Royal National Park

Camera: Panasonic Lumix LX-3

7 photo Panorama

The Royal National Park in NSW is located south of Cronulla, near Waterfall and Engadine Station. The actual national park covers a huge area of land that is impossible to cover on foot. After being defeated by the Wentworth Falls trails, we decided to tackle one a little closer to home, giving us more time.

We chose a circuit style track which goes along the edge of the coast and back through thick bushes and steep inclines. Overall we covered a large variety of terrain, including coastal, tropical, bushland, and marshes. The panorama above is a typical view during the coastal section of the track (if you're lucky you will also find small herds of deer in low lying, high incline bushland).

As with any day of hiking, travelling, roadtripping ... there's always a time when everything goes wrong ...

Camera: Canon EOS 50D, EF 24-105 F4L IS USM

Strobe: 580 EXII with diffuser on camera hot shoe (1/2 power),

580 EXII bald 5m to the right (1/1 power)

Photo inspired by the multitude of potholes and unpaved roads leading out of the national park.

Finally, if you want to try out these hiking trails, pack food ... we didn't, and we starved