Mount Fortescue

Cyan and I walked the Three Capes Track in Tasmania a few years ago. It was our second choice for our walk as we had planned to walk the overland track from cradle mountain to lake st Clair. Wild winter weather thwarted our plans. The walk was deep in snow for a week. Our walk on the Three Capes was so easy snd beautiful. It’s a good beginners walk as it’s along boardwalks and well marked. You stay in cabins and don’t need to carry a mattress or a tent. The cabins have well appointed kitchens so you also only carry food. A much lighter pack than usual. A great beginners walk. As long as the distances are within your fitness levels.

The weather was pretty sunny during the whole trip. Lovely for walking early winter in Tasmania, but not so exciting for photography. I let these photographs sit for two years now. And I still feel disappointed at the ones of the cape. I think I have to return again and get there during some rain.

It’s amazing how quickly and deeply we judge things. In particular when we write things off as worthless.

On this trip I took what I felt was the wrong camera. The Richo GR 3. I took it for its weight and ability to recharge of a USB cable. A tiny little camera that kept my pack incredibly light. But as a bushwalking camera it really didn’t cut it. Weight wasn’t really the only criteria I needed to consider. The other was its water resistance is scary, having no weather sealing. The other big issue with it is that I can’t use it without my glasses on. Because there is no viewfinder I found it so hard to use in the sun.

I have since sorted out my bushwalking camera to address all of these issues. An Olympus EM5 mkiii. Ultra light weight and depending on the trip and weather I fine tune one of the lenses for it. Sometimes the Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4, sometimes the Voitlander 25mm f0.95 snd sometimes the Olympus 25mm f1.2. Recently I tried the Olympus 12-45mm lens. But zooms really don’t work well with me. But it nailed light weight snd full weather sealing for me.

So I returned to these photographs yesterday for you. And these ones piped out. Day four of the walk. Mount Fortescue. The gorgeous rainforest section is just stunning. I do hope you enjoy them.

We only have another few days before the first issue of Len’s Journal is gone. If you haven’t bought your issue by then you miss out. It is looking like the first issue will be an edition of a hundred or so. I am exceptionally pleased with the amount of people subscribing to it.

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Peter Eastway did a lovely shout out for us yesterday in his newsletter. We have also been trying some Instagram advertising. So these last few days it has been incredible to watch the sales of it ticking over. I am so incredibly grateful. Once we get this issue to the printer we can start on an imprint of ‘Our Love Afair with Trees’. Exciting times ahead with publishing.

Three Capes Track, Mount Fortescue, Tasmania. Photographs copyright © Len Metcalf 2021

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