Competition: Landscape June 2012

Dawn at Surveyors Pool - Tom Brennan

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Afternoon stroll down the NattaiJohn Walker

WINNER

On the way to Waitpinga CliffsBeardless

Sawtell archIandsmith

After discovering the joy of public transport free travel rewards using my NSW Opal Card, I worked out that I could get to the fringe of the Nattai Wilderness from home in less than 90 minutes by train. So I've been doing a few day trips in that area and saving on fuel costs while enjoying a scenic train ride. On this occasion I was completing a circuit starting from Mt Alexandra Reserve at Mittagong. If you have enough time and food you can walk to Katoomba from here in about five days. Anyway returning along a trail above the Nattai River the afternoon light hitting these trees caught my attention, begging to be photographed.

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The ridge leading to Castle Crag, TasmaniaAndy Szollosi

WINNER

Winter pastels, Cradle MountainTortoise

Tarkine afternoonTigercat

Is this the right way? Cloudy days in winter make for tricky navigation. The crest of this ridge was unsuitable for walking. The size of some of these boulders were the size of small houses, with small house-sized gaps in between.

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The Du Cane Range in winterAndy Szollosi

WINNER

Last light Tarkine CoastTigercat

Full moon risingTortoise

Emerald Beach sunriseIandsmith

The king's wavesBeardless

Traversing the Du Cane Range in winter is a spectacular, but equally treacherous undertaking. The dolerite boulders can be covered in inches of hoar frost, making each step an uncertainty.

A window into wildernessJohn Walker

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Bloodwood leafTom Brennan

WINNER

Grey FantailIandsmith

Misty Mountain ashTrickos

Julius River GorgeTigercat

What the....John Walker

I was swimming in a waterhole in the Carr-Boyd Ranges of the Kimberley one afternoon when this bloodwood leaf floated by with a water drop on top of it. I raced out of the pool, grabbed my camera, swam back out to the leaf and spent the next half hour first blowing it to a spot where I could stand, and then stopping it from blowing any further as the light breeze turned it into a mini sail.

Horseshoe FallsMJD

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Sometimes the simple things are bestIandsmith

WINNER

Queensland snow campingCameron Semple

Gnarly MarleyJohn Walker

Surprise Beach at Royston HeadBeardless

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BreakersNorth-north-west

WINNER

King of the castleDoogs

Rock Bridge, Mersey RiverTigercat

At low tideGraham51

Water and ice, Waterfall ValleyTortoise

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Skeleton PointNorth-north-west

WINNER

Tree on a rockDoogs

Afternoon at Antechamber BayWhitefang

Moonee sunriseIandsmith

Girraween sunsetCameron Semple

Ice flowTortoise

Innes simplicityBeardless

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Tiny worlds of ice and sedgeTortoise

WINNER

A cold day below Fergusson FallsTigercat

Rock of arrowsJohn Walker

Must be lunch timeIandsmith

Sir frosty fernHuman

In winter 2015, a friend and I decided to have a shot at Mt Inglis, an off-track walk west of Lake Will, Tasmania. While we didn’t achieve our goal, we were fascinated by the vast array of patterns in the frozen puddles, bogs, creeks lakes and waterfalls - plates of ice, whorls, lace, lattice, fingers and fringes, icicles, ice curtains and more.

In this image, frozen sedge is poking through the icy surface of a little pool. Together with the planet-like circles, it gave me a picture of something celestial.

Chilly RosellaCameron Semple

Drosera schmutziiWhitefang

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