Places Tagged ‘mountain’
25 FEBRUARY 2010 | BUSHWALK, MOUNTAINS, WATERFALLS | View Comments

It may not be obvious at first glance, but Blue Mountains is full of waterfalls – I think I will be able to show you at least 40 of them and I’m sure there are more. Most of them are relatively small, some require rainy days to demonstrate its’ beauty, but if you are a true waterfall fan, size shouldn’t matter, right? Read more…
TAGS: Australia, Bushwalk, creek, falls, flow, forest, mountain, New South Wales, park, rainforest, river, rock, stream, walk, water, waterfall
19 NOVEMBER 2009 | DESERTS AND OUTBACK, MOUNTAINS | View Comments

I always marvel at how creative and arty nature can be while creating tourist attractions for us. Isn’t it amazing how a relatively small amount of rock, placed in the right place, can force a river to make a twist like this?
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TAGS: Arizona, bend, canyon, circle, cliff, edge, mountain, river, shape, USA, water
24 AUGUST 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Moab region is a truly astonishing place – in addition to its’ natural beauty, magnificent lookouts and heaven for landscape photographers, Moab took care of its’ history and preserved numerous examples of an ancient rock art.
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TAGS: archeology, art, drawing, history, image, indian, mountain, native, painting, panel, petroglyph, rock, USA, Utah
8 AUGUST 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Ebenezer Bryce, Mormon pioneer and one of the first settlers in the region, in 1850’s described this canyon as “a hell of a place to loose a cow”. And you know, after vising this place it is hard to disagree with him … Read more…
TAGS: cliff, column, formation, hoodoo, mountain, park, pillar, pinnacle, rock, USA, Utah
20 JULY 2009 | BUSHWALK, MOUNTAINS | View Comments

“Only an angel could land on it!” exclaimed one of the explorers after looking at this magnificent 450m high monolith in 1916. A bit later, thanks to that phrase, this rock was named as Angel’s Landing and today, located in the middle of the Zion Canyon in southern Utah, this mountain features one of the best hikes of the region. Read more…
TAGS: canyon, cliff, climb, gorge, hike, mountain, Mountains, range, rock, USA, Utah
23 JUNE 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

As I spent there less than a day, I don’t think I can say much about this park, but impressive nature, mountains and waterfalls pushed me to post something about this park in “places” part of the website. Also, this small and inadequate description of this great place is the first “place” outside Australia posted in this blog.
To keep format of the post, here is some formal info: Yosemite National Park famous for its’ waterfalls, deep valleys and steep mountains occupies approximately 1200 square miles in the Eastern California.
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TAGS: California, fall, mountain, park, river, rock, USA, valley, waterfall
25 MARCH 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

This is a summary post about the Flinders Ranges National Park. Here I tried to put together images of the most interesting and famous spots with links to larger photos and place descriptions.
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TAGS: Flinders Ranges, lookouts, mountain, national park, park, peak, range, South Australia
24 MARCH 2009 | BUSHWALK, MOUNTAINS | View Comments

St. Mary’s Peak is the highest mountain in the Flinders Ranges National Park and the second highest peak in South Australia. This 1171 metre peak is located on the North-East edge of the Wilpena Pound and offers breathtaking 360-degree views of the Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound and surrounding plains.
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TAGS: Bushwalk, climb, hike, mountain, peak, rock, South Australia, summit
22 MARCH 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Brachina Gorge, located in the Flinders Ranges National Park, is a unique place that allows you to travel in time to 500-600 millions years ago to explore geological history of the region and our planet.
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TAGS: cliff, gorge, mountain, pass, rock, South Australia
17 MARCH 2009 | MOUNTAINS | View Comments

Arkaroo Rock is a small cave with ancient aboriginal paintings, located at the base of the Wilpena Pound in the southern part of the Flinders Ranges National Park.
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TAGS: aboriginal, art, cave, culture, history, image, mountain, ochre, painting, rock, South Australia