History of tracks to original Lake Pedder
Posted: Fri 17 Nov, 2017 1:08 pm
Over the next year or two, I plan on putting together an AV about Lake Pedder (if you have 8mm movies or slides that you'd like included, see viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23223). The AV can't just be pretty pictures about the lake, there's got to be an overall story arc. So, a part of the story will be how people walked in…
1. via the original side branch from the Port Davy track;
2. then via the Sentinel Range when the Gordon River Road opened up in the mid 1960s. Instead of walking in from Maydena, you could now drive most of the way, and walk over the Sentinels to the lake;
3. then via the Scotts Peak track when the HEC allowed car access to that area after about 1970. When the Scotts Peak track became accessible by car, I assume the Sentinel Range track was no longer a sensible option for walking into the lake.
I have several questions related to the Sentinel Range and Scotts Peak tracks:
Sentinel Range Track
Q1: Did the Sentinel Range Track exist before the Gordon River Rd?
Q2. Who cut the track?
Q3. What year was it put in?
Q4. Would the track have been used by anyone after the flooding of Lake Pedder in 1972?
Q5. When was it decided to revegetate the carpark at the start of the track?
Scotts Peak Track
Q6. Was the Scotts Peak Track the same as the side branch to Lake Pedder from the Port Davy Track?
Q7. When did the HEC first allow car access to the Scotts Peak Track?
Q8: Any suggestions as to old timers whom I could contact re the above? i.e. who had first-hand experience cutting the Sentinel Range track, or was one of the first people to use either track after HEC activities began in the area.
1. via the original side branch from the Port Davy track;
2. then via the Sentinel Range when the Gordon River Road opened up in the mid 1960s. Instead of walking in from Maydena, you could now drive most of the way, and walk over the Sentinels to the lake;
3. then via the Scotts Peak track when the HEC allowed car access to that area after about 1970. When the Scotts Peak track became accessible by car, I assume the Sentinel Range track was no longer a sensible option for walking into the lake.
I have several questions related to the Sentinel Range and Scotts Peak tracks:
Sentinel Range Track
Q1: Did the Sentinel Range Track exist before the Gordon River Rd?
Q2. Who cut the track?
Q3. What year was it put in?
Q4. Would the track have been used by anyone after the flooding of Lake Pedder in 1972?
Q5. When was it decided to revegetate the carpark at the start of the track?
Scotts Peak Track
Q6. Was the Scotts Peak Track the same as the side branch to Lake Pedder from the Port Davy Track?
Q7. When did the HEC first allow car access to the Scotts Peak Track?
Q8: Any suggestions as to old timers whom I could contact re the above? i.e. who had first-hand experience cutting the Sentinel Range track, or was one of the first people to use either track after HEC activities began in the area.