Mt Starveall - Organiser: Roger Minchin
After Grahame asked me to organise a trip, Shirley G. suggested Starveall, as the road through Carters forest had recently been opened. It rained on Saturday but the forecast for Sunday was accurate with a fine clear morning that was to turn windy/cloudy in the afternoon.
We left Stoke at 7.30 picking up 3 trampers at Richmond. It took an hour to drive to Serpentine Knob up the Lee over 12k of good forestry road after the locked gate ($300 key if lost). Then it was a moderate climb to Starveall Hut in pleasant conditions. All 19 of us got to the hut in 90 minutes.
Alice was unwell and stayed here but the rest went up the poled route up the ridge to the Slaty turnoff on the sheltered side of the Starveall ridge. According to my map, Mt Starveall is the point just above here but there is a higher point to the south of the ridge which we walked to. Back to the turnoff for lunch. Coats went on for the exposed walk back to the ridge. It soon warmed up just off the top. Had another spell and drink at the hut leaving at 1.00. It took slightly less time to get down.
A good day enjoyed by all. Very lucky with the weather. Thanks, Shirley, for your suggestion.
Participants:- Alice Patterson, Arthur Jonas, Yvonne Kyle, Ruth Hesselyn & Skye, Bob Janssen, Carole Crocker, Dan McGuire, Barry Pont, Shirley De Groot, Margaret Edwards, Grahame Harris, Lindsay Twiname, Margaret Page, Mary Honey, Shirley Gabrielsen, Uta Purcell, Jenny Easton, Christine Hoy, Roger Minchin.