The Study on the move: Mt. Terrible

In many ways it started with Mt. Terrible. I spent a few summers in the 1960s on this firetower, and another lookout at Eildon Weir. I read a lot and gazed over the bush through blue hazes.

(Right) The sunlit mountain track ascending into the bush shadows.

Mt. Terrible: the track(photo by David Horne)
Mt. Terrible track (Photo: David Horne, fellow firewatcher)
Mt. Terrible: the tower
Mt. Terrible firetower in the 1970s
Mt. Terrible: the hut
The old hut on Mt. Terrible

Mt. Terrible: view to Mt. Skene
Mt. Terrible: the view to Mt. Skene from the top of the tower.

 

A recent photo of Mt. Terrible, courtesy of Ron Dickson and Kosciusko Huts Association.

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