Melt Line, Near the Kozi Road

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Maris
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Melt Line, Near the Kozi Road

Postby Maris » 25 Jan 2025, 13:46

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Melt Line, Near the Kozi Road
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.5cm, from a 4x5 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens.

In spring a snow patch will take its own sweet time to melt; thaw a little during the day, re-freeze at night.

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Re: Melt Line, Near the Kozi Road

Postby Mick Fagan » 26 Jan 2025, 17:56

Ooooh, very hard to get detail on icy snow as well as dark wet vegetation, you've succeeded admirably.

The little blades of grass sticking through the snow, lifts the whole.

I'm assuming you are talking about the summit road in Kosciuszko NP?

A group of us rode our motorcycles to within 200m of the summit on Boxing day 1975, we had no idea the road was going to be closed at the end of the month to normal vehicles. They established a bus to the summit for a while after the closure with a NP ranger on the bus giving a running commentary of the changing vegetation. Then, as far as I understand things, they banned all vehicular traffic, apart from NP vehicles, to the summit carpark.

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Re: Melt Line, Near the Kozi Road

Postby Barry Kirsten » 27 Jan 2025, 13:48

That sounds pretty right to me. I first visited KNP in '79/'80 and there was no vehicle access beyond Charlotte's Pass. I walked the entire round trip to the summit and returning via the lakes (about 20km if I remember correctly). I've since returned for walks from CP in both directions and have never seen a vehicle on the summit road.

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Re: Melt Line, Near the Kozi Road

Postby Maris » 29 Jan 2025, 09:55

I wanted a "Melt Line" but no gravel. The long grass coming out after being flattened under months of snow was a nice texture contrast with the snow.

I drove my old Toyota Corona to Rawson's Pass in the 1970s and remarked how the road was very rough with huge humps where culverts directed melt-water under the road. From Rawson's I walked straight up the face of Mt. K. Today's genteel spiral path to the top wasn't there then. On fine weekend days there's a surprising amount of traffic on the Kozi Road. A fair bit of it is throttle control fat bikes; electric motorcycles in effect. Progress?


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