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How Wet is Wet?

Postby whynotwalk » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 2:06 pm

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Sunday June 5 might not have been the ideal day to start an Overland Track winter trip. All the water that flowed down the Mersey, the Forth, and various other rivers that flooded catastrophically on June 6, had to fall somewhere first. It felt as though it was falling on us!

We quite honestly could have packrafted some of the track, and Waterfall Valley lived up to its name every few metres or so. A fuller report on the first part of our "Overlandish" trip starts via the link below,

cheers

Peter

http://www.naturescribe.com/2016/06/ove ... water.html


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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby DanShell » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 2:15 pm

Oh dear this is going to be good ;)
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby icefest » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 2:45 pm

DanShell wrote:Oh dear this is going to be good ;)

It is! :D
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby north-north-west » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 3:43 pm

Such impeccable timing on that walk. :D
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby Geevesy » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 3:52 pm

What a difference a week makes!!


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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby Thornbill » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 4:16 pm

Love the photo of the creek right at the Waterfall Valley hut. Looking forward to the rest :)
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby whynotwalk » Thu 16 Jun, 2016 5:53 pm

Geevesy wrote:What a difference a week makes!!


Yep! The people we met in WV Hut had walked south/north, and had sunshine, frost, snowy mountains, etc. All the things we'd hoped for. Three of us are in the "retired-can-wait-for-a-good-forecast" category. But we walked with someone who had booked in leave, which locked us into this timing. [Not naming names Mick!! And no blame attached :wink: ]

The story continues on the blog next week,

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby cajun » Fri 17 Jun, 2016 11:36 am

Looking forward to the next installment.

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby OnePerfectDay » Sat 18 Jun, 2016 9:15 pm

Arr Peter, knew I'd cop some blame for that eventually !
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby beardless » Fri 24 Jun, 2016 8:01 am

I am looking forward to the next instalment too. A good read. I too have considered walking the track in winter. It is good to know what it could involve.
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby north-north-west » Fri 24 Jun, 2016 6:56 pm

*AHEM*
So where is that second instalment? [taps foot impatiently]
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby whynotwalk » Sat 25 Jun, 2016 4:52 pm

north-north-west wrote:*AHEM*
So where is that second instalment? [taps foot impatiently]


Sorry NNW - I've had the lurgy this week. But I've now got the next installment posted. Day 2 was a "wait and see" day, but still managed to be a little exciting for us.

In more than 30 years of visiting Waterfall Valley, I've never seen it look like this. Image

http://www.naturescribe.com/2016/06/ove ... water.html

Cheers

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby north-north-west » Sun 26 Jun, 2016 1:55 pm

Oh dear! Hope you're feeling better.
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby whynotwalk » Fri 01 Jul, 2016 3:14 pm

I've now posted part 3 of our unsuccessful Overland Track trip in June. Some concerned friends went so far as to describe us as being "rescued", which I'll admit sounds better than a retreat. Maybe the truth is somewhere in between.

On our "retreat" day, the dire predicted weather didn't return, although we did walk through some very soupy cloud at times.
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Here's a link to the final episode. http://www.naturescribe.com/2016/07/ove ... scued.html

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby cajun » Fri 01 Jul, 2016 4:34 pm

I resist checking whether he’s got a hanky.


Classic!

I also like that Mick was prevaricating in part 2 - but who to? :wink:
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby coastie » Mon 04 Jul, 2016 10:14 am

We enjoyed reading your blog and gaping at the photos. Every trip is a new adventure in Tassie...that's what keeps drawing us back.
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby whynotwalk » Tue 05 Jul, 2016 5:00 pm

cajun wrote:Classic! I also like that Mick was prevaricating in part 2 - but who to? :wink:


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coastie wrote:We enjoyed reading your blog and gaping at the photos.


Thanks cajun and coastie - glad you enjoyed the blog posts.

And cajun ... I guess the answer re. Mick was "the rest of us". You made me doubt myself, but I think this definition fits Mick's vagueness regarding his intentions. Prevaricate: verb - speak or act in an evasive way, as in "He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions"

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby cajun » Wed 06 Jul, 2016 9:03 am

:D I stand corrected :D

You are still better than I hunk 'o tin!
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby whynotwalk » Wed 06 Jul, 2016 9:06 am

:lol: thanks cajun ... if that "hunk o' tin" is down at Melaleuca, I'll take it :!:

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby cajun » Wed 06 Jul, 2016 11:27 am

Old time Oz rhyming slang for the saying "you are a better man than I Gunga Din"

Slowly but surely being lost in the sands of time. Possibly for the better :D
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby Disfocus » Sun 02 Oct, 2016 10:15 pm

cajun wrote:Old time Oz rhyming slang for the saying "you are a better man than I Gunga Din"

Slowly but surely being lost in the sands of time. Possibly for the better :D


Sorry for the grave dig, but do you have/know of any original sources for that?

On a more relevant note, thanks for the tale, whynotwalk. I started by randomly looking for OLT tips, and followed the rabbit hole to your blog. You write well; I've subscribed :-)
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby RonK » Mon 03 Oct, 2016 6:15 am

It's from a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby highercountry » Mon 03 Oct, 2016 7:28 am

...said the poet to the pretty blond;
"Do you like Kipling?"
"I don't know, I've never Kipled"

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Re: How Wet is Wet?

Postby Disfocus » Mon 03 Oct, 2016 8:31 am

Sorry. I should have phrased that better. I know the poem; it was more the rhyming slang that I was wondering about.
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