The Pyramids
Taken in the summer of 2004 during a visit with the family. We didn't climb it on this trip, but did during Easter this year (2006) with a friend from Alaska.
I took this with the old Canon T50 film SLR, using a Tokina 28-200mm tele-zoom lens and Kodak Gold 400 film. This is a scan as provided by the developing shop on CD.
Uploaded for the Your Favourite Place thread on The World Through My Eyes.
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View all photos taken: Thursday, 2nd December 2004, This photo: 12:15pm
So, David.... why is it your fav place? It looks big and interesting and its a cool photo! Like the clouds. Alison :)
great shot!!!
Because it's a really unique and beautiful spot. There's a couple of rivers that flow through the park and join in this large granite waterslide (I camped here for 9 days in the last year of Primary school), bushland that changes with altitude, kangaroos (greys and big reds), lizards, and rocks, BIG ROCKS. ;) Oh and Wedgetail eagles! Apparently it's also covered in wildflowers in spring (alas I've yet to make it there during that time of year to witness it).
Was it a difficult climb to the top?
I don't have any figures for how far it is, but see that little speck just to the right of the top, that's a tree.
It's a fair way up and parts are potentially dangerous. There are no railings, and just before the final ascent you walk along about 20 metres of relatively flat rock with a 50m slope on one side which ends in a drop of probably 150 to 200m. It's an exhilarating climb and the views are well worth it.
Here's a picture of Jono at the top, looking very pleased with himself (and rightly so):
Wow I would love to do that one Dave,
It's well worth it Kev, and only a few hours inland from you!
What beautiful landscape David, I love the rock formation rising out of the bush. I can imagine what a wonderful place it must be to tramp.
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That's a very odd looking rock! Never seen anything quite as unusual as that before. So smooth and rounded. Its a wonder the smaller rocks on top don't just roll off!
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Thanks Jill, it is indeed! Albeit somewhat hot in Summer.
Nelly, it's one of the places I always take or direct tourists to as a "must see". The surface of the rock is actually quite rough from years of rain and wind erosion and the non-uniform nature of rocks.
looks great, always amazes me how trees can find enough soil to take root and grow on places like this
It is quite incredible isn't it. I suppose a certain amount of soil is blown up there and lodges in cracks, a bird might deposit a seed and then the tree starts to sprout, it's own root system traps more dust or widens the crack which allows more dust to be trapped and eventually you have a healthy tree with just enough soil to grow in.
amazing.... it does sound wonderful... thanks for telling us all about it, David. It sounds abit like climbing Uluru. :)