Lake Moogerah

[Mad Aussie]

About 2 hours drive south west of us lies Lake Moogerah, nestled in the valleys of the Scenic Rim, ancient volcanic mountains and heritage listed gondwanna rainforest forest.

We spent half a day out there yesterday enjoying the sun and occasional rain showers, but mostly the beauty of the lake and surrounds.

These photos are taken from two sides of the lake and most feature Mt Greville as well.

Looking south over the lake
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A pleasant surprise on a country road.
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The Shadow shows the way to Greville
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Mt Greville
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A Lake Moogerah picnic area
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A small community living under Mt Edwards on Lake Moogerah
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[Wicked Dark]

Looks like a great place to spend the day.

[Bambi]

Looks like a great place to spend the day.

or 3!! what a beautiful place. I want to go swimming in that lake

[kat]

Lovely set!

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks girls.

Lots of swimming and water skiing going on yesterday on the lake.

[johnbriner]

A long drive is always worth it if you are to end up in a scenic place like this. I love the panoramic shot that you did as it greatly shows how peaceful and beautiful that place is. This is an excellent series, by the way. :thumbup:

[Mad Aussie]

A long drive is always worth it if you are to end up in a scenic place like this. I love the panoramic shot that you did as it greatly shows how peaceful and beautiful that place is. This is an excellent series, by the way. :thumbup:
Thank you John :)

[MoinMoin]

Good morning, Steve. What a wonderful place and set of pictures. I think Nr. 1 and 5 are my favourites. But the whole set is a great presentation of the place.

[Mad Aussie]

Good morning, Steve. What a wonderful place and set of pictures. I think Nr. 1 and 5 are my favourites. But the whole set is a great presentation of the place.
Thank you MM :)

[Hillbillygirl]

Lovely set of a beautiful place. Really likin' #5 especially.

[Mad Aussie]

Lovely set of a beautiful place. Really likin' #5 especially.
Thanks HBG ... it really IS lovely there. We got home and about 2 hours later my wife was asking where I was taking her next weekend because she loved Moogerah so much. I have a plan ;)

[casil403]

Great set of images MA....looks like a really lovely place to shoot.

[Marko]

Yup I also really dig this set - well done.
Shot 3 for me please - dig the drama big time.
One thing I noticed (got distracted by :) ) is on the entire left edge (before your frame) from top to bottom there seems to be 1-2 pixels that look they they should have been cropped.

[XPWizard]

Great set of pictures!

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Casil, XPW and Marko.

I didn't quite line up two of those photos properly Marko which caused those wayward pixels. I didn't even notice them. Amazing.

[Mad Aussie]

Actually, no it's not now I think about it. I use 'snap to guidelines' and if it doesn't quite fit then the guidelines hide something like this ... then I upload to Flickr, only see a thumbnail there and then post here. Should have at least noticed it here though.

[asnow]

Great set. That 2 hour drive was sure worth it to spend time in that beautiful place.

[Mad Aussie]

Great set. That 2 hour drive was sure worth it to spend time in that beautiful place.
Thanks asnow.

In NZ some people barely drive further than 2 hrs away from their home in their lifetimes. Here, a 2 hr trip each way is nothing.
Had things gone better for us this year, right now, today actually, we'd be returning from a 5200 km road trip with an average of 600 km per day. Unfortunately finances just wouldn't allow it.

[aubintbay]

Nice set as always MA! I like that view in the last one!

[thoughton]

Looks like a wonderful place. I like the great sky in the 3rd one, nice rock and shadow too!

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Thoughton and Aubintbay :)