Snow at sunrise
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Overland Snow from Go to Whoa

Last week I was working at Lake St Clair when Kylie came to visit. In typical Kylie fashion she arrived via an Overland Track trail run on what may turn out to be the best snow day of the winter. Good snow had fallen overnight Friday and intermittent flurries continued through Saturday. By Sunday morning, when Kylie left Waldheim, snow had settled as low as 500 metres above sea level over much of Tasmania during the last 36 hours.
Overland with the Works – Take Two
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Overland with the Works – Take Two

Barely days after our first attempt at Overland Track with all Classic Side Trips, Kylie announced another thumping great high was heading our way following a good dumping of snow.  Reluctant to succumb to the ice I invested in some Kahtoola micro spikes while Kylie chose to continue with the Black Diamond ‘nanos’.  What could possibly go wrong?
Lake St Clair
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Lake St Clair

Morning mist retreating from Lake St Clair After enjoying the Mt Ossa catch up with my Overland Track friends I decided to zip in to Narcissus to greet them.  An early start had me driving past the Liffey Valley lookout at sunrise.  After seeing The Hunter recently I took a few minutes out to go Thylacine hunting.  Sure enough,…