RUGGED & ISOLATED
Rocky Cape National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Sunday 19 August 2018
This little beach on Tasmania's north coast was very rugged and isolated. The rocks are laid out in distinct lines and on a forty-five-degree angle to the ground. Very little plant life can grow on these rocky lines, which all point towards the water. As I was preparing to take this photo, a small aluminium fishing boat with three occupants came ashore. Without them, I wouldn't have seen anyone else that morning. (2509)
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ROCK SCULPTURES
Boat Harbour Beach, Tasmania, Australia
Saturday 18 August 2018
This amazing 'moon-scape' image was captured on the shoreline at Boat Harbour Beach, on Tasmania's north coast. The wonderful rock sculptures don't appear to have been weathered by the sea but stand ruggedly in defiance of it. The orange colours are also interesting and provide a lovely contrast to the stormy clouds overhead. (2508)
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DIFFERENT IN COLOUR
Addiscot Beach, Victoria, Australia
Friday 17 August 2018
I'm not a geologist, but I suspect that the rocks on this beach are made of different material to the surrounding cliffs. For one thing, they are different in colour, being redder than the cliffs, and their texture is far more sharp and rough. But what would I know, other than the morning was beautiful and well worth the visit to Addiscot Beach. (2507)
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THERE IS NOTHING LIKE BEING THERE
Liffey Falls, Tasmania, Australia
Thursday 16 August 2018
Walking beside the river, with the sun streaming through the canopy of the forest was a lovely experience. I had just visited the Liffey Falls in the north of Tasmania and was walking back to the car. Sometimes you think to yourself that the scene is so beautiful that there is no way that you could possibly capture it in the camera, but spending a lot of time in post-processing, the magic begins to bring back the memory. Still, there is nothing like being there, hearing the water in the river as it cascades over the rocks, the birds singing in the branches above and the smell of eucalyptus from the surrounding trees. (2506)
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VERY PLEASANT
Smiths Beach, Victoria, Australia
Wednesday 15 August 2018
In stark contrast to yesterdays photograph, today's is light and bright, with a touch of colour in the sky. No two mornings are the same, especially on a beach, and thank goodness for that. If I had to produce the same looking images every day, both you and I would get very bored with it. Today's image has a beautiful reflection of the sky in the large puddle in the foreground, and a golden light on the wet sand behind that. A few wispy clouds in the sky make for a very pleasant scene. (2505)
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HAVEN'T FARED SO WELL
Red Rocks Beach, Victoria, Australia
Tuesday 14 August 2018
A wonderful sunrise with brilliant colours isn't always necessary to assure an interesting beach photograph. Sometimes having amazing and moody clouds can help, as can having an intriguing foreground subject, like this green life on the cliff of the Red Rocks Beach. The cliffs are mostly unhospitable for any type of life, so the fact that these hardy bushes survive the windswept coast is amazing. Clearly, some of these bushes haven't fared so well with dead branches and sticks also featuring in the scene. (2504)
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JUST RIGHT
Torquay, Victoria, Australia
Monday 13 August 2018
I really love it when the sun explodes with colour at sunrise. Obviously, clouds have a lot to do with the quality of the spectacular, with too much resulting in a dull glow and none leaving very little evidence of the event. I guess I could call it the Goldilocks syndrome for sunrises. Well, today's photo was 'just right' and resulted in a lovely scene at the Torquay surf beach. (2503)
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FALLEN TREE STUMPS
Derwent Bridge, Tasmania, Australia
Sunday 12 August 2018
This is another image from my trip across Tasmania, from the east coast to the west. While much of the western side of the state is forests, occasionally these grassed areas provide a longer view of the surrounding area. They are lush with green life, dotted with fallen tree stumps, which are slowly being broken down by moss and other creepers. (2502)
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FOAM TRAILS
Southside Beach, Victoria, Australia
Saturday 11 August 2018
Despite the stormy appearance, the sea was relatively calm at Southside Beach. What I didn't know, but should have (rookie mistake), was that the bluff was directly in line with the rising sun, and I didn't get to see any of it. The high tide meant that I couldn't walk around the bluff, either. I did witness a few pink colours in the surrounding sky, but I missed a shot of the sun completely. What I lacked in the sunrise, I found in the wonderful rocks, which caused the water to swirl around them and produce lovely white foam trails. (2501)
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WHAT A MESS
Nelson Falls, Tasmania, Australia
Friday 10 August 2018
