By now there will be a chill in the air in northeast Victoria.  The people in the valleys of the Alps will be preparing for an influx of tourists who will head to the ski resorts of Mt Hotham and Falls Creek. Around easter usually marks this shift – people out doing their last lot of camping before packing tents away for the winter, wineries getting visited as tourists come to the area.Now is a good time to get some walks in – before the weather becomes unpredictable and the snow begins to lie.

I’m writing this in reflective mode – I’m based in Delhi here in India at the moment and the heat is coming.  For some reason, I’m thinking of Autumn, the northeast and Mt Feathertop.

The last time I was there was over twelve months ago now – a time that feels like yesterday.  I took the easy way (a drive up to Diamantina Hut where the car was left, then a walk out and back in the day).  But the best way up, to feel the contours of the Feathertop landscape, is from Harrietville – a two day, strenuous walk taking you up from the valley to Feathertop’s summit.

Here are a couple of images:

On the high plains – along the way to Mt Feathertop

Looking out over the Alps, on the way to Feathertop

The track to Mt Feathertop. Feathertop is obscured by the mist