This is the first excursion I've done (not as part of a group) where I've specifically gone somewhere to take photos. Everything else, so far, has been taking photos opportunistically :)

Hind and I drove to the
Namadgi Visitors Centre and enquired about huts in Namadgi National Park. The ranger told us about a couple of huts, and we chose to visit Brandy Flat Hut. It was a short drive, and then a four hour walk. We walked in from the southern side, which I thought would be quicker because it looked like a shorter distance on the map, but it was very steep terrain and very hard walk. On the way back we took a shortcut through the bush and cut off about 40mins :)
The Hut is quite "modern" as it's been recently rebuilt (the original hut had decayed over time). There was a fireplace, matches, candles, visitors book and a sturdy table inside. There were some fairly tame kangaroos that were hopping around outside.
I took heaps of photos, but struggled with the light. It was late afternoon when we got to the hut (about 4pm, sun goes down at 6pm), and most of the shots were outside the dynamic range of the D300. I bracked most shots, but I haven't yet tried to HDR the images. The compositions I were happy with turned out not to bad colour and light wise once I had tweeked the photos quite a bit in Lightroom. At the time I was too concerned about burning out the sky so that it stayed blue, but I've come to realise that a white sky is generally more applealing than a blue one. I've printed two of the photos, and they look really good printed. This is my favourite shot - I especially like the sun coming through the trees: