Oberon View
Mt Oberon (558m) is the fifth highest peak at Wilsons Promontory but due to the telecom tower on its summit is the only one with easy access. Any of the other high points require an off track walking permit and the willingness to endure two or more days of extremely hard bush bashing.
Mt Oberon has the additional scenic advantage of being very near the coast and therefore affording magnificent views. A somewhat iconic pleasure for many visitors to the Prom is the Mt Oberon sunset experience. On this occasion I had been hiking all day but had enough time (or so I thought) to climb the few steep kms up the road to the summit to enjoy the sunset before heading home. Being very close to sundown I had the clever idea of riding my bike up. Unfortunately the combination of fitness, steepness and quality of bike meant I ended up pushing it most of the way up and I was utterly exhausted by the extra burden and need to rush and so barely made it in time. Got a few shots off however as you can see and made the return trip in the dark in about a tenth of the time it took me to get up.
This particular vista looks over Leonard Point with the tail end of Norman Island on the left and Tongue Point and Shellback Island to the right. The distant headland is Cape Liptrap.
For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery.
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wayne51
Nicely composed and lovely colours. Wayne
Travis Easton replied
Thanks Wayne
John Kowalski
That’s a real nice view Travis, beautiful capture!!
Puggs
Great Shot travis… maybe i’ll get down that way Melb Cup weekend…
Travis Easton replied
You won’t regret it wonderful place but book early as it tends to get very busy on the big weekends.
Oldrooz
Beautiful image Travis, great sky.Well done!
OldBirch
Gorgeous shot!
Stephen Williams
nice Travis, love those wave ripples!
antonio
Nice photo with fantastic colors.
Tatiana R
Like the contrasts and the colours here!
mspfoto
So many time i have tried to get there for that shot only to miss by minutes you where very lucky and I think your shot was worth the climb, very nice.
Travis Easton replied
Yes I was lucky… I also expended so much energy that I couldn’t breath fast enough to keep up with my bodies needs, absolutely rasping for a few minutes there but I made it… just. Better luck next time mate.
solo75
Nice lighting. On occasion, I’ve mountain biked steep roads only to end up pushing the 30 lb bike up. I know how tiring it gets!
Travis Easton replied
Certainly does, particularly when your fighting against time, cheers.
Jim Robertson
Beautiful pano Travis.
Craig Harris
Walked / carried two very young kids up that sucker, fantastic capture Travis, it’s still a fair hike being only the 5th highest!
Travis Easton replied
Having climbed Mt Ramsay (679m) an off track summit my perspective on the Mt Oberon road is probably a tad different to yours. Although in a funny way when the path is easy it allows a much quicker accent which tends to get the blood pumping much harder.
Would love to do Mt Wilson (705m) one day although I haven’t visited the Prom for a while due to the third degree they now give me every time they see me about paying $275 a year for a landscape photographers license because they don’t see me as a hobbyist but a professional photographer. Total B.S. and all this hassling has succeeded in doing is keeping me away. It makes me very sad and bitter because I truly love this place and miss it badly but out of principal I refuse to pay such a arbitary BS tax.
(sorry I know I’ve just gone on, but once the surface is pricked I kind of explode on this one).
John Pitman
Lovely colours Travis
Georgie Hart
Sublime.
Craig Harris
Yeah I hear what you are saying, a mate and myself drove all the way down there to take some photo’s one day. not only did they have half the park closed they told us that we needed a licence to take photo’s in there as well, we told them to jam it!
Travis Easton replied
Wow sounds like they’re getting more aggressive in policing this one, thought I was being singled out, sad misguided policy they’re their own worst enemies. To me a professional photographer is exactly that someone whose profession, time and taxable income is derived from photography. There definition is any photographer who happens to offer any work for sale. It’s bollocks thanks for sharing your experience with me Craig.
Bushfires will keep things closed for ages I imagine, knowing them probably years. Apparently visitor numbers and Christmas bookings are way way down this season. She’ll come back though.
traveller
Perfect exposure Travis.
Antanas
great capture, well done…
dinghysailor1
superb – love the colour and light