Last time we went to Mt Field National Park we drove the 16 km road to Lake Dobson but we didn't have a good look around.
Monday was a public holiday, so we decided it might be nice to go back up there and do the circuit around the lake. The official title of the walk is the Pandani Grove Nature Walk, and it skirts around one side of the lake, passing through the Pandani Grove, and ending up on the 4WD track that goes higher up the mountain (or back to the car park in our case).
This is the area that gets snow in winter, and it has several long day walks that we aren't quite ready to tackle just yet. The drive up to the lake takes you from the beautiful lush rainforest at the bottom of the park through changing vegetation to the completely different sub-alpine landscape higher up the mountain. The change over such a short space is remarkable.
I took my old SLR camera with me - I don't remember the last time I used it. When Juniordwarf was about a year old, I think. I haven't had those photos developed yet, so here are some that I took with my phone and uploaded to Instagram.
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These pictures are so good, they could be postcards.
ReplyDeleteThank you River. I think the Instagram filters work really well with these pictures :)
DeleteHow amazing. River is right, these are truly beautiful. And I love the determination in JuniorDwarf's stride. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, yes he really enjoyed himself.
DeleteWonderful photographs! Such a sense of calm. The water especially looks so peaceful. Every still is inviting me to explore! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Cassandra Louise, you probably can't tell from the pictures but the lake is really shallow - you can see the bottom in a lot of places. There's certainly a lot more exploring to do around there.
DeleteLovely photos! It looks like a fabulous place for taking a camera!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. Every time I go there i see more and more places I want to go back and explore :)
DeleteWhat a wonderful exotic place. Love the second shot. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Carolina. I really like that one too.
DeleteI haven't been up to Lake Dobson for years but I remember being fascinated by the change in vegetation as well. The last time I was at Mt Field was in 2008 with my nephew from SA. He thought that Mt Field was "Just like Jurassic Park" :) I think the road to Lake Dobson was closed that time.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a fascinating place Kim. The rainforest part is lovely and the alpine area is a totally different kind of beautiful. I feel so lucky to be living so close so such a wonderful place :)
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