D A M O N // F I Ē Ł D

Saturday 02 September 2017

This early morning Blue Mountains adventure took me chasing waterfall shots at Empress Falls, Wentworth Falls and Weeping Rock.

Here’s some of the gear essentials I took with me...

Gear list

Olympus OMD EM10 MKII | 14-150mm F/4-5.6 w/ spare batteries

Peak Designs Slide Lite camera strap

Lance Lug Wrist Strap

Slik tripod

Garmin eTrex 10 GPS 

Energiser Head Torch

Stanley cook-set, gas burner and canister

Uniden power bank

Victorinox Spartan knife

Empress Falls

S -33.72082 | E 150.35905 A fairly step descent down from Conservation Hut, about 30mins into the gorge will find you in the heart of Empress Falls. These impressive falls have multiple cascades and great vantage points for photography. I arrived early, about 7am, but unfortunately missed the sunrise. Even so, the views are spectacular!... and at this time of the morning I had the place to myself. Just be sure to bring a jumper during the winter / spring as it was a brisk 3 degrees until the sun got a bit higher in the sky. Great track, will definitely be spending some more time in this location during the summer.

Click here to download the .kmz GPS file for this trail.  You can drop this file directly into Google Earth to show the way.

Wentworth Falls

S-33.7281 | E 150.3748 These are easily accessible falls about 10 mins away from Conservation Hut in the suburb of Wentworth Falls. Even so, the views are great and there are some great shots to capture along this trail. The area gets pretty busy and at times felt a little overcrowded. For photography I’d recommend investing in some neutral density filters to get that water flow nice and smooth as there is little tree cover and the light can be quite harsh. Well worth the visit. 

Click here to download the .kmz GPS file for this trail. You can drop this file directly into Google Earth to show the way.