Johnston Peak Plane Crash

Anthony and I off to the Richmond ranges for an overnight trip to photo the bits of the plane that is scattered below Johnston Peak.

Impact Memorial

Friday 06/01/2012
Drove to Timms creek and headed off to Mt Fell Hut.

Anthony in the forest

DOC ware on the door

Mt Fell hut

Saturday 07/01/2012
We left the hut with all our gear just after eight to go to Johnston Peak and check out the Electra. Anthony checking out the view East. We saw a few goats in these steep areas.

Anthony above the good drop

Looking back towards Mt Fell, most of the time we had no views.

And this is the view towards Mt Richmond and the saddle between Johnston Peak and Mt Richmond.

We headed SW from the ridge and dropped into the basin where the debris are scattered.

Some of the bits

And off to the track and out to Timms Creek road end.

Back into the forest

Anthony at rest

Not so native...

Timms Creek road end

Trip Times

Friday 06/01/2012
1408 Left Timms Creek
1825 Sign in the tree
1928 Mt Fell hut
Saturday 07/01/2012
0808 Left Mt Fell hut
0914 At the plane crash site
0957 Heading back to join the track
1021 Back on the track
1326 Back at Timms Creek

A map showing the area where we had our wander.

References

• Richmond Range Northbank road access
• Topo50 BQ26
• Impact Mount Richmond, The Last Flight of the Kereru by Philip Coote, assisted by researcher Gillian Gaskell