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The Empty Esky Tour