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Killiecrankie, Flinders Island 22-Jan-2012 At 10:02:10 PM Doug

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Great report, Wendy. Not being on Facebook, I'd love to see some more of your photos - especially of the camping and snorkelling - if you have got over your copy/paste fatigue yet.
I've only been to Flinders once, about 30 years ago. We only did some easier stuff, up to about 18 max and thought the climbing was okay but a lot of the rock seemed kind of crumbly as I recall. The climbing turned out to be a bit of a side benefit of being on the island. Then again it was pretty bloody windy while we were there. I had to have my son tethered when we went for a stroll up one of the ridges to ensure that he wasn't blown away.
The highlight of our trip was eating a Cape Barren Goose that our host had inadvertently added to the road kill tally. Also the sobering experience of visiting Wybalenna. Oh yeah, and a stroll up Strezlecki and being amazed at the damage the wild pigs had done to the vegetation along the track a little ways below the summit.
I imagine the current guide works as well as any other fictional historical document based on hearsay ... ;-)