1/43Mount Hayes. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
The spectacular Western Arthurs
The Western Arthurs has been described as the most spectacular in Tasmania’s South-West wilderness.
2/43Square Lake. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
3/43Overlooking a steep gully near Mt Hayes. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
4/43Lake Cygnus. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs range. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
5/43The fog begins to clear from Lake Oberon. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
6/43Sun breaks over Lake Oberon. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs range. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
7/43One of the many imposing buttresses in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
8/43Looking back along the Western Arthurs range from the top of Mt Hesperus. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
9/43Lake Oberon. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
10/43Lake Oberon. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
11/43Reflections in Square Lake. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
12/43Procyon Peak. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
13/43Negotiating a steep gully near Mt Hayes. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
14/43Square Lake. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
15/43Lake Cygnus framed by the Capella Crags. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
16/43Looking along the Western Arthurs Range from Mt Hesperus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
17/43Climbing out from Mt Cygnus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
18/43Looking north to Lake Pedder from Mt Hesperus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
19/43Looking along the Western Arthurs Range from Mt Hesperus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
20/43Views south to Bathurst Harbour. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
21/43Looking south to Bathurst Harbour from Mt Hesperus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
22/43Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
23/43Western Arthurs from Junction Creek. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
24/43Western Arthurs viewed from Junction Creek. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
25/43Skirting the flanks of Mt Hayes. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
26/43Steep gullies from below Mt Hayes. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
27/43Descending to Square Lake. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
28/43Lake Ceres and Square Lake. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
29/43Lake Cygnus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
30/43Dramatic quartzite formations. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
31/43Lake Fortuna. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
32/43Negotiating a steep gully beneath Mt Hayes. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
33/43Lake Oberon. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
34/43Looking out over Lake Pluto and Lake Pedder. Bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
35/43Quartzite peaks dominate the landscape. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
36/43Lichen covered rocks. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
37/43Fog rolls in at Lake Cygnus. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
38/43The fog closes in while bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
39/43Quartzite rock formations, bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
40/43Lake Fortuna. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
41/43Approaching Lake Ceres. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
42/43Lake Oberon. Bushwalking Western Arthurs. Picture: THOMAS YOUNG
43/43Tortured landscape while bushwalking in the Western Arthurs, Tasmania. Picture: PHIL YOUNG
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