Kosciuszko
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Just catching the last rays of sunshine, she looks very relaxed…
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The sun is setting behind me, everyone is watching the sun – but this view from Charlottes Pass caught my attention. Not a typical Autumn shot, since we don’t get typical autumnal leaf changes here in Australia!
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At the end of a sunrise shoot at Charlottes Pass, Kosciuszko National Park, one cold autumn morning, the sun was catching the frost and that caught my eye – luckily I had a sleeping mat with me to lie on to get down and get this perspective. (brrrrrr!!!!) Taken on slide film and Cross Processed, then scanned…
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Kosciuszko National Park, 2006
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Picture was taken on the weekend of 24-25 June 06 in an area called “Dead Horse Gap” near an alpine resort of Thredbo, Australia. It is on one the high peak. There were a bit of snow but not enough to cover the grass yet. Wild horse roam this area. You can see their footprints in the photo.
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Temperature was -5c degrees when we venture out to try our luck with snowmaking machine in the area called “Friday Flats” – the beginner slope of Thredbo Resort. Snowmaking and Grooming / Thredbo is the benchmark for snowmaking and grooming in Australia. The already mega snowmaking system that covers 25% of the trails has had another $2 million makeover in the summer and is now fully automated. What does this mean to snow riders? In the 2006 season 42% more snow was made than the previous year, this coming winter the mountain crew expects to produce an extra 30% again. More trails will be covered by the automated system. So better quality, greater coverage and more areas covered. Combine this with a state of the art grooming fleet to smooth the trails (including winch cats to smooth the steep), you know you will always have the best possible snow riding conditions. The "corduroy" surface left behind after a touch up from this mountain crew will make your boards sing!
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Watsons Crags are in Kosciuszko National Park and in my opinion is the most spectacular alpine ridge line in Australia. On this particular occassion I had spent the day skiing out from Thredbo to camp at the frozen Lake Albina on a spectacular little knoll overlooking the Crags. This shot was taken halfway through dinner at my personal restaurant. The heater at the restaurant was pathetic, but the view… For other shots from this area check out my Kosciuszko gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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This photo achieved a highly commended status in the 2007 ANZANG: Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year Award. Ironically the key factors in this photograph were all negative ones, bad weather, poor light, a pitiful ski season, and a less than ideal time to go. As a teacher I only have the opportunity to go ski touring in the school holidays which is either side of the best part of the ski season. Usually this means that I have to travel to the Main Range in NSW which is a fair hike from my home in Melbourne to get to any snow. I had spent the previous day skiing out from Thredbo to the ice covered Lake Albina and as this season had not been overly good the cover was quite patchy. The day I took this shot I had planned to ski up Australia’s second and eighth highest summits, Mt Townsend and Alice Rawson Peak but the weather had produced white out conditions on the heights so by default I ended up skiing below the cloud cover in Lady Northcote’s Canyon. Not too far from my camp I saw these icicles high up a cliff on the Gorge wall. Being alone and so far from assistance should anything go wrong I was in two minds as to whether I should attempt to get to them or not. On three occasions in the most difficult spots I reassessed this decision but the closer I got the better they looked so imprudence won out the day and fortunately nothing went wrong. I don’t know whether it was my presence or the icicles time had come, but after getting two frames off the whole structure collapsed, fortunately the shots came out well. The other element of serendipity was the poor light, in better conditions the icicles would have been dazzlingly bright mitigating any chance of capturing detail in their delicate structure. I have been back to this same spot on two occasions since then to try and recapture this scene with a tripod and better gear but the trips occurred in better conditions resulting in the entire slope having a good cover of snow and therefore no icicles. The fleeting nature of these sorts of scenes is one of the things I love about