Southern Ranges, SCT and SW Cape Circuit Video

[Guido]

Hi,

Jan - Feb 2024 I walked the Southern Ranges, South Coast Track and South West Cape Circuit.
Here is a video report of the trip. Hope you enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... jC4AYSr8RY

[bumpingbill]

Great video! Well done with PB. Weather looked awful but what can you expect.

Im surprised you missed PB low camp. Usually pretty easy to find, but you’re far from the first to miss it.

And I’m wondering which way you went up PB to hit a massive cliff! Don’t suppose you could PM me your GPX to see how your walk differed from mine?

Anyway well done! Diving into the rest of the series now. *&%$#! brilliant stuff. My favourite videos of all are PB/south west stuff.

[Guido]

Thank you! And well, I wasn't really looking for PB Low, so that may have something to do with me missing it. I remember seeing like a T-junction and I guessed left for the main track - right must have lead t PB Low. And about the cliff, I'm pretty sure it was on the main route. There were cairns. My guess is the weather - being absolutely horrible - just made a reasonably easy 3 metre climb a lot harder than it could have been.
Hope you enjoy the rest!
Guido

[phATty]

Brings back some great memories, Guido. The Southern Ranges are one of the most windy places I've ever been, it took two attempts to finally traverse it the full way. The first time our tents were ripped to shreds at Pigsty Ponds, the second time we got through but we had a bit of a restless night at Ooze Lake where my mate had to brace his tent with a walking pole.

It's worth knowing that there are sheltered spots in the scrub at Ooze and down at Reservoir Lakes below Pigsty Ponds. The only really bad spot if you use these is Wylly Plateau which I'm sure in bad weather could go absolutely nuts.