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As hikers vanish, these Australian mountains hold tight to their mysteries

By Yan Zhuang
New York Times·
9 mins to read
As hikers vanish, these Australian mountains hold tight to their mysteries
Four-wheel-drive tracks in the Wonnangatta Valley. The rugged country is an easy place to disappear if you're not careful. Photo / Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, The New York Times

The high country of southern Australia is "remote and beautiful and unpredictable," a place where visitors can be swallowed up without a sound.

A blanket of fog hanging before him, Lachlan Culican saddled up his horse one autumn morning and set off into the remote high country of southern Australia

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