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--- 198507 [2014/05/22 21:03] – [AND IT RAINED FOR FORTY DAYS & FORTY NIGHTS..... 24,25,26,27,28th April, 1985.] simon
+++ 198507 [2014/05/22 21:47] – [ON THE HIGH TOPS AT KOSCIUSKO.] simon
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 fit. Several people have smeared their lips and noses with white cream as a protection from the sun. Our hats are colourful and stylish and range from purple spotted cotton, orange terry towelling to Army felt styles. It is February 1985 and we are mainly members of Sydney Bush Walkers.
-The green-grey mountains are sweeping down to the lake. This mountain is covered in a carpet of silver Snow Daisies, yellow Billy Buttons with oval heads and lilac wildflowers. Scattered over two
+The green-grey mountains are sweeping down to the lake. This mountain is covered in a carpet of silver Snow Daisies, yellow Billy Buttons with oval heads and lilac wildflowers. Scattered over two ridges are huge grey boulders and patches of green grass. A track leads down to the Blue lake.
-ridges are huge grey boulders and patches of green grass. A track leads down to the Bite lake.
-"Is this morning tea or early lunch?" enquires one of the walkers. \\
+"Is this morning tea or early lunch?" enquirers one of the walkers. \\
 "It's early lunch." \\
 "It's very lovely here, even though some of the Snow Daisies are a bit tired," says Barbara Evans. "Funny day, isn't it, a bit overcast but O.K. for walking."\\
 "Yes," I replied as I ate my lunch.
-We left the cars at Charlotte's Pass and started walking at 9.30 this morning. The track is covered with blue metal and there is a drop of 900' before we climb. Not a tree can be seen as we go up the steep
+We left the cars at Charlotte's Pass and started walking at 9:30 this morning. The track is covered with blue metal and there is a drop of 900' before we climb. Not a tree can be seen as we go up the steep
-grey-green mountains. At 11.15 we stop for a rest and to admire the scenery.
+grey-green mountains. At 11:15 we stop for a rest and to admire the scenery.
-I decide to walk to the Lake. A March fly is biting me on the foot and there's a cool breeze as I
+I decide to walk to the Lake. A March fly is biting me on the foot and there's a cool breeze as I go down the track. I can see a "snow patch" which hasn't melted. Suddenly I look back at the mountain.
-go down the track. I can see a "snow patch" which hasn't melted. Suddenly I look back at the mountain.
 My friends are silhouetted against the slope of the ridge blending into the sky. They are leaving without me and I hurry back to catch them. As I reach the ridge I see a family with a four-year old boy who is wearing a pack on his back.
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 "Isn't it fantastic. Let's take a photo," I say.
-"We're on top of the mountain, the top of the world mid it's beautiful. Let's stay here and enjoy it," says Elaine as we throw ourselves on the grass.
+"We're on top of the mountain, the top of the world and it's beautiful. Let's stay here and enjoy it," says Elaine as we throw ourselves on the grass.
 "We should throw our watches away," Barry Zieren exclaims. "You can't capture it on camera, all these carpets of pom poms, Snow Daisies and grass shivering in the breeze. We're on Mt. Carruthers and it's 2,140 metres high."
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 "There's a little bird leading us away from its nest," warns Christa as we trudge on. "And don't walk past without seeing this bunch of eight tiny white crocuses."
-The track is narrow here and we're going around a craggy outcrop of boulders. The ground falls away into a chasm. Lake Albina is below. We're on the long trail back with impressive views. It's a climb down to
+The track is narrow here and we're going around a craggy outcrop of boulders. The ground falls away into a chasm. Lake Albina is below. We're on the long trail back with impressive views. It's a climb down to the bottom of the valley now through the alpine daisies. A small stream is trickling through the beds of moss and yellow candle heath. Further down there's a bog.
-the bottom of the valley now through the alpine daisies. A small stream is trickling through the beds of moss and yellow candle heath. Further down there's a bog.
 "We have one last long climb."