The track from Charlotte's Pass walks up the side of the valley containing the famous
Snowy River, seen here running through the granite boulders and alpine moorland.

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Prickly Richea scoparia growing up through sphagnum moss.

One of the creeks that runs into the Snowy River, with a view up to
Seaman's Hut (the little pimple in the saddle of the distant range).

Snow daisies growing on a cliff-face just below Rawson's Pass.

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View of the summit cairn, looking to the north. The Main Range track can be seen as
a faint scar just to the left of the top of the cairn.

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Some members of the murder of crows haunting the area near the summit, scrarking
their heads off and flocking from boulder pile to boulder pile.

A field of dead flower heads (not sure what plant; maybe Billy Buttons).

Lake Albina, one of the five glacial lakes in the area. The glaciers are long gone, of course,
but there's plenty of snow up here in winter. These are the only glacial lakes on mainland
Australia; there are quite a few in Tasmania, however.

Self on the summit of Carruthers Peak. Mt Kosciuszko is the rightmost mound
on the horizon.

Blue Lake, looking more blue-grey-green to me. This is another of the glacial lakes.

Boulder outcrop on the shore of Blue Lake.

Boulders and sky.

Crossing Club Lake Creek where it meets the Snowy River.

Confluence of the Snowy RIver and Club Lake Creek, showing the Main Range Track.
My day's journey had taken me up the valley to the left of the photo, to the summit of
Kosciuszko (not seen), across the skyline of the mountains on the horizon (Carruthers
Peak is the middle bump), and then down the track you can see in the middle of the
photo. I'm standing on the last short, sharp pitch going back up to Charlotte's Pass.