Adding Location details to Images

Attached to each image made with a digital camera is a bundle of extra information. This includes the time when the picture was taken, the camera model, the image size, the shutter speed and more.
If you have a GPS set the time on the camera to the time on your GPS and use gpicsync to add the longitude and latitude values to the pictures you take. Once your pictures have where they were taken embedded in them you can post them to the web using Picasa or some other service.
See Geotagged Mt Bushwalker Images for an example of how the images are placed on a map using Picasa Web Albums.

Mount Bushwalker, Morton National Park, Milton, NSW

Description, out and back 7km
This is a great walk if you want to feel on top of a mountain but don't want to climb one. The drive to the start point takes you up onto the Little Forest Plateau. After turning off the Princes Hwy the road is dirt except for the steeper sections which are tar. The drive is about 30 minutes from Milton. The walk starts out along a service track but you soon turn off to the right and the track narrows . The track cuts through swampy heath and then basically follows the cliff line around to the western side of the plateau. Parts of the walk cross open rock sections. Along these sections yellow dots have been painted to keep you on track. They are pretty easy to follow and if you have young children with you they could be put in charge of navigating. The track ends on a rock platform with great views to the south and west. It doesn't actually take you to the top of Mount Bushwalker but it isn't much of a mountain so just enjoy the view and then head back to the carpark. If you have time there are some interesting small waterfall sections where water runs across the rock and through small pools. It is possible to get down below these rock platforms and do a bit of exploring.
Track detail, uploaded from my gps to MapMyRun. Pictures

Mount Bushwalker, Morton National Park, Milton, NSW

Links to related blogs
Maureen and Richard Scutter: Images July - Sept 07...
All you need is a pair of boots and you can see the world: Morton National Park (Mount Bushwalker) New South Wales

Online maps, NSW.

Google maps are great for displaying roads and some paths but if you need topographic detail then head to the NSW Department of Lands. They have the Spatial Information Exchange (SIX) and the GeoSpatial Portal. The SIX interface takes longer to load the images, which look like scans of the actual topo maps. The GeoSpatial Portal still gives the contour lines and walking tracks but does not look the same as the real paper maps. Both have search features so you can go to an address or feature, say like a park or wharf, but neither will work on a mobile phone like Google maps. So if you need a pizza at the end of a bushwalk then stick to Google maps.

Palm Jungle Loop, Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW.

Getting there:
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Clockwise or Anticlockwise? If you choose clockwise you go down the steep section to the beach at Burning Palms and then you head south and climb gradually up through the palm jungle and up more till you are back on the ridge above the coast. From there you get onto a service trail and head north back to Garawarra. This is a good way to go if you do not like steep climbs. It would also be best in the cooler months so you catch the sun at the beach before it goes behind the hill.
In summer you may want to head anticlockwise south along the service trail and then down through the palm jungle and on to the beach. You could have a swim and later in the afternoon when it cools down head up the hill back to Garawarra.
Links to related blogs:
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Undecided: Bush Walking....
Nowadays >> out of the city

Example use of Google maps

The Bushwalking in Melbourne blog has a link in the right column titled Google map of places walked . When you click on this a map is displayed showing the location of all the walks in the blog. If you have a google account you can customise maps and share them with others.

Introduction

The purpose of this blog is to provide descriptions of bush walks. Some of the content will be walks I have completed and some of the content will be links to other peoples walks. Use the Labels section to find walks by location or type.