Tag Archives: Lake Pedder

Mt Eliza

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

The track to Mt Anne via Mt Eliza starts from Condominium Creek and its car park.  We planned to walk some way up the Mt Eliza track. First we approached the registration ‘shed’. I was very impressed with these sheds … Continue reading →

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Side roads

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

We returned to the main road from the Huon Camp and often took minor side roads to the edge of Lake Pedder or other vantage points. Not all the side roads were signposted. However, when the gravel surface looked as … Continue reading →

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Huon Campground

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

The Huon Campground is another designated area for people to stay. Dense bush and tall trees cluster around the camping spaces so I imagine wind would not be a problem. Every space had a fireplace and a table with benches.  … Continue reading →

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 A memorial for Les Southwell

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

Bunches of flowers and a hand written letter farewelling Les were strewn across the mountain indicator plaque on Red Knoll Lookout, albeit with rocks to prevent the strong winds blowing them away.  Who was Les, we wondered. He must have … Continue reading →

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Identifying the mountains

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

On our trip to Lake Pedder we saw many different individual signs naming particular mountains. Our problem was that once we had travelled a few kilometres on from a sign, the angle at which we were seeing these mountains had … Continue reading →

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Red Knoll Lookout

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

At the foot of a hill leading to the Red Knoll Lookout we passed a parked hired holiday van and three people casually walking upwards.  As we continued along the good gravel road we noticed skid marks and then before … Continue reading →

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Scotts Peak Dam

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

The Scotts Peak Dam, built in 1973, is a rockfill embankment dam without a spillway across the Huon River.   The Institution of Engineers Australia has produced a leaflet which includes a sunny-day aerial photo of the dam. We continued along a … Continue reading →

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Edgar Dam

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

The Edgar Dam is one of three dams edging Lake Pedder. Nearby,  we enjoyed watching and listening to Lake Pedder’s water washing onto the stony shore.We drove along a side track to the Edgar Dam camping ground where we were … Continue reading →

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Landscape along Scotts Peak Road

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

Sometimes an expanse of land separated us from Lake Pedder and at other times we were near the shoreline.    Have you been looking at the vegetation in these photos – and have you been considering the challenge this would … Continue reading →

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Mt Anne

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Tasmanian Traveller

I was keen to see Mt Anne.  Named after the wife of one of Tasmania’s early surveyors, George Frankland,  Mt Anne is the highest mountain in the south west of Tasmania.  I hoped the curtain of misty clouds would rise … Continue reading →

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