My Camera and I

Late last week, when there was a little window of opportunity and a whole lot of sun I jumped in the car and went in search of some solitude and photo-worthy scenery, so of course I headed south to Wilson's Promontory again, the southernmost point of Victoria.  In just over 30 minutes from our front door this is what I saw as I rounded a bend in the road of the National Park - a big, beautiful, breathtaking open space.

Tidal Overlook Walk appeared to be a relatively easy one.  The sign suggested it was a 20 minute walk of only one kilometre.  It looked quite easy and flat, and once I started walking I got lost in the sheer magic of my surroundings.  I didn't see a single person the entire time, and I was happy snapping away with my camera.  What I soon realised was that I was climbing up and up and more up!  And then even more.

I saw a very cute wallaby along the way and in my excitement to capture him (with my camera) I took a few fuzzy photos, but as he was quite prepared to stand still and look cute I calmed down and got my settings right.  And on I climbed.

These funny things, which for a strange reason reminded me of Ewoks from Star Wars were dotted throughout the bush.  When I saw them my imagination went running off on a very weird tangent and it got to the point that these bushy little plants were giving me the heebie-jeebies as I was imagining someone leaping out from one and scaring the pants off me, and there I was alone, no-one within coo-ee of me.  Sometimes it's best for me to put a lid on my imagination.  But come on, you can see what I mean ... can't you?!

At the top, after a fair amount of puffing and panting, and stopping under the pretext of taking another photo, the view made the entire walk worthwhile, because this is what I saw after ducking under another tree and winding my way around another rock.  Looking one way towards Squeaky Beach, and then the other towards Norman Bay.

And beautiful wildflowers everywhere.

Ahhhh, just what I needed.  I headed home rejuvenated, happy and with over 200 photos on the camera.  Sometimes it's nice to just sneak away and have some time with yourself.

Wishing you some quiet moments of reflection, without the scary looking plants.

Trudy