myday #24 - 114℉ in Australia + A Dusty Vehicle = One Epic Journey - Part Three

I made it.

Karijini was everything I hoped for and was totally worth the hours spent on the road as read in part one and part two of this epic journey.

The colour of the earth was nothing like I had seen before. It's rich rusty red landscape filled my lens everywhere I turned.

I was up bright and early the very next day ready to capture the unique scenery. I headed to a local gorge and started my decent into the rocky creek bed below. With each step the overhanging trees appeared smaller as they stood lonely against the pristine blue sky.

I was met at the bottom of the gorge by a massive pool of water that trickled down the slatted rocks to form a beautiful waterfall.

Moving to the other side of the waterfall I was able to look down at the view below and capture the sun reflecting off the surface of the water.

After the waterfall I stumbled across a side gorge that didn't have any water present in it. The view was striking so I decided it would make a great photo. I had to overcome the lighting challenges as the gorge was in a vastly different exposure to the bright sky above. I set up my camera on the tripod and took a number of exposures so I could merge them together in Photoshop.

I took many other photos throughout the day and almost got lost in one of the gorges, but that's another story! Walking back up to the top was a bit of a struggle with all my gear, but when I arrived the sun was starting to dip on the horizon allowing me to take some last photos.

If you ever get the chance to spend an extra week in Western Australia I highly recommend you visit Karijini National Park. You won't be disappointed and you will certainly leave with many memories and photos!

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I'm Leigh, from Sydney Australia and through @steemit I'm seeing what its like to explore @myday. Not in any particular order, or particular time frame but just parts of @myday through my eyes and sometimes the cameras lens._

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