January 2022 It’s mid-summer. In Melbourne, we’ve had a week of over 30’s temperatures. Not too hot. Perfect for tennis. Perfect for summer holidays by the beach, perfect for seafood, cold beer and chilled bubbles, but not so great for … Continue reading Splash Down
New Year’s morning in Melbourne with the temperature already approaching 30c at 8:00am what does one do? Wander down to the beach, breathe in the salty air and contemplate the New Year. On Port Phillip bay when the weather is … Continue reading New Year’s Day in Melbourne
It’s that time of year again, cyclone season up north sends floods down through the inland. The chance of searing dry heat in the south is the precursor to bushfires, though thankfully this summer has been cooler. There’s always dangerous weather to watch out for in this country. Like swings and roundabouts if it’s raining in Brisbane it’s probably dry in Melbourne and vice versa. If it’s raining in Perth then Adelaide and Melbourne will be next as the prevailing winds blow across the country. It pays to keep an eye on the weather and it doesn’t always do what … Continue reading Caravanners need to be like sailors
Apollo Bay, Vic I’m often aware of how different a place can be on each visit. Sometimes a town may have grown, or fallen on hard times orravaged by bushfires. Maybe it has been ‘discovered’ by tourists and become a ‘must visit’ place. There will often be a difference, this time it was the weather in control. I tried to recreate a shot that I took a few years back. Continue reading Whether the weather – Apollo Bay
Feb 2020, Apollo Bay, Vic I rise early to capture the sunrise but, we’re still surrounded by fog. Walking on the rock shelf is difficult, the light is so flat that I can’t tell dry rock from rock pools. Yet, … Continue reading A foggy day
25th Nov 2019, Gippsland Lakes, Vic The experts say that the intensity of bushfires these days causes the fire to create its own weather. In this image a fire burning in Bruthen 25kms away can be seen billowing in the sky above Metung. The same fire creates a hellish sunset at Lakes Entrance. Continue reading Bushfire skies at Lakes
Nov 2019, Lakes Entrance Caravanning has many similarities with yachting. Anyone who has ever sailed will know that, all plans are weather dependant. We recently went on a Caravan Club muster to Heyfield and Lakes Entrance in Victoria’s Gippsland region. … Continue reading Four seasons in one week
Sep 2019, Yeppoon, Qld Jeepers it rained overnight! It was hot and I got up and opened the bathroom roof hatch. Yet by the time that I’d gotten back into bed (about 10 feet away) it had started raining. Bloody hell. Up I got again walked all the way back to the bathroom, closed the hatch, getting quite wet in the process and returned to bed, what? The rain had stopped! Just like that stopped. Is it any wonder caravanners are a fit bunch. Continue reading What do you think this is, the tropics?
Rain, steady gentle soothing – raindrops become diamonds to drip from gum tips. Continue reading Rain
Bushfires strike fear into the hearts of most Australians. Caravanners are constantly on the alert for signs of smoke, the smell, a certain golden glow that cannot be described, even the shadows that take on an eerie quality. This week while on a Caravan Club muster we found ourselves once more on alert. We can be thankful, but to those caught in nature’s path the losses to homes, livestock and livelihoods have been utterly devastating. Our hearts go out to them. March 2nd 2019, Toora, Vic To the south of us Wilson’s Promontory National Park is on fire. Back in … Continue reading 2019 Victorian Bushfires
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