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A view from the top

by Jack and Jude 20 Feb 2018 14:46 UTC
Mt Sorell's Plateau © jackandjude.com

On a particularly nice, windless sunny day after several days working, we decided to stretch our legs to the top of Mt Sorell’s Plateau, which lies just south of the peaks.

We’ve climbed up there a few times before, and it’s a good workout, 350 metres up to exquisite views over the harbour as well as west to the horizon of the Great Southern Ocean.

We took our revived Mavic along, thinking we’d fly a mission over land just in case it suddenly dropped out the sky. Hurrah! It didn’t, and we got superb footage, which added to the stuff that Jude shot on the ground has made a very watchable video.

Here it is:

This article has been provided by the courtesy of jackandjude.com

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