photography; you can literally eternalise unrepeatable scenes, be it icicles, a sunset or patterns in the sand, what a gift. Sold two framed 12”x18” of this a little beauty. For other shots from this area check out my Kosciuszko gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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I took this in 2004 on one of my regular X-country ski trips in Kosciuszko National Park. On this trip I forwent the chairlift ride up Thredbo and ascended the Main Range from Dead Horse Gap. As it turned out I ended up camping half way up the ridge and the next morning spied this wonderful Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) lit up by the first rays of the morn. Stunning area particularly under the rejuvenating snows of winter. For other shots from this area check out my Kosciuszko gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Headley Tarn is a wonderful little spot just below Blue Lake in Kosciuszko National Park. I took this on my first winter trip there in 2001. Sold a framed 12”x18” print of this a few years back. For other shots from this area check out my Kosciuszko gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Blue Lake is in Kosciuszko National Park and takes a day to ski to in winter from either Guthega or Charlottes Pass. The immediate area around Mt Kosciuszko was the only area on mainland Australia high enough to form glaciers in the last ice age. After the glaciers melted the hollows created by these masses of ice formed just four lakes of which the biggest one is Blue Lake. In winter it isn’t very blue of course freezing over completely. The first time I visited the lake was in summer so skiing across it in winter was at first surreal and despite myself slightly disconcerting. The cirque surrounding the lake also forms Australia’s only consistently used and accessable ice climbing area. There are a few areas like Federation Peak in Tassie which are theoretically fantastic for such endeavours but so difficult is access in winter that visits let alone ice climbing is virtually non existent. I took this shot on my second winter trip there which I did by myself in 2003. Arriving early in the afternoon in white out conditions I decided some self education was in order and having just bought a snow shovel for this trip I thought I’d put it through its paces. As a matter of safety it is a standard part of kit for snow touring so you can dig yourself an emergency snow cave if conditions are too bad for a tent. Having never built a snow cave and not wanting to do so for the first time in an emergency I set to work. I found what I thought was a suitable place where the snow was deepest in the lee of a rise and set to work. After a few hours I was wet and cold but the proud creator of a very modest snow cave which I slept in that night. At dinner time it snowed for about ten minutes then abated. Upon awaking the morning I checked the entrance and noticed I’d been snowed in. No problem I got my ski pole out poked an air hole through the snow and went back to sleep. Being used to the silent nature of snow falls I had expected to find a huge dump outside to have created my metre deep burying. After digging myself out I was staggered to see that my previous days footprints hadn’t even filled in with snow and upon contemplation realised that the tiny ten minute snow shower during the previous evenings dinner was all that had fallen. Inexperienced me however had dug my snow cave in the most dangerous spot imaginable, that is where the wind carried it into a drift. Luckily hardly any snow fell because if it had I might not have been around to tell my story. Snow does breathe to a certain depth but once past that it is airtight as four unfortunate snow boarders found out the next year when they perished in a snow cave dug in the same area during a blizzard. Their bodies despite massive searches were not found until the spring thaw revealed them directly underneath where so many searchers had looked. A beautiful but potentially unforgiving environment. For other shots from this area check out my Kosciuszko gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Crimson (red) Rosella (Platycercus elegans) Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales. This Crimson Rosella has red plumage and bright blue cheeks. ======================================================== / “Crimson Rosella” is donated to the Wildlife_Appeal_Group for the wildlife victims of the Victorian Bushfires. All of the proceeds will go to WRAP (Wildlife Rescue And Protection Incorporated) ======================================================== Canon EOS 350D
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Taken on the path to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest mountain at 2228 metres above sea level. This area was completely covered by snow a day after this shot was taken.
