![]() This will involve several hours of travel along the top of the range and requires clear, calm weather. It is possible to head further south along the ridge to the basin that hosts Rainbow Skifield, and Mt McRae (1878 m). It was along this hike that I found some really pretty pink Fumewort wildflowers growing in a rocky outcrop above a seepage creek. One morning, however, I decided to park down at Lower Ted Lake parking area and hike up into the property. The range is craggy and narrow, so watch your step, especially when there is snow and ice about. Richard Thompson has almost half a dozen small parking areas along its perimter. You can continue south along the range for 15 min to a high point (1787 m elevation). Here you will enjoy spectacular views west across Lake Rotoiti and east into the unnamed tarn-dotted basins on the eastern side of St Arnaud Range. The top of the range is 1705 m elevation. This is the steepest section of the track be very cautious ascending and descending in winter. The tree line is at 1420 m elevation, immediately above which a rocky outcrop offers a great lookout and turn around point if you think the remaining climb to the top of the range is a bit too far.įrom here the track is a poled route, heading straight up the range through alpine grass and tussock. Take note of the altitudinal stratification of the beech forest red beech transitions to silver beech and then to stunted mountain beech. The zig-zags become progressively narrower as the tree line is approached. The track zig-zags up a truncated spur for 1-2 hr. After 1.3 km of gentle climbing Loop Track forks to the right, (eventually linking back with Lakehead Track back on the lake edge) and St Arnaud Range Track heads left across the ephemeral Borlase Stream. The track crosses a series of moraine terraces that indicate the advance and retreat cycles of the glacier that carved out the valley and the depression that the lake now fills. The lower slopes of the range are forested in an attractive mix of silver and red beech, with putaputaweta, lemonwood and other broadleaf species in the sub-canopy. In addition to mining, miners can use secondary tools to quarry items from patches of stone referred to as rocky outcrops. You can see more photos and stills on Ephemeral's Facebook page.St Arnaud Range Track forks to the left from Lakehead Track after 200 m, and then again from Honeydew Track after a further 300 m. Principle photography will continue until mid-March, over which time the production will be joined by more talented actors and crew. With the help of a dedicated crew and some talented actors, the production was able to get some of the movie's most important and emotional scenes in the metaphorical can. The production enjoyed borken sunshine for most of the day, only having to suffer a brief hail and thunder storm towards the end of the shoot, which saw crew, cast and some of the cast's family members sheltering beneath a rocky outcrop. Thanks to the location's sheltered position on the lee side of a dell, even the blustery wind was only a minor problem. After a nervous night checking the weather forecast regularly, director Samuel Marlow decided to risk the exterior shoot.Īrmed with umbrellas, blankets and waterproof ponchos, cast and crew risked the weather in a gamble that paid off. The scenes, from third act of the movie, featured Matthew Springett and George Wood as father and son, and were all exterior. Transmission Interrupted Enters Productionĭespite some of the worst storms on record blowing through the day before, Transmission Interrupted got off to a flying start on Saturday with the commencement of principle photography.
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