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| Geoff | profile | all galleries >> Tasmania >> Overland Track 2014 >> Overland Track Day 5: Kia Ora to Windy Ridge | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 The last Buttongrass before plunging into the forest |
 The trail beckons |
 Banksia |
 Over the bridge and into the rainforest |
 The track heads up the Mersey Valley, on the eastern slopes of the Du Cane Range |
 This bit of the track is pretty easy going |
 Leatherwood flower |
 In a clearing in the forest is Du Cane Hut |
 Scroggin break at Du Cane Hut |
 Only 45 minutes? Seems like much longer! |
 The unique toilet at Du Cane Hut - a hollowed out log forms a long-drop. |
 The track descends deeper into the Sassafras forest |
 Trees in all directions |
 The canopy filters the light |
 Lichen gardens on every log and stump |
 Patrice's mini Mt Pelion East! |
 Sassafras |
 D'Alton Falls |
 Fergusson Falls |
 Fergusson Falls |
 Lunch on the upper reaches of the Mersey |
 Chill'n |
 Hartnett Falls |
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 The forest was too thick to see many mountains. But for the sign we wouldn't have known that we'd crossed the gap at all. |
 Drier forests and a few Pandani on the south side of Du Cane Gap |
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