This annual photography competition gives club members a chance to show off their best photos from the year while enjoying good company and an array of pies. External judges determine who will get the prizes, which are generously donated by our sponsors.

Winning photos can be found in past editions of The Mountaineer, and all submissions from recent years can be viewed online.

Even if you can't make the actual event, if you're a club member feel free to still submit photos, with a note that you may not be present, and try to get someone else to read out the description of your photos for you if possible. We encourage entries to include traditional names of the lands featured. For example, using the AIATSIS map (https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia) you might include "Mt Kosciuszko, Ngarigo country" in the description.

Photos submitted need to taken in the last 14 months.

Photos are submitted in any of the following categories (6 photos maximum, 3 photos maximum for each category)

Club Activity

Action photograph of a person/people doing a club activity (e.g. placing protection, skiing, cooking dinner in a snow cave, paddling a waterfall). Photos taken on club trips or featuring club members are preferred.

Type 2 Fun

A category dedicated to those type 2 adventures, where things may not have gone the way they were originally planned.

Australian Landscape

Photographs in an obvious club related outdoors setting, where an activity is not necessarily the major feature (e.g. landscapes). Must be in Australia, does not have to be on a club trip.

Overseas Landscape

Photographs in an obvious club related outdoors setting, where an activity is not necessarily the major feature (e.g. landscapes). Must not be in Australia.

Flora and Fauna

From quokka selfies to wild banksia flowers on a hike, give us your best picture of wild animals or plants. Preferably in outdoors settings or on trips :)

Club Personality and Humour

Capture the spirit of the club or one of its members in a single photograph, or a photo of a club member/event which brings a laugh.

Video

Video of no more than 4 minutes fitting into any of the photographic categories. You can upload your video, or bring it on a USB stick on the night.

Bonus Category: Campsite Cuisine

These photos won't be judged, but will be a fun intermission to demonstrate your camping culinary skills!

Bonus Category: Blast from the Past

Dig into the archives and show us MUMC as it once was - old trips, old faces, old gear. These photos won't be judged, and are the one exception to the 14 month rule.