Stacey had organised a trip down Hat Hill Canyon at Blackheath. With her were Asaph, Martin, Pepe, Dave W and myself.
It was a nice warm day in the mountains – bright and sunny. Nice conditions temperature wise – but fairly poor lighting for canyon photography. Continue reading
I had a few hours in the city between social engagements – and had a camera with me. So I decided to spend those hours trying to capture some images of the city and harbour.
I started in Hyde park and then walked to the Botanic Gardens. On the way I was hit by a storm. I had to shelter under a tree. Fortunately there were plenty of trees at the Gardens! The storm passed over fairly quickly – and there was a nice double rainbow for a while. Continue reading
On Sunday of last weekend I went up the mountains with John, Chuin Nee, Jasper and Digi Dave to do a walk to Terrace Falls and a bit of photo-pfaffing.
I don’t think I had been to these waterfalls before – and it turned out to be a very beautiful area. A little earlier I had purchased copies of some small “Pocket Pal” guidebooks to some Blue Mountains walks written by Keith Painter and published by Mountain Mist Books (available online from that website). One of these was on Terrace Falls. As well as details for the walk it had a lot of botanical and historical information of great interest. Continue reading
Passing on an important email from Tara –
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Two wilderness photographic events are on the horizon.
Blue Mountains photographers, Ian Brown, Len Metcalf and Mike Stacey have an exibition of their photographs of the Blue Mountains at the Blue Mountains Heritage Centre at the end of Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath from April 3 t0 30.
The second event is a new book of photos of the Tasmania’s Tarkine Wilderness by Chris Bell. Chris is a very talented wilderness photographer living in Tasmania. The book can be ordered online via his website- www.chrisbellphotography.com . Take a look at the website to see some of his stunning images.
It is being launched by Bob Brown this Saturday (16 March) at Gleebooks in Glebe Point Road.
Dave Williams had organised a trip to Mt Hay Canyon and had invited Su Li, Stacey and myself to join him.
Su Li abseiling off the chockstone
It was a beautiful day – perfect warm weather for canyoning. Continue reading
Another waterfall walk. The water levels were no where near that of the weekend before, but conditions were still vey attractive.
This time I headed out to one of my favourite haunts – back to Wentworth Falls. I started off along the Charles Darwin Track which takes you from the Wentworth Falls village to Wentworth Falls itself. Continue reading
The last month or two has been a good time to look for comets.
Two have been visible. Comet Lemmon has been quite faint – but I managed to photograph it on a vey dark night with clear sky at Newnes on the Friday evening of a canyoning trip. I didn’t know I had photographed it till I got home and looked at my photos on a monitor. Continue reading
It had been a few years since I had visited the waterfalls of North Lawson. I had been there when I was very young and more recently on, of all things, a mountain bike trip.
This time, it was a wet day, a good day to wander around photographing waterfalls. Continue reading
During the week there had been a fair bit of rain – so it was a good opportunity to head up the mountains and photograph some waterfalls. Leura Cascades was a nice place to visit.
This time I headed straight from Leura Station directly to the Cascades. The tracks were a bit wet – but the cascades and waterfalls were in great condition. I wandered down the track slowly, pausing many times to set up my tripod and take lots of photos. Continue reading
