Looking back along where had walked
Day 4
Above - morning mist
Above - Looking towards Shoobridge Head - Broken Rock Range
Above - Looking into Lacys Creek
Above - Tom climbs up a steep, exposed section
Above - Looking towards Catt Head - Broken Rock Range
Above - Martin near the "Pedestal"
Above - Looking into Lacys Creek
Above - Looking back along Bimlow Tableland
Above - Broken Rock Range
Above - Catt head on the left
Above - Looking ahead - would we be able to get off Bimlow Tableland?
It was very rugged.
Above - looking back
Above - we are getting close to the stored water
We find a pass down and call it "Hicksons Pass". Ian was leading the
way down it - and a large boulder was dislodged and only narrowly
missed his head.
Above - luch at Green Wattle Creek
Day 5
Above - camp on Broken Rock Range. Tom and Ian.
Above - view from Broken Rock Range
Above - the classic view from Broken Rock Range - Butchers Creek,
Scotts Main Range and then the Kowmung Valley filled with mist. Behind
that the Low Gangerang Range and the Wild Dog Mountains with Medlow Gap
and Narrow Neck on the right.
Above - on Broken Rock Range - approaching Mt Broken Rock
Above - closer to Mt Broken Rock
Above - Shoobridge Head and Bimlow Tableland
Above - Bimlow Tableland
Above - Ian on Mt Broken Rock
Above - view from the south end of Broken Rock Range looking towards
Lacys Tableland, Yerranderie Peak and Vengeance Peninsula
Above - our next objective - Green Wattle Mountain
Above - Ian descending off the "Cliffs of Dirt" on Broken Rock Range
Above - Looking back to Broken Rock Range from the only place that had
a view on Green Wattle Mountain
We camped that night in Green Wattle Creek. We had a lot of rain
overnight
Day 6
With steady rain falling - we changed our plan to walk back to
Yerranderie via Vengeance Peninsula and Axehead Mountain. So we climbed
out of Green Wattle Creek, crossed Butchers Creek and then climbed onto
Scotts Main Range. Then it was a long, cold and very wet bash back to
Yerranderie. We found out later that it had been snowing in the upper
Mountains and that the highway was blocked by snow. We stayed at
Yerranderie that night.
Day 7
It rained all the day - and we had a very wet trip back to Batsh Camp.
We had a lot of trouble crossing what are normally small creeks.
Above - Yerranderie
Above - Yerranderie
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