Category Archives: States

Yellow-footed rock wallaby

Australia, Flinders Ranges, marsupials, SA, sunrise, Wildlife

Female and joey, Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges NP, Flinders Ranges, SA.

I was tracking Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies at their colony in Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges. I had walked up a steep incline to follow the wallabies, the female with the joey hopped over the top of the ridge and I thought it was over for the day. A minute of two later the female and joey came back and took a second look and seemingly said good bye before she hopped away.

These wallabies are something to behold when they hop across cliff faces like a kangaroo on flat ground.

Western Grey Kangaroo – mother & joey

Australia, Kangaroo Island, marsupials, SA, Wildlife

On Kangaroo Island Westerns Grey Kangaroos are brown in colour not grey, having been cut off from the mainland for some time. Early one morning a mother and her joey were browsing on the shrubs at the Remarkables.

The Island named Kangaroo Island by Matthew Flinders who could see large numbers of kangaroos (and Tamar Wallabies) all over the Island.

Fiery Flinders

Australia, clouds, Kangaroo Island, Landscape, SA, sunrise, Textures

This is sunrise at West End Bay, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island (KI).

The Doc waited 2 1/2 weeks for a decent sunrise on KI. When it came it was a cracker. It was hard to post process this image, as I could only make very subtle changes or it looked fake.

About 9 years ago a large wildfire burnt out over 80% of the National Park. The fire was so intense that many of the mature trees were killed. There is now a double canopy, the dead upper layer and the regrowing green layer (actually black in this image). Click on image to see correct size.

Reflections

Australia, AWC, Bowra, Bowra, Charnley River - Artesian Range, Kimberley, lakes, landscape, Landscape, Mornington, Mornington, Newhaven, Qld

While on The Kimberley Trip the Doc was working on some work broadly called Reflections, enjoy:

Cadjeput Waterhole
Port of Broome

Cadjeput Waterhole

Australia, AWC, Kimberley, Landscape, Mornington, Mornington, river/creeks, WA

One of a series of photos called Reflections The Doc took during his Kimberley trip. This one was taken at AWC’s Mornington Sanctuary. Click on photo to see correct size.

Cadjeput Waterhole

Massive Derby tides

Australia, coastal, Kimberley, Landscape, WA

The Township of Derby on the southern end of the Gibb River Road, in The Kimberley, is renowned for its massive tides, up to 11.5 metres or 38 feet.

While The Doc was there the tides were a more restrained 8 metres. So The Doc went down to the Derby Wharf right on low tide (1.3 metres) and back again in the afternoon at high tide (9.39 metres). The difference in pictures:

Milky Way Boab

Australia, AWC, Mornington, Mornington, nightime, Plant, trees, WA

The Doc was looking for an iconic night-time shot in the Kimberley. The Milky Way coming out of a boab fitted the bill. The Doc was talking to another photographer and he had the same idea on the same day – great minds think alike ;). The Doc was able to tell him where we could isolate the boab and get the Milky Way, on the track to Cadjeput Hole.

The photo came out rather nicely. Remember to click on the photo to see full size, the thumbnail is a poor imitation.

WilkyWayBoab

Coastal Wetland – algal bloom

Australia, coastal, Flinders Island, mosses/lichens, other, Plant, Tas, Textures

Something a bite different a very rare type of algal bloom. Most algal blooms are just green, this one ranges from green through brown to white and many shades in between.

In this coastal wetland an area was not subject to normal tidal movement. However, during a king tide this area filled with water, an algal bloom resulted and as the water evaporated the sun would begin to dry out the bloom from green through brown to white. The white occurs after the bloom completely bleached by the sun.

This shot shows all 3 major colours, taken from above. Nature can create some amazing colours and textures even from a humble algal bloom. Click on photo to see full size.

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