Saturday 11 October 2008

Mt Wellington - 11th October 2008

View south to Tinderbox and Bruny Island from the ZigZag Track - 11th October 2008Superb Spring day in Hobart today, looks like it got to about 22 degrees. On the mountain there was a cool breeze across the summit plateau, but below there the sun shone bright and warm. The snow is almost all gone. I walked up the ZigZag Track and then across the plateau and down the Icehouse Track. The views were hazy and misty, especially towards the Huon where a fire is burning in Fourteen Turn Creek Rd near Grove.

I find the weathering of the dolerite really quite interesting, and there are plenty of examples across the plateau.


Dolerite, Mt Wellington Plateau - 11th October 2008
Dolerite, Mt Wellington Plateau - 11th October 2008
Dolerite, Mt Wellington Plateau - 11th October 2008

2 comments:

Mosura said...

Those stomes almost look like they were placed there by some ancient civilisation.

Mark said...

Yes some of them certainly look like standing stones, but all natural weathering.