(Part 3 of 4, 6 photos) – On and on to “The Rocking Stone”, along the South Track from kunanyi / Mt Wellington summit.
Above is an image showing the “track” I was following. Some care and experience is needed to navigate the terrain and protective clothing should be carried as the weather can change abruptly up here. The mountain is 1271 metres high and very exposed. There are few places to take shelter if it comes in nasty.
I sat down to have a drink and some lunch before heading back when I was joined by a local mountain Bennetts Wallaby. They have longer and thicker fur than the one’s that live around my home. It must be a pretty tough life for them at this altitude, but it seemed healthy and curious.
One more post to go in this series on my first walk with the new digital OM-1, as I head back to the mountain summit and my car. Thanks for joining me and my new friend.
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Very special that rock landscape – great shots !
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Thanks Mark, it’s a great place to explore 😀
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Such an incredible landscape! If boulders could talk! Look like they are moving towards the water in the first photo. They do appear to be pondering a trip to Antarctica. 🙂 The Rocking Stone obviously defies gravity. So magickal!
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I tried to capture just how little the rocking stone is contacting the bottom stones, it has a very small footprint! I’m surprised no one’s pushed it over, I expect it’s very heavy but doesn’t look like it would take much for it to roll.
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That Wallaby is so cute! The rock formations up there are amazing, so many of them are vertical too, the rocking stone seems perched on just to points. Great series, Tone!
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Thanks John, the wallaby was pretty cool and hung around for a bit keeping an eye on me, there were two but the other one kept in the bushes.
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The rocks are amazing! And so is the idea that anything lives up there.
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There’s no grass, that’s for sure! There are plenty of flowers in spring, I’m hoping to get back up there when they are out and take some shots from the top of the Organ Pipes.
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I keep forgetting that your season is the reverse of ours.
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Yes, I know, me too – weird right? 😀 My eldest daughter is off to Canada again on the 20th! This time helping out at a kids summer camp near Calgary.
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A good time to do that.
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I’m sure those rocks have an amazing history. I wonder what happened there. I love the cute little wallaby critter. Great photos, as always. Loving taking this trek with you.
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Thanks Sandra, one more to go, then you will see what the mountain has been like the last week – plenty of SNOW!!
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Excellent images! I really like the first puddle/pond image with the boulders making it quite unique. The more intimate boulder shots display great color and texture.
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Thanks Denise, the rocks and plants sure cop a beating!
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