Given how many extraordinary photographers there seem to be among the bushwalk.com crowd I thought this competition might be of interest. My local outdoor shop, Summit Gear (one of the increasingly rare Aussie manufacturers as well as being a family-run outdoor store) are putting on this competition to celebrate great photos of the Aussie bush (and people enjoying themselves in it). They have organised more than $3000 in prizes (all of which is bushwalking gear), plus a 20% discount on your next purchase if you enter (I assume that works for online purchases too if you're not a Sydney local). There are four categories: Landscape, Action Sports, Canyoning and People in Nature.
It is completely free to enter, and the only real restriction is that the photos must be taken within Australian territory, including marine and outlying islands. Despite most of my pics being a bit average, I'm entering (I figure a could quirky ones from some of our nude trips etc might tickle the judges' fancy). Hopefully this is of interest to a few others. I'd be very surprised if a few of the regulars in the photo section of this site didn't take out one of the prizes!
You can get all the info and enter here: http://www.summitgear.com.au/canyon_photo_popup.html
And the competition poster is below FYI...
