Bert and Maurice led 16 other HVB members and 2 visitors on a successful climb of Pigeon House Mountain, albeit in deteriorating weather conditions.
John G has been out of action with a dodgy knee, but he kindly spent the weekend chauffeuring in his 4 wheel drive. And acting as photographer!
On the way up. Weather is still fine, Barbara and Christine stop to identify a tree; John M and Bill S wait. Then morning tea in the mist, on wet ground.
The first of 20 ladders. Raining by now. Anne R and Elaine E setting off. Most left their bags at this stage.
Only 10 minutes to the top, one on a ladder at the time. Bert and John M are the monitors. Also some plant life high up. (Identification help?)
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Everyone summitted. The view waits to be seen another day.
On the way down, the long view as seen by Maurice, the tail-end-Charlie.
And there is more time to study the blossoms of the Blueberry ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus! 
After coffee, with the mountain now visible.
Photographers identify flora, fauna and geological features in their pictures. In this case Sue S also identified the Blueberry Ash.
Photos by Deidre (1, 6-8), John G (2), Ros G (5,11), Sue S (3,4), a visitor (9), Susan (10), a waitperson with Anne R's camera (12).