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      • ‘Alpine cattle grazing completely deplorable’
      • Alpine grazing. It’s not just a bumper sticker, it’s a hypothesis
      • another reminder that Alpine grazing ‘trial’ is just about politics
      • Does ‘grazing reduce blazing’?
      • Mountain cattlemen ignore history in claiming their place in the Alps
      • Why cattle will never again roam free in the Victorian high country
    • Bogong Moth
    • climate change
      • “Climate change is a scam”
      • ‘Protect our Winters’ arrives in Australia
        • Wild magazine article on Protect Our Winters
      • Alps could become snow-free by 2050
      • climate change and the ski industry – an Australian perspective
      • Everest women’s seven summits eco-action tour
      • POW alert: we need a strong climate change Bill for Victoria
    • Climate change, snow sports and mountain environments
    • Fire
      • More fires – less snow gums?
      • Tasmanian fires 2016
    • Logging
      • biomass power plant planned for New South Wales far south coast.
      • The Kuark forest
      • Toolangi forest logging
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      • Nowa Nowa iron project
    • Mountain Pygmy Possum
      • Mtn Pygmy Possum recovery program
    • Park management
      • a grand plan for East Gippland’s forests
      • Extending the Alpine National Park to Baw Baw
      • The Alps/ South East Forests World Heritage nomination proposal
    • Stirling Alpine link proposal
    • Stockman mine
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    • Casey Wright and Kat Paul
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    • Elizabeth MacPhee
    • Geoff Mosley
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      • Review: Tasmanian Summits to Sleep On
      • Review: The Abels Volume 2
      • Skiing the High Plains
      • Skiing the Western Faces Kosciusko
      • The King of Hotham: My Father – Gillian Salmon
    • films
      • Backcountry ski and boarding films
      • Review: All.I.Can
      • review: Valhalla
      • review: Winter Dreaming
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      • review: Seven Summits
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      • greetings from Wonnangatta
    • John Blankenstein
      • Mt Carruthers and The Sentinel
      • Watsons Crags in winter
    • Louise Crisp
      • Podocarpus berries
    • Macalister Spring
    • Mount Stirling, late spring
    • some musings on country: Mount Wills
    • Spoken word & music
      • High Plains Wandering
      • MITTAMORPH – Thundering Sweet Waters
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      • They Ain’t The Himalayas
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Cam Walker

I work with Friends of the Earth, and live in Castlemaine in Central Victoria, Australia. Activist, dad to Tali & Mia, mountain enthusiast, climber & would be telemark skier.

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Mt Stirling tree line. Not as pretty as last week's snow storm but still gorgeous. Bit misty and mysterious. King spur, Mt Stirling Alpine Ash, lower Bluff Spur, Mt Stirling. Bluff Spur hut. Mt Stirling

