The Gardens of Stone Alliance are currently holding a photographic competition. Details are available on the Colong Foundation website. The idea is to get photographers to go out and record the stunning beauty of the parts of the Gardens of Stone that is not yet protected in any national park.
I went up with Digi Dave, both of us with our cameras and we spent two nights camping in the area and taking a few photographs. We had nice conditions for photography and I was reasonably happy with some of the images I took.
I will put a set of photos up on my website after the competition is closed.
What was disturbing was to see some of the damage caused by underground coal mining that is already affecting the area – cliff collapses and massive cracks in the ground – passing right through pagodas caused by subsidence. A great shame!
