Mount Montagu
Tuesday 20 February
The track is along the eastern
flank of Thark Ridge then climbs to a saddle.
At this point it follows the ridge top through very pleasant snow gum
country before dropping through a rocky section to a heath plain to the southern
end of Thark. The track is mostly quite distinct to where it meets the end of
an old fire trail, however the last kilometre was now getting quite overgrown
and had to be pushed through in parts.
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| Mount Montagu |
All along the Thark Ridge part of
the walk there was mist but this cleared soon after dropping off the ridge and
from then on we had a sunny day. The temperature was mild and pleasant with virtually
no wind. It was easy relaxing on the
Mount Montagu summit and this was made even more so by the fact that pesky insects, such
as march flies and mosquitoes were not present. But the 3 hours walk ahead
eventually forced us to start back.
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| Devils Throne on far left and Thark Ridge at centre |
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| Collins Bonnet |
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| On Montagu summit |
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| Thark Ridge |
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| Mount Montagu from Thark Ridge |
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| Cathedral Rock and Montagu Thumbs from Thark Ridge |
Whilst on the summit we could hear
a distant helicopter sound and the source was revealed when we reached the
Springs. A helicopter was lifting bags of material to the Organ Pipes track,
but even the noise wasn’t sufficient to cause us not to enjoy a coffee on this delightfully
pleasant afternoon.
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| Snowberry |
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