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  • about
    • Mountain Journal turns five
    • Mountain Journal turns four
    • Mountain journal turns one
    • Mountain Journal turns seven
    • Mountain Journal turns six
    • Mountain journal turns three
    • Mountain journal turns two
  • adventure
    • NSW
      • Adventure on the western faces.
    • Tasmania
      • Central Plateau to Long Tarns
      • Lake St Clair
      • Mt Field
      • Mt Geryon
      • the ‘Ducane traverse’
      • The Gould Circuit
    • The Bluff – Mt Howitt ski guide
    • Victoria
      • Mt Hotham
        • Mt Sugarloaf
  • Backcountry film festival
  • community
    • blogs, forums and opinion
    • businesses
    • events
      • Australian Backcountry film festival
      • Backcountry forum gathering at Hotham July 2013
    • groups
    • Links & resources
    • media
    • Mountain towns
      • Mansfield
    • soapbox
      • Buffalo skyway
      • Hotham re-development quietly shelved
    • The news – random news & headlines from the High Country
  • environment
    • Alpine Grazing
      • ‘Alpine cattle grazing completely deplorable’
      • Alpine grazing. It’s not just a bumper sticker, it’s a hypothesis
      • another reminder that Alpine grazing ‘trial’ is just about politics
      • Does ‘grazing reduce blazing’?
      • Mountain cattlemen ignore history in claiming their place in the Alps
      • Why cattle will never again roam free in the Victorian high country
    • Bogong Moth
    • climate change
      • “Climate change is a scam”
      • ‘Protect our Winters’ arrives in Australia
        • Wild magazine article on Protect Our Winters
      • Alps could become snow-free by 2050
      • climate change and the ski industry – an Australian perspective
      • Everest women’s seven summits eco-action tour
      • POW alert: we need a strong climate change Bill for Victoria
    • Climate change, snow sports and mountain environments
    • Fire
      • More fires – less snow gums?
      • Tasmanian fires 2016
    • Logging
      • biomass power plant planned for New South Wales far south coast.
      • The Kuark forest
      • Toolangi forest logging
    • Mining
      • Nowa Nowa iron project
    • Mountain Pygmy Possum
      • Mtn Pygmy Possum recovery program
    • Park management
      • a grand plan for East Gippland’s forests
      • Extending the Alpine National Park to Baw Baw
      • The Alps/ South East Forests World Heritage nomination proposal
    • Stirling Alpine link proposal
    • Stockman mine
  • Events
  • gallery
    • autumn, Vic high country
    • Feathertop
    • north face, The Bluff
    • the Jaithmathangs
    • winter 2010
  • Indigenous land
    • Alpine Traditional Owners re-asserting their rights
  • interviews & profiles
    • Bob Rich
    • Casey Wright and Kat Paul
    • Charley Daniel, Black Rainbow printing
    • Deb Foskey, Cabanandra, East Gippsland
    • Elizabeth MacPhee
    • Geoff Mosley
    • Lake Mountain skiers show their mettle
    • Louise Perrin, Mount Buller
    • Stephen Curtain, Harrietville, Victoria.
    • The ‘Big Melt’
  • reviews
    • Book reviews
      • Daywalks Around Victoria
      • Lamont magazine
      • Leaves From An Australian Forest Protest
      • Old Growth. Australia’s remaining ancient forests
      • Review: Tasmanian Summits to Sleep On
      • Review: The Abels Volume 2
      • Skiing the High Plains
      • Skiing the Western Faces Kosciusko
      • The King of Hotham: My Father – Gillian Salmon
    • films
      • Backcountry ski and boarding films
      • Review: All.I.Can
      • review: Valhalla
      • review: Winter Dreaming
    • Music
      • Mountain music
      • review: Seven Summits
  • Sidecountry stash at Hotham
  • World Telemark Day
  • writing & trip reports
    • Andrew Stanger
      • Low Snow on Long Plain
    • Ben Laycock
      • ‘Greetings from Dinner Plane’
      • Greetings from Cradle Mountain
      • greetings from Wonnangatta
    • John Blankenstein
      • Mt Carruthers and The Sentinel
      • Watsons Crags in winter
    • Louise Crisp
      • Podocarpus berries
    • Macalister Spring
    • Mount Stirling, late spring
    • some musings on country: Mount Wills
    • Spoken word & music
      • High Plains Wandering
      • MITTAMORPH – Thundering Sweet Waters
      • Monaro Autumn
      • They Ain’t The Himalayas
    • The High Country of the Mind
    • The Monaro plains

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Mt Stirling tree line. Not as pretty as last week's snow storm but still gorgeous. Bit misty and mysterious. King spur, Mt Stirling Alpine Ash, lower Bluff Spur, Mt Stirling. Bluff Spur hut. Mt Stirling

Recent Posts

  • Riding for the Great Forest National Park, September 2
  • Telemark Day at Hotham, September 2
  • Its Here. The ‘Blizzard of Oz 2.0’
  • Splitfest 2017 is on in 10 days
  • Australian snow pack in decline since 1957
  • World Telemark Day 2017 – Snowy Mountains event
  • Help stop the cable car on Mt Wellington/ kunanyi
  • Windy Corner becomes Falls Creek Cross Country
  • Avalanche risk in the Australian Alps
  • Is this the big one?
  • Vail aims to become a ‘sustainable tourism destination’
  • Outdoor brands get active to protect wild places
  • Whiteroom offers Avalanche courses in Australia
  • Vail commits to zero net emissions by 2030
  • Snow shoe shuffle at Baw Baw
  • TAS government legislation would bring Mt Wellington/ kunanyi cable car closer
  • Blade Ridge, Federation Peak. In Winter.
  • Australia’s first women’s adventure film festival goes on tour

