Cradle Mountian (Tasmania) in 4 Photos.

[biggerry]

First and foremost, Tasmania is one incredible place - the best advice is just to get down there and see it! (especially before they chop it all down - more on that at a later date )

A highlight for most tourists and myself was cradle mountian, we were blessed with magic weather and seized the opportunity to climb the highest peak at cradle mountian.

So without out further ado, 4 pictures which i feel are quinessential cradle mountian, from the Dove lake at the crack of dawn to the rainforest at Ronny's creek to the peak of the mountian to the face track overlooking the lakes which can only be experience by being there!

Over the period of nearly two weeks while I was there i took alot, i mean alot! of pictures, these are the first off cabs of the rank.

Dove lake at about 6am


The walk from Ronny's creek thru the rainforest to Marion's Lookout, the stepping stone for the summit. (Edited to crop alittle from the right...)


The summit - 360 degree view, not a breath of wind. (will link a larger one if desired 12 images total)


Face track - looks like the shorter way down...not...(Edited to remove curvature)


Total of 10 hours walking on that day! PS. Thanks Cameron for the Lowepro bag - very dirty, scratched but performed!

[TonyT]

So thats what it looks like

We were there in March last year and it rained most of the time so the only picture I got was a post card.
I met a QLD couple there and this was there second time there and like me never saw it.
back a home I have talk to people who have done the walk as well but in the drizzle I think that it is only clear a few weeks a year.
Really like the shots makes me want to go back again.
The 1 st and last are my fav's
Tony

[whitey]

Nice shots, will be down there in the first week of March. Hoping for some similar Cradle Mountain shots.

[wendellt]

never got to dove lake
but thats one excellent picture
did you camp out there to get up at 6am or did you wake up even earlier and trecked there

[radar]

Gerry,

I am very jealous I've been to Cradle Mountain three times and not once was it ever like this. Maybe next time

I'll be there at the start of May, keep the fingers crossed.

Wendell, that sunrise on Dove Lake can be accessed easily from the car park, not much trekking required. The other three photos however, more walking needed

Great colours and reflection on the first, I never got it this nice when I was there.

On #2, love the intimacy of it, very nicely exposed, I might just be tempted to crop a bit on the left.

Love the last one and having a person in there, really gives it a sense of scale. I really like this one. Only nit, minor, is to maybe just fix the curvature on it.

Looks like you had a great time at Cradle Mountain, as popular as it gets there, it still is an amazing area.

Thanks for sharing,

André

[latch]

I've done the Overland Track twice, and you're right - it is a very beautiful place.

I love #2: the motion-blurred tannin-stained water just transports me to a Tasmainan rainforest.

[trublubiker]

Great shots !

No 1 & 2 are spectacular.

I d/l'd #1 and had a play in CS3, lightening the shadows a little. Still foreboding and still spectacular.

Well done.

Kevin

[colin_12]

Nice shots Gerry. This is a lovely part of the world.

[sevencolours]

Gerry

I did that walk in 1979. Ancient history I know. it was all about the time of Lake Pedder.

Your photographs bring back beautiful memories.

Thanks

Philip

[biggerry]

it was all about the time of Lake Pedder.

Ahh lake pedder, we did not make it out past the Styx valley which is probably a good thing since I liked the looks of it better in the pictures before they flooded it! another monumental fight clouded in controversy!

I did that walk in 1979. Ancient history I know

Well, you would have seen parts of Tassie that some of us will never see

Nice shots Gerry. This is a lovely part of the world.

Thanks colin, there is no doubt about it, Tassie is bloody incredible... (and the people are not bad either )

I d/l'd #1 and had a play in CS3, lightening the shadows a little

go for it! The only PP i did on it was the stitching and adjustment to the shadows to bring out the detail of the dark areas.

I've done the Overland Track twice

My hat goes off to you! we will do that next year I think, but we did do the 16.5 km leg at Lake St Clair, just to say we had at least done some of it!

tannin-stained water

Yeah I love these waterfalls, I have never seen water so clear in all my life - I am yet to go thru my other waterfall shots!

I am very jealous I've been to Cradle Mountain three times

If it is any consolation, the day before we arive it was snowing and blowing a gale?!

I'll be there at the start of May, keep the fingers crossed.

May/winter is the time to be there! the autumn leaves on the hills are apparently amazing, if you can get there before the wind blows them away it can make for some magic shots - so i was told! My fingers will be crossed for you!

I might just be tempted to crop a bit on the left.

Yes I can see how that would help, there is some dead space there!

Only nit, minor, is to maybe just fix the curvature on it.

Yep, will do that, the way the hills fall in that picture do make it look curvy!

never got to dove lake

Ah but you did one of the photos you showed me before I left was near this spot
(http://www.zeduce.org/images/experimental/tas18.jpg)

did you camp out there to get up at 6am or did you wake up even earlier and trecked there

Camped in the camp ground back at the chalet area, two days in a row got up and 5:15am the first was blowing a gale with white caps on the lake, the second one was as shown!
As André mentioned the others involved substantial walking/scrambling/climb/falling

will be down there in the first week of March

Whitey, if there is any advice I can give just let me know, I would be happy to help!

The 1 st and last are my fav's

Thanks Tony, we were definitely blessed with the weather! Makes it very very easy to take a good picture of a magic place!

[whitey]

Whitey, if there is any advice I can give just let me know, I would be happy to help!

Thanks, will take you up on that offer. Just doing the detailed planning now, will shoot you an email over the weekend. Love that first shot, keep coming back for another look

[biggerry]

cool, no problems Whitey

For those interested below is the GPS track from the walk we did that day



Also updated original post with correct ones from comments!