While processing today's image, I kept thinking to myself, what a mess! There are trees down and debris all along the river, just below the Nelson Falls. I presume that they will eventually rot or be washed down the river with the next flood and the river will be litter free again. I also noticed that this is my two and a half thousandth daily image, and wondered whether this photo was an analogy for my work ... a mess? I hope not, as I have loved taking all of these shots and spending my evenings processing and posting them. Thanks for taking an interest in my work. (2500)
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A QUICK PIC
Southside Beach, Victoria, Australia
Thursday 9 August 2018
I revisited Southside Beach this morning, after a number of years absence. Southside is the next beach along from the famous Bells Beach and it also attracts many surfers in the morning, as I experienced today. There is a good pathway down to the beach, but it is so steep in places, that this (unfit) photographer struggled with the walk back to the car. Stopping at the top, to catch my breath, I looked out across the coastal scrub towards the beach and thought it was worth a quick pic. (2499)
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LOOKS LIKE IT FELT
Grassy Creek, Victoria, Australia
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Bright light in a photograph can be a bit tricky, and often doesn't come out looking the way I remember the scene. Of course, I wasn't actually looking directly at the sun, unlike my camera, so my memory isn't as accurate as the photo, but I think this one looks like it felt. It was very bright with lots of glare, and there was orange coloured fog that was hugging the Great Ocean Road in the background. (2498)
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CONTENT
Rothwell, Victoria, Australia
Tuesday 7 August 2018
I took a quick trip out to Rothwell, near Little River to photograph the wonderful bluestone bridge. The morning wasn't all that good, from a light point of view, but for a second or two, a pink tinge appeared as I photographed the river. So instead of getting a great shot of the bridge, I had to be content with one of the waterway and surrounding bush. (2497)
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SNUG & AGREEABLE
Snug, Tasmania, Australia
Monday 6 August 2018
'Following the establishment of a colony at Hobart Town, the Snug River was discovered and named reflecting the 'snug and agreeable seclusion' of the inlet. By the 1820s a port and sawmilling facilities had become established at nearby North West Bay. Subsequently, around the 1840s and 1850s, a small settlement was established at Snug itself.' [Wikipedia] (2496)
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BREATHTAKING
Table Cape, Tasmania, Australia
Sunday 5 August 2018
'Table Cape Lighthouse is located on top of a large promontory with breathtaking and dramatic views over Bass Strait and beautiful rich farmlands.The Lighthouse was built in 1888 and is situated on a ‘volcanic plug’ formed 13.3 million years ago and is five kilometres from Wynyard on the North West Coast of Tasmania.' [tasmaniasnorthwest.com.au] (2495)
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LATE AFTERNOON RADIANCE
Linton, Victoria, Australia
Saturday 4 August 2018
There is something special about late afternoon sun on autumn leaves. Trees seem to glow in warm orange and yellow radiance, while the surrounding ground is illuminated in soft dappled light. This is the lovely scene that greeted me on a recent visit to Linton. (2494)
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NOT UNIQUE
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
Friday 3 August 2018
The Point Lonsdale lighthouse is almost as iconic as the nearby pier or The Rip, for which it was built to protect. There are thousands of photographs of the lighthouse, by hundreds of photographers, which means that this image isn’t all that unique, but I can guarantee that nobody took a photo from this point of view at the same time that I did! I really love the pastel shades in the sky which were covered by clouds, just a few minutes after the image was captured. (2493)
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A WALK ON THE BEACH
Torquay, Victoria, Australia
Thursday 2 August 2018
There has been a lot written about the benefits of moving away from behind our desks, or from in front of the television and walking or hiking in natural settings. The fresh air and natural light are just the start of the benefits, with physical and mental gains also included. I only mention this because a walk on the beach ticks all these boxes, and you can also witness wonderful sunrises or sunsets, and of course, observe the beauty of our picturesque coast. (2492)
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WONDERFUL VIEWS
Wye River, Victoria, Australia
Wednesday 1 August 2018
There are a number of small communities along the Great Ocean Road, including Wye River. They all have wonderful views of the ocean and lovely beaches to swim in. I would imagine that holiday times might be a little trying for these people, with tourists swelling the numbers and possibly making it a little less tranquil, but at other times this would be a fantastic place to live. (2491)
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