Articles Tagged 'Blue Mountains'

Autumn Adventures in Mount Wilson

Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney, is a wonderful location for landscape photography.  Its specific appeal is the rich colours of the leaves during autumn, and many photographers venture to Mount Wilson to capture these colours.  The quiet little mountain township had been on my never-ending list of photography locations/subjects, and [ continue reading ]

Mount Wilson: Cathedral of Ferns

During an exploratory day-trip to the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Dave and I decided to look around Mount Wilson, a place of which I had heard in photography circles, but never visited.  We encountered the Cathedral of Ferns, where we stopped to capture a few images of the beautiful, lush foliage.  Here is one of them [ continue reading ]

2014 Retrospective: Low-Output Year, but Such is Life

While we are not quite done with the year 2014 yet, it is close enough to publish a retrospective of the year from a photographic perspective.  Firstly, it was my most low-output year on record; but with other commitments and interests, and a waning interest in photography, I can live with that.  I only published [ continue reading ]

Highlights of Jenolan Caves

In May we headed to Jenolan Caves for a few days as a getaway.  That was almost two months ago, but time has sure flown since then.  We drove down to Jenolan on Thursday, and had two cave tours booked for the day.  After arriving mid-morning, we soon headed to our tour of the Lucas Cave [ continue reading ]

A Getaway to Jenolan Caves

For the past few days, we have called this magnificent Edwardian hotel — Caves House- home; for we headed to Jenolan Caves, in the Blue Mountains, for a pre-Queen's Birthday long weekend getaway to reconnect with nature and give ourselves a much-needed break from the hustle and bustle of daily life in the big smoke [ continue reading ]

Blue Mountains Winter Weekend

This past Queen's Birthday Weekend, we headed into the Blue Mountains for a restful few days in the wintery, country air, away from the crazy, lop-sided work hours, lack of sleep and constant illness I had been battling in the weeks leading up to it.  Arriving on Saturday afternoon, we stayed in Leura, and decided [ continue reading ]