The weekend of May 22 gave me another opportunity to explore this delightful wilderness park – this time with a group of kids and adults. It was drizzling on the Friday evening, and again Sunday. But Saturday, the finale of the week, dawned beautiful for me. I was at The Pinnacle, overlooking Wollumbin, or Mt Warning, and the caldera (ancient volcano lip) which surrounds it – with me being on the western side of it. The view was awe inspiring – clouds caressing the ancient scars of some cataclysmic catastrophe. The shrubbery at the end of the lookout was a little annoying, as it impeded the view to the east. However, the fact that it was there was somewhat amazing. And close by were some grass-trees, the xanthorrhoea australis. These take years to grow – about a centimetre per year when young! The early morning light even on such small things as the greenery growing between the boardwalk planks, as well as on the handrail highlighting the cut of the saw and the moss asked to be captured. And then the view! Returning to the Forest Tops Camping area I was rewarded with rays of sunlight pouring through the treetops onto the track ahead of me. Can you imagine a ballerina dancing, or Adam and Eve appearing dressed in light. I would have loved to return to catch the setting sun upon the caldera, but next time! Sunday sunrise found me at another lookout – with mist and drizzle!
8:15 pm on May 31st, 2010
You’ve got some pretty cool photos there. I like the ones with mist. Well done. J