Competition: Tasmania January 2011
Lake Burbury & Frenchmans Cap ranges from Mt Jukes - Stuart Bowling
Photo Gallery
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Other States
December 2015
Club LakeJohn Walker
WINNER
Dry fallBrian Eglinton
The unique Club Lake is situated on one of my favourite day hikes anywhere - the spectacular near 23 kilometre Main Range-Lakes circuit in Kosciuszko NP. On this occasion my final bushwalk for 2015 on a glorious New Year's Eve. I even managed a swim in the upper Snowy River. The walk starts and finishes at Charlotte Pass and can be done in either direction. My usual preference is to go anti-clockwise which I think places the many spectacular views to their best advantage. Club Lake is one of the five glacial lakes and tarns on the range and is impressively viewed here from below the summit of Carruthers Peak where I had enjoyed lunch. I have previously visited the lake itself, but it is surrounded by sensitive vegetation and needs to be approached with care from the north-east. As you descend the track from Carruthers heading toward the windswept feldmark atop the western fall of the range, the unmistakable shape of Club Lake appears dramatically way below your viewpoint as seen here.
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Tasmania
December 2015
Camping high has its rewards - crepuscular rays over Pokana Peak by MJD
WINNER
Lake Oberon from Pegasus (with R. pandanifolia) North-north-west
An evening, almost alone Osik
Evening wonderLouise Fairfax
Blue Peak from an unnamed lakePeter Grant
This is one of the more spectacular light displays I have seen, with the sun setting behind Pokana Peak. We were camped along the ridge beyond Bonds Craig, just before the drop off point that leads towards Badger Flats. This was an awesome sight that lasted quite a while.
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Landscapes
December 2015
Last light at Lake Oberon North-north-west
WINNER
Land of a thousand lakes, Blue Peaks, Tasmania Peter Grant
This is why we do it Louise Fairfax
Presenting Mt KosciuszkoJohn Walker
Wading the New River Lagoon below Precipitous Bluff MJD
The weather's never bad in the Western Arthurs, just "challenging". And "changeable". It had been challenging on the leg from Cygnus to Oberon, and then changed while a couple of peaks were ticked off the "to do" list. So I had one perfect evening at one of our most beautiful mountain lakes. Which reminds me - it's time to go back.
Black Hill gully Brian Eglinton
Red night, bushwalker's delight Osik
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Non-landscapes
December 2015
Broken reeds, Little Throne LakePeter Grant
WINNER
I love the smell of Boronia citriodor in the morning North-north-west
Looks like ants for lunch again MJD
Blue skimmer Iandsmith
Take offBrian Eglinton
The photo was taken in very early December. There had been a wild storm a week or two before, and the waves whipped up by the wind had broken a lot of the reeds along the lake shore. Gradually the dead reeds had blown to the eastern end of the lake, forming a miniature log jam of floating reeds.
Feldmark Sunrays John Walker
Murray Falls Caedencekuepper
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Other States
January 2016
The storm has passed Whitefang
WINNER
Downclimb in Rocky Creek Canyon AJW Canyon2011
Across the barJohn Walker
Serene morning at Rifle ButtsBrian Eglinton
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On the edge of the range Iandsmith
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Tasmania
January 2016
WINNER
IrreplaceableTortoise
Morning on Melaleuca LagoonNick Morgan
It's said of cushion plants that they "grow by the inch and die by the foot". Each mound is not one plant, but hundreds, thousands, potentially millions of individuals, often of different species, and they all depend on the integrity of the mound to survive against the harsh conditions in which they grow. It takes just one unnecessary and uncaring step - such as this on a small patch up on Walled Mountain - to compromise that integrity and possibly eventually kill all those plants.
Sure, it makes for a fascinating opportunity to see the inner detail of the mound, but sometimes you'd really rather not have that chance ...
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The footprintNorth-north-west
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Landscapes
January 2016
Separate rooms, please North-north-west
WINNER
Weather over the Boggy Plain John Walker
Wilson Bight Nick Morgan
Last light Tortoise
Grand Canyon AJW Canyon2011
Solo walking is my thing but when a mate invites me on a bash out to one of the more obscure and harder-to-reach Abels it's hard to say no. The trip had many highlights but the best was possibly this lazy afternoon, evening, night and morning on Walled Mountain on the way back out. So many places to pitch up there, and we both managed to find the perfect spot for our tents - albeit with a hefty buffer in between. And then we waited, fingers crossed, for the sun to finally drop below the cloud and light up Hyperion and its companions.
Weed mountainsBrian Eglinton
Guy Fawkes NP Iandsmith
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Non-landscapes
January 2016
Common flatwing damselfly Iandsmith
WINNER
Early morning tracks Brian Eglinton
SundewNorth-north-west
Kicking back at Reids Flat, Royal National Park John Walker
Rafting the Grose River AJW Canyon2011
Damselflies are so small that it's so difficult to see them at times, especially when they're in any way camouflaged by the surrounding fauna. Though "common", I've only seen them near Phantom Falls at St. Ives and at Blackdown Tablelands in Queensland, this shot taken at the latter venue. Blackdown is a great place to link with nature in so many ways. I'd never heard of it but the falls there are a very spiritual place to visit, should you ever find yourself there.
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