Category Archives: coastal

Cape York – the magic continues

Australia, Cape York, coastal, Landscape, ocean, plains, Qld, reptiles, river/creeks, sand dunes, seascape, Wildlife

The magic continues, Day 2 of the Cape York Helicopter Trip. Report and photos are here.

The croc in the tannin coloured water is a 14 foot long!

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Or a WWII Bell P-39 Aircobra, recently discovered after going down over 70 years ago.

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Flinders Island – seascape

Australia, coastal, Flinders Island, Landscape, moss & lichen, rock, seascape, Tas, Tasmania, Textures

No carcasses today, although The Doc did photograph a few including the Bennett’s Wallaby and a Potoroo, at least I think it was. A Potoroo is a kangaroo-like marsupial about the size of a rabbit.

He is a seascape from a beach close to Emita Beach, a beach without a name. Looking this good it should have one. That is lichen growing on the granite. Two pictures stitched together, cropped slightly, some saturation and sharpening. Click on thumbnail to see full size image.

FI-Rocks

 

Flinders Island – return trip

coastal, Flinders Island, Landscape, marsupials, moss & lichen, mountains, ocean, Tas, Tasmania

The Doc leaves early Monday morning for Flinders Island for a second visit. Reports from the first trip are here, here (textures) and here (wildlife). There is still a few things to do, as Flinders is a large Island.

Cape York helicopter trip starts tomorrow

Australia, coastal, Landscape, ocean, Qld, seascape

The Doc flys out to Cairns tomorrow, then onto Port Douglas on Sunday. On Monday morning he boards the helicopter for 4 days. Then he visits AWC’s Brooklyn Sanctuary, plus a few days driving around Cairns.

The 2 cyclones up north at the moment should mean lots of waterfalls 🙂

Textures of the Australian Bush – Sands of Angels Beach

Australia, Ballina, coastal, Landscape, NSW, ocean, sand, Textures

The Doc’ parents house overlooks Angels Beach, East Ballina. Here is a selection of sands from the beach, intermixed with algae, wind and wave action, rutile, footprints and even some surf scum. Take more notice next time you walk along a beach.

Textures of the Australian Bush – Northern NSW

Australia, Ballina, bark, coastal, Landscape, moss & lichen, mosses/lichens, NSW, rock, sand, seascape, trees

This series has has sand, rutile, algae, surf scum, bark, clay, rain drops, lichens, basalt and clouds! The broadest group so far, enjoy, click here.

Ballina Lighthouse

Australia, AWC, coastal, Landscape, landscape, NSW, ocean

A quick trip down to Ballina Lighthouse this morning to test a new filter. It worked well.

While photographing someone came up to ask about AWC, it turns out it was Simone, a former AWC employee. I recognised Simone from the AWC slides I scanned recently of Mornington Sanctuary. It is a small world. The mobile AWC Billboard delivers again.

The black and white versions.

Next stop Byron Bay Lighthouse.

Flinders Island

Australia, coastal, Flinders Island, landscape, moss & lichen, mosses/lichens, ocean, Plant, rock, seascape, Tas, Textures

The Report on the recent Flinders Island visit is posted. Plus the short stopover in Launceston on the way to Flinders. Reports and pictures here.