Helen Chick
The weather hasn’t been particularly fantastic over the Christmas/New Year period, which has reduced the incentive to get out into the wilds, although it has been good for getting various other odds and ends done. However, with the forecast for the day of New Year’s Eve being tolerable, I suggested a trip up to Russell Falls with my parents for a gentle afternoon stroll and some photos.
Russell Falls is in one of Australia’s oldest national parks (indeed, the nearby locality—it overstates it to describe it as a village—is called National Park), and is one of a number of waterfalls set in the temperate rainforest, with tree-ferns and moss and tannin-coloured water flowing along the little creek. The sunlight sneaking through the bush created some lovely effects, and I took quite a few snaps with the little camera.
The creek near the picnic grounds.
Bracket fungus on the side of a log
Mum walking along the sun-dappled track
Base of the falls viewed from the side 
Time exposure of the base of the falls.
View of middle section of the falls (the tree grows at the edge of the final drop)
Ant orchid (Chiloglottis sp), about 2-3cm in diameter
Trout in the creek.
The “little camera” never ceases to amaze … the trout and ant orchid are larger than life, not to mention the beautiful time exposure of the falls.
Now, if someone could just design a “smell detector” for the camera, imagine viewing the photos,accompanied by delicious bush perfumes!