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Shadow Lake 2016
12-14 April 2016
We had a few days kept free for a walk and, as it was the first one for Sue since her eye troubles, we decided not to overdo the April pack carrying by choosing Shadow lake as the camping location. It was most satisfying that the weather was predicted to be really good giving us encouragement to go. On the drive to Lake St Clair we made a few geocaching diversions and then set off after lunch for Shadow Lake. The weather went as predicted and our middle day was just superb as was the scenery during a circuit walk of Mount Rufus. The valley from Shadow Lake to the Hugely Rufus saddle is wonderful and made all the more so in sunny calm conditions. The circuit took 6:30 hours for the 13.7k and we did think that the trees grown since the devastating fires of the 1960’s were now big enough to hide a lot of the dead stuff of which some trunks would also now have fallen. The walk through the forest on the connecting track brought us past a huge and impressive eucalypt. One of the benefits from camping at Shadow lake in such nice weather was the sight of the lake in the morning and late afternoon.
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| Shadow Lake |
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| Shadow Lake |
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| High valley |
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| Sandstone monliths |
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