Misnamed and misplaced

March 2015

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March 2015

Looking across the Richmond Ranges from Dun Saddle. PHOTO: Kat Jackson
Dun Mountain and Little Twin, Mt Richmond Forest Park This walk consists of numerous misnamed features. Dun Mountain is actually a craggy hill rather than a mountain, Little Twin is bigger than its neighbour and looks nothing like it, Dew Lakes are small shallow pools and Rush Pool is more a marshy reed bed. But […]
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