Heathy Hills
Tuesday 10 October
2017
This was my third trip
to Heathy Hills and after visiting the arch the plan was to work a way to the
top of the ridge on the south side of the cliff and cave lined valley.
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| Caves southern side of gully |
Crossing the Jordan
River wasn’t expected to be a problem, but on arrival on the banks, I was
reminded that I hadn’t told people they had to make a river crossing. Sue and
Christine found the best way over whilst Neville decided to go over bare foot.
All went to plan until
just before reaching the arch, at which point Neville and I headed directly up whilst
Dave followed some markers leading to the other side of the arch area. Sue and
Christine decided to follow Dave, then decided the way we went did look
better. But I didn’t look back and was
unaware of this, at the time I turned sharply to the right to arrive at the
arch a few minutes later. It was soon after Dave arrived that we realized that
Sue and Christine were nowhere in sight and despite our calling out, there was
no response.
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| Side view of arch |
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| Cliffs northen side |
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| Sandstone pillar |
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| Pigface hangfing down |
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| Caves on nose of ridge |
It all seemed mystifying
and we searched back to where we had last seen them, then widened our search
considerably, scanning the valley floor to near the end, the cliff edge and
finally up onto the ridge top. This was
where we were reunited, but by now 1 ½ hours had passed. Meanwhile Sue and
Christine seemed unperturbed and had a nice walk along
the ridgetop including morning tea. But of
course, were concerned where the rest of the party were and disappointed that they
had not seen the arch.
After lunch all back
at the arch, a revised walk plan was devised that involved an exploration of
some of the lower caves and cliffs on the south side of the valley.
The walk part was 2.5k
but in all further was travelled. Total time was exactly 4 hours rather than
the 5 originally anticipated.
Click the image below for the photo album or here.
Heathy Hills 2017
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