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[Mystic]

Post your comments or discuss the entries for our November/December Competition here please.

Congratulations once again to Anthony (bandi) for his great shot that took out the Cup last month.

Best of luck to all who enter for this month.

[bandi]

Wow, some great images already.

Anna, Your shot of the pelican is seriously beautiful! It really jumps off the screen aganst that black backgroud.

Breggs,  That perspective is unreal! Not sure how comfortable I would have been leaning over the edge there

Tessc, Makes me want to jump on in to the water there! I've also just found your blog and look forward to reading about your adventures!

Photogra, Love that classic view. The lake looks amazing

[Tessc]

I love the entries so far.
The pelican does really jump out at you Anna. The black background and the black on the pelican make for a startling image.

Breggs you are more game than I. No way I would have leaned over that wall for the long drop shot.

I love the colours in your photo, Photogra. We live in the most beautiful place to get so many different views of the lake at different times of the year.

[Mystic]

Thanks for the comments on my pelican. I also love the other entries we have, and so far looking like a great bunch again for this month.

Breggs, do you know if they still do the abseiling down the face of that dam? Not that I am likely to be brave enough to actually jump over that wall, it certainly is a long drop.

[breggs]

Yes - the photos last month and so far are all of a good standard.

I don't remember the lean out being all that scary, though you can feel a bit funny in the head trying to make sense of where you are. As I noted - the point I was standing on is directly over the bullseye marked on the ground below.
If they have/do abseil from this place, they will not be walking down the wall - as they are suspended away from it the whole way down. So no - I don't know if they do it.
What is obvious is that the small interpretive centre above the wall [where the car park is] was not open. I think the notice said it was going to be redeveloped - possibly relocated??
But I have been there at least 3 times - and the way the facilities have been removed or left abandoned over time has been obvious. First visit - there was a caravan park and general store at Strathgordon - now all buildings gone and the roads ploughed up to let the bush regrow. Second visit we did the power station tour - it was not running last time we were there. We also learned after our last visit that the motel was closing down - no more accomodation or meals - though I believe they will still be providing petrol.

As for the photo - this was a vertical panorama stitch of 3 photos. The view is so big its hard to get that all in the one photo - even with my wide angle setting.

[Mystic]

Thanks for the info breggs. I was fairly certain that I had read about abseiling that wall somewhere, so I just did a bit of searching. There does appear to be a commercial operator offering the experience, and also running it through Adult Education Tasmania

Abseil the Gordon Dam
Course description

Experience the thrill and challenge of the highest commercial abseil in the southern hemisphere (140m)

The adult ed page can be found here (seems an old page, but may be an ongoing thing)

[Shane V]

There are some awesome images in this months competition, well done all.  

There is only 6 more days to get your entries in.  At the moment we only have 5 entries...for the cup to be given away we need to get at least 5 more.  So go out and tell all your friends about the comp and get them involved...it is a very cool trophy...

[Shane V]

Very nice shot Carl...Is that the church at Richmond?

[Mystic]

Unfortunately we only have 7 entries so far. So...unless there is a mad rush before midnight tonight all entries will carry over and this will become the November/December Cup Competition.

At this stage we still require 3 more entries in order to start the voting at midnight tonight.

[tasadam]

That image looking down from Gordon Dam brought back some great memories. When I first moved to Tassie in 1985 I was in my late teens and I drove a lot. I went out to Strathgordon one afternoon and arrived at 4:05 PM. But the hexagon visitor building was shut, closed at 4:00 pm, and the little railcar underneath it was silent. I thought, shucks, I've missed the opportunity for a tour. So I went for a walk across the dam wall and saw the ladders going down the sides. I thought, oh well, give myself a tour... So I went to the end of the dam wall and went to climb in the ladder. Locked up, well that won't stop me... So I climbed down the first rung of ladders on the OUTSIDE then entered the ladders proper and made my way to the base of the dam wall. Looked about, took a couple of photos with my 110 instamatic camera, collected an unusual green rock from the base, then made my way up the ladder on the other side. Again, had to climb on the outside of the ladder for the last section to be able to get back on the dam wall.
It wasn't until some time after that I discovered the railcar wasn't for tours, it was for maintenance...
Don't do what I did, boys & girls, I was young(er) and stupid(er).
I remember working out how many trillion tonnes of water was on the other side of the dam wall and reflecting on that after I had done my little journey of a million steps.

Thanks for the memories.

[Mystic]

I have removed my entry from this month's competition as a result of one of our members pointing out that the background removal on the shot was done by someone else (Shane V). Rule number 1 of the competition does state...

All entries must be entirely your own work. Do not submit entries that breach the copyright of others.

Whilst I only ever intended this rule to mean that one should hold the copyright over the image, my entry does technically breach the first part of that rule as it stands.

As a result, we currently only have 8 entries for this month, with just over 30 minutes until the deadline. If we do not receive another two entries before then all entries will be held over and continue through to the end of next month.

[Mystic]

Voting for this competition will start at midnight on the 28th of this month. So this is your last chance to get an entry in and maybe have the cup to keep. Please note there will be no cup competition for January, and we will be reviewing the concept before making a final decision on the future of the cup competition. This could be your last chance to win the Real Tasmania Cup, so, if you have not already entered, get those entries in now.

[Mystic]

Congratulations to Shane V for his great shot called "Towards the Sun", the winner in this competition.

Your Cup will soon be on its way Shane. Well done to all who entered and voted.

[Shane V]

WOW.  Thank you to everyone who voted for my image, much appreciated.  There were some great entries in ths competition, some very nice work, well done all.

[bandi]

Congratulations Shane! It was indeed a beautiful shot!

[Shane V]

Thank you bandi ...I really didn't think I stood a chance with so many great entries.

[midgetyone]

Congratulations mate

[Shane V]

Thanks Chris, this one was a while ago now.