Background On Christmas Day 2019 we were enjoying the peace and tranquility of the Yackandandah Caravan Park and planning a tour of the Upper Murray area. There was smoke hanging in the air, a legacy of the bushfires around Sydney, … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Vaughan Springs
Feb 2020, Great Ocean Road, Vic Driving homewards on the Great Ocean Road we wonder if we can risk travelling further or not but our decision is made for us when both the yellow and red lights come on again. It’s time to return home for repairs. Continue reading Precarious
Feb 2020, Glenaire, Vic Castle Cove Beach is on the Great Ocean Road between Apollo Bay and Lavers Hill. While the beach is wild and beautiful the rolling hills of the farmlands behind also hold an attraction. Continue reading Castle Cove Beach
Feb 2020, Otway Ranges, Vic A few minutes down a short well-made dirt road from the Otway Fly is the picnic and parking area of Triplet Falls. It can’t be all that far because Outback Jack (Woody) didn’t start complaining … Continue reading Triplet Falls
Feb 2020, Otway Ranges, Vic A short drive from Lavers Hill on the Great Ocean Road, you’ll find the Otway Fly set in the rainforests of the Otway Ranges. We old buggers give the flying fox experience a miss but gallop off to the walkways suspended above the forest. We probably walk several kilometres in all and climb the tower just to say that we still can. The tower appears to be swaying slightly in the breeze or is that the gums trees moving. Hang on we’re just giddy from the climb. Luckily, we have a botanist in our group … Continue reading Sex in the Sea and the Otway Ranges
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, Johanna, Vic One of my favourite beaches, I’ll always be up for a stop at Johanna. Leaving the GOR it’s just a short drive through pastures and small farms to experience the feeling of isolation on this windswept … Continue reading Great Ocean Road – Johanna Beach
Feb 2020, Apollo Bay, Vic A short drive along the Barham River flats behind Apollo Bay brings us to Paradise and a walk through the tree ferns to the river. It’s cool, damp and mossy with ferns growing on more … Continue reading I’ve been to Paradise…
Feb 2020, Apollo Bay, Vic A quiet morning puddle hopping while the rain drizzles, it’s hard to believe it’s February. Is this weather going to improve? We’re all dragging out winter woollies as it feels much colder than the 17 … Continue reading Apollo Bay Seafood Festival
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
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