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Sidecountry stash at Hotham
  • World Telemark Day
  • Avalanche risk in the Australian Alps
  • More fires – less snow gums?
  • Mountain Journal turns seven
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  • Stockman mine
  • The Bluff - Mt Howitt ski guide
  • Partial demolition of Mt Buffalo chalet to start
  • Alpine Traditional Owners re-asserting their rights

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Early summer. The Bluff, VIC

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Winter 2014

Leatherbarrell Creek
Leatherbarrell Creek
Stanley Bowl, Mt Stirling
Stanley Bowl, Mt Stirling
Watson Crags
Watson Crags
Mt Hotham
Mt Hotham
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The Razorback
The Razorback
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on Mt Stirling
on Mt Stirling
Bluff Spur Hut, Mt Stirling
Bluff Spur Hut, Mt Stirling
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Mt Cobbler from Mt Stirling
Mt Cobbler from Mt Stirling

Tasmania favourites

tarn shelf 2006
Heading towards Pelion West, Central TAS.
Heading towards Pelion West, Central TAS.
Pandanii, Deciduous Beech and Pencil Pine, The Labyrinth
Pandanii, Deciduous Beech and Pencil Pine, The Labyrinth
Geryon (back left) and Acropolis, plus the sharp point of The Parthanon mid left, from the Minotaur.
Geryon (back left) and Acropolis, plus the sharp point of The Parthanon mid left, from the Minotaur.
The Acropolis (left) and Geryon from the Overland Track
The Acropolis (left) and Geryon from the Overland Track
The impressive east face of Geryon
The impressive east face of Geryon
Geryon from a camp on Castle Crag
Geryon from a camp on Castle Crag
Tarn Shelf, Mt Field
Tarn Shelf, Mt Field
Newdgate hut, TAS
Newdgate hut, TAS
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Rodway Range
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Cathedral Mountain from Castle Crag
Cathedral Mountain from Castle Crag
Rodway Range, TAS
Rodway Range, TAS
Mt Gould, TAS
Mt Gould, TAS
Castle Crag
Castle Crag
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The Acropolis and Mt Geryon from Castle Crag, TAS
The Acropolis and Mt Geryon from Castle Crag, TAS
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Mt Field national park, TAS
Mt Field national park, TAS
Crossing the Fisher River
Crossing the Fisher River
superb country. In the saddle below Forty Lake Peaks, looking towards Mt Ironstone
superb country. In the saddle below Forty Lake Peaks, looking towards Mt Ironstone
in the saddle below 40 Lakes Peak
in the saddle below 40 Lakes Peak
across Long Tarns to Turrana Bluff
across Long Tarns to Turrana Bluff
day 3 cairn
looking towards the Walls of Jerusalem
looking towards the Walls of Jerusalem
Mt Jerusalem & other peaks in the Walls coming into view from near Turrana Heights
Mt Jerusalem & other peaks in the Walls coming into view from near Turrana Heights
the boulderfield under Blue Peaks
the boulderfield under Blue Peaks
Me-on-rock
Looking down to Rodway hut/ Tarn Shelf and then to Lake Seal from the Rodway Range
Looking down to Rodway hut/ Tarn Shelf and then to Lake Seal from the Rodway Range
climbing Castle Crag
climbing Castle Crag
Fagus
Fagus
leaving the Mt Gould saddle
leaving the Mt Gould saddle
crossing around Mt Gould, rocky face of the Minotaur behind
crossing around Mt Gould, rocky face of the Minotaur behind
Mt Gould from our campsite, day 1
Mt Gould from our campsite, day 1
out for a cruise
out for a cruise
bulky old Acropolis coming into view
bulky old Acropolis coming into view
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the awesome terrain of Big Gun Pass
the awesome terrain of Big Gun Pass
Pomaderris leaves. Image: Peter McConchie
Pomaderris leaves. Image: Peter McConchie

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