Sheoak Falls

John Kowalski

Sheoak Falls

Sheoak Falls
The car park is located off the Great Ocean Road approximately 3 km’s south of Lorne Victoria, Australia.
From there ….....
Great Otway National Park
Length: 7 kilometres
Walk: 3 hours return
Track: Moderate
Grade: Moderate
Start: Sheoak picnic area
Finish: Sheoak picnic area

The track to Sheoak Falls is one of many scenic trails winding their way through the Great Otway National Park. Follow Sheoak Creek downstream to the aptly named Swallow Cave, home to countless swallows in spring, before continuing on to Sheoak Falls. The return loop along the Sheoak track branches off to Castle Rock, where a cliff-top lookout offers sweeping ocean views.
Note: Sheoak Falls Walk has a low river crossing due to the replacement of a bridge with stepping stones and should not be attempted when river levels are high.
from
VisitVictoria.com

Nikon D300
Lens Nikon 12-24
A – F/22
S – 1.3’s
F/L -24mm
ISO – 200

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Sheoak Falls by John Kowalski
Sheoak Falls by John Kowalski
  • Kristina K

    Kristina K

    fantastic capture, it was pouring with rain the day i was there so the camera came out for a moment you have the very spot i eyed off for next visit..lol..
    great shot well captured, great lighting, as i know how hard it was to get right.
    .lol. :)) k

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thanks Kristina, I arrived a little late in the day and the harsh light above the falls made it quite difficult to capture. I also had a couple of kids with me and had to watch them around the slippery rocks, but it was a good day!!

  • Mark Robson

    Mark Robson

    Love it John :)

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Mark!!

  • wayne51

    wayne51

    John you have done a great job on captureing this with the harsh light. It looks very nice. Wayne

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thanks Wayne, was some tough sun light and I also have to thank Davo for his input.

  • Tanya Bright

    Tanya Bright

    Your have done a great job capturing this in difficult light.

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you very much Tanya!!

  • bubbleblue

    bubbleblue

    Beautiful scene and great reflection.

  • John Kowalski replied

    Many thanks Joy!! :))

  • David Hibberd

    David Hibberd

    A beautiful water fall captured so very well.
    Davo

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you very much Davo!!

  • Bevellee

    Bevellee

    great shot John but I hope its not 3kms south of lorne…lol

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thanks Bevellee, I have made a couple of changes to the description!!

  • Simone Byrne

    Simone Byrne

    Nice shot John, I remember visiting these falls back in the days of bw film, its a lovely spot and you’ve captured it very nicely.

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Simone …. I love looking through old photo’s, maybe I will get to see some of your B&W film work one day!!

  • Puggs

    Puggs

    Great shot John, i know that wasn’t on our last trip… wish it was though…

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thanks mate, as you know there are only so many hours in a day!!

  • Ralph Olsson

    Ralph Olsson

    Superb John:))

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Ralph!! :))

  • Ralph Olsson

    Ralph Olsson

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Ralph and Country Victoria Group!!

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    outstanding,

  • John Kowalski replied

    Hi Scott, thanks mate!!

  • Andrew Widdowson

    Andrew Widdowson

    This is excellent John. Love that reflection!

  • John Kowalski replied

    Many thanks Andrew, much appreciated mate!!

  • mspfoto

    mspfoto

    Magnificent composition. Great info on the track too!

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Mark!!

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Outstanding work, John!

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Béla!!

  • David Lewins LRPS

    David Lewins LRPS

    Fantastic John, love the smoothness of the water in the foreground and the milky flow of the fall.

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you David, I’m very lucky to see so much water flowing over these falls. They are normally just a trickle due to dry conditions here in Australia.

  • solo75

    solo75

    Beautiful shot John..the water was still enough for a nice reflection of the falls. Seems like a nice walk to spend the day.

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you solo75, it was a lovely day to spend some time with the kids and by this waterfall!!

  • CanDuCreations

    CanDuCreations

    Beautiful, very well captured work John

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Thea, the sun was a little strong but it turned out OK!! :))

  • BigD

    BigD

    Beautiful waterfalls

  • John Kowalski replied

    Many thanks D, appreciated!!

  • William Bullimore

    William Bullimore

    Beautiful. And thanks for the information too.

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you William, and your’e welcome!!

  • sfmilner

    sfmilner

    Greetings John; Absolutey stunningly beautiful image. The framing and reflections are super, nicely thought out.
    steve

  • John Kowalski replied

    Hi Steve, they were flowing quite nicely and I was lucky to be there. Thank you for the kind words my friend!! :))

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton

    I’ve visited these so many times in all seasons hoping to get a good flow but thus far in vain. Absolutely pumping in this shot though John. Love that foreground too. Of course you can also visit them from the Great Ocean Rd end which is only a few hundred meters.

  • John Kowalski replied

    G’day Travis …. thanks mate, as I said to Steve (above reply) I got lucky and really wish I could have been there in better light. Also, with my rheumatoid arthritis and the recent foot reconstuction I wish I had known about the short cut lol. All the same a pleasant walk on a lovely day!!

  • RichardIsik

    RichardIsik

    Nice shot, John…like the foreground
    Cheers

  • John Kowalski replied

    Many thanks Richard!!

  • Neil Boucher

    Neil Boucher

    Very nice John! I remember visiting a few years back und being unimpressed because of the black rocks. You have captured the beauty!

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Neil, I’m lucky to have been there when a reasonable amount of water was flowing!!

  • Ralph Olsson

    Ralph Olsson

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you so much to you Ralph and Country Victoria for the feature, much appreciated!!

  • Trudi's Images

    Trudi's Images

    Lovely shot and shutter speed John, theses really are beautiful falls, did you walk a little further and get up to the Swallow caves, they are pretty too although a little more difficult to shoot

  • John Kowalski replied

    Thank you Trudi, kind of ran out of time to visit Swallow Caves this time but plan to go back again! Appreciated your comment!! :))

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