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Early morning walk. |
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Beautiful fog covering
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Spiders were
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Clearing to a beautiful
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The beginnings of a
white rainbow. |
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Sun coming up. |
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Mythical Pencil Pines. |
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Just about done
packing. |
Herod’s Gate between
the two rising sides. |
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First look through the
gap, looking at the stunning peaks. |
Looking back through
the gap you see Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff. |
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Barn Bluff is the
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The Temple ahead. |
Solomon’s Throne to the
right, The Temple to the left. |
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The flanks of King
David’s Peak. |
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King David’s
Peak looking back towards Herods Gate. |
Lunch at a thicket of
Pencil Pines. |
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The saddle is Damascus
Gate, flanked by Solon’s Throne and The Temple. |
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Pool of Bethesda |
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Solomons Throne and Damascus Gate
from Pool of Bethesda |
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Looking back at King
David’s Peak, presiding over Herods Gate. |
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Walk down to
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Dixons Kingdom Hut
campground. |
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Some “big wigs” were
inspecting works along the track. |
Dixons Kingdom Hut |
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Beautiful camp ground. |
Started walking to Mt
Jerusalem and our swimming tarn. |
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Selfie. |
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Valley of Hinom |
Mt Jerusalem in the
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After a short climb you
reach a plateau. |
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The plateau has a number of tarns that make fantastic swimming holes. |
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The plateau with Mt
Jerusalem in the background. |
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Our swimming tarn. |
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Our swimming tarn with
Mt Jerusalem in the background. |
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After the swim we
climbed Mt Jerusalem, about an hour walk with our 5yo. |
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In the far background you can see
the peaks of the famous Overland Track. |
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The boys got to the top
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Stunning views. |
Endless off-track
walking. |
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Views of the Walls of
Jerusalem NP. |
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Lolly rewards. |
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Back past the tarns on
the plateau. |
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Dixons kingdom at the
bottom in the valley (left side of photo |
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Sunset setting over Mt
Jerusalem. |
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Bedtime. |
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