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BMC-Postmans Junction
BMC+POSTMA 0397876/96500 ASL270 downstream to BMCTTOP2 0398823/6596075
ASL260 (Opposite Lorraines Pass) |
1.8 |
30 |
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No profile needed- c. 5 m per km.
1: 25000 Map |
Projection
(AGD 66) |
Waypoint Name |
Zone |
Eastings |
Northings |
HASL
(metres) |
Winterbourne |
UTM |
BMC+POSTMA |
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0397876 |
6596500 |
270 |
Winterbourne |
UTM |
BMC+TTOP2 |
56J |
0398822 |
6596075 |
260 |
A gentle walk down a beautiful creek.
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This pleasant little creek runs down
the northern side of Enmore Long Point, and was the site of a
frantic gold rush in the 1870s. |
Creek junctions always seem to be a
good excuse for a break. This group had just come down Enmore Long
Point, and had a long way yet to walk – mercifully all flat! |
The little Pink Tongue (Rostellularia
adscendens) grows to about 50 cm, with opposite ovate
5-30 X 2-8 mm leaves. It bears pink flowers with
a pink two-lipped tube, with two lengthwise striped folds. |
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The track initially goes through Max
Brennan's horse yard, where he once took trail riders down into the
gorges. You’ll come across a number of them scattered in the upper
Macleay. |
I think Max took his last lot of
riders down in about 2006, so the sliprails are rather sadly decayed
now.
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Many more crossings ahead- but you can
usually get across them dryshod in Blue Mountain Creek. It’s just
above… |
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... a very sharp corner in the creek,
with resistant rocks forcing it into a narrow defile. |
Even though it’s easy walking along
the creek, it’s also very easy to turn an ankle if you stop taking
care. |
As the wild horses are slowly removed
from the park, these horsetracks will disappear, and some of us will
miss them- especially where they show the best route across ridges. |
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on left ~When the creek is bone dry,
and very flat, it’s helpful for route-finding to remember that the
flood debris is always on the upstream side.
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on right~ One of the easier routes up
to Tabletop Mountain and beyond starts from near here, at BMC+TTOP2
0398822/6596075. Note that the numbers in bold
can be read from the Winterbourne 1:25 000 map- directions on how to
do so are given near the map key (the other numbers are part of the
full coordinates, which work from anywhere in the world). |