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These kangaroos were photographed between Tom Groggin and Dead Horse Gap in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
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Blue Lake is an area I love and have been to many times so I was very saddened today to read that the ice cliffs in the background of this shot have claimed a life. My prayers go out to the family… Person missing after Kosciuszko avalanche / 14:00 AEST Sun Aug 17 2008 / By ninemsn staff / At least one person is missing after an avalanche in a popular ice-climbing area in Kosciuszko National Park. / The accident occured after an ice cornice — an overhanging piece of ice on a snow drift — collapsed at around 2pm, a police spokeswoman said. / Emergency services were called shortly after and are now on site at Blue Lake in NSW where a snow line search has begun. / A SouthCcare helicopter is currently searching the area and police rescue are on their way to the site. Avalanche fatality ‘just bad luck’ / 21:29 AEST Sun Aug 17 2008 / A young skier killed under an avalanche of snow and ice high in the Kosciuszko National Park was the victim of “bad luck”, an experienced rescuer said. The skier was one of three men to die in separate skiing accidents in the Perisher Valley area on Sunday, police said. The man killed in the avalanche was a 24-year-old from the Blue Mountains town of Wentworth Falls. He was one of five people skiing at Blue Lake, near Charlotte Pass, when it’s believed a collapsed segment of hardened snow known as an ice cornice gave way. Emergency service crews were called in shortly after 1.30pm (AEST). The area is a known ice-climbing site and it was initially thought the man was a climber. His body was found about 5.45pm, police said. Snowy Mountains State Emergency Services worker Les Threlfo said that leaving aside the Thredbo landslide, which killed 18 people in 1997, this was the first death in “30-odd years” from an avalanche in the Snowy Mountains. “It’s very icy where the skiers have been,” Mr Threlfo told AAP. “The area has an ice base and the snow sometimes isn’t stable. “I’d say he’s been there, it (the snow and ice) has rolled and he’s gone. “It was a particularly good day up here. This is just bad luck, I presume.” The man’s body had been recovered, he said. Eight members of the SES’s alpine rescue team, using four skidoos, arrived at the site mid-afternoon to search for the man. They were joined by NSW Police members and a NSW Ambulance special casualty access team. A rescue helicopter was at the scene within minutes of the alarm being raised. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. A 59-year-old man from the Sydney suburb of St Ives died when he skied into a tree on a run at Blue Cow called Outer Limits about 12.15pm, police said. Just three hours later a second man, 48, of the Snowy Mountains town of Jindabyne, also died when he hit a tree while skiing. He had successfully completed the steep Olympic run but lost control soon after. For other shots from this area check out my Kosciuszko gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society Had a bit of an adventure at Blue Lake that you can read about here or follow the picture link below.
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Driving up to Kosciuszko this morning I was hoping to come across some Brumbies. I started to get excited when we noticed fresh evidence on the road that they were nearby, then Kiandra spotted this group not too far in front of us on Long Plain Road. They didn’t stick around long at all and I was just grateful I’d remembered to throw the trusty Lumix in the car as I don’t have a telephoto for the SLR yet!
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These two brumbies seemed curious by our presence. I’m sure they were laughing at us, Kiandra and Mel hanging out the passenger side windows and then me, hanging out of the sunroof, all with cameras in hand. Probably thinking to themselves…”Crazy Photographers” Taken on Long Plain Road, Kosciuszko National Park.
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Found this old rusty wagon near Coolamine Homestead in Kosciuszko National Park. We went up specifically to see Coolamine and Blue Waterholes and stumbled upon this relic while looking for a good angle to shoot the homestead!
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This is Campbells House from the historic Coolamine Homestead found in Kosciuszko National Park
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Another shot of Campbell’s House, Coolamine Homestead in Kosciuszko National Park
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Sawyers was part of a larger building, originally built in the early 1900s as a staging post for coaches on their way to Rules Point. Sawyers is located at Sawyers Hill, near the Rocky Plains fire trail, and immediately beside the Snowy Highway. It is a popular rest stop for motorists. Unfortuantely Sawyers was badly damaged in the fires of ‘03 and has now been restored.
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This is Delaney’s Hut in Kosciuszko National Park. This one sits just off the Snowy Mountains Highway so an easy one to access. Unfortunately the original hut was lost in the 2003 bushfires, but has since been rebuilt. This is my 5th attempt to shoot this hut, every other time I’ve come past it I’ve had bright blue skies and it’s been lunchtime, so the light was just too harsh to get a decent photo. This time though, it was lunchtime again, but we had snow and some very menacing black clouds with the sun just breaking behind me, so the perfect light…. well in my eyes! Photo was taken 27th April 2009
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As I crossed the bridge over Three Mile Dam in Kosciuszko National Park this scene really caught my eye. I brought the car to a screaming holt (not very smart in the snow) so I could capture this. This shot is taken straight from the camera, I’m pretty pleased with it. Taken with a Sony A350
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Entwined ================================================== / Featured in the Top 10 of Retired_and_Happy Challenge Trees ================================================== / To get this shot of these beautiful snow gums, I had to climb to the summit using snow shoes – not an easy task when some of the snow is very icy! Smiggin Holes, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia. / The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub, one of the mallee group of the genus Eucalyptus. Canon PowerShot A650 IS Shutter Speed: 1/320sec / Aperture: F4.0 / ISO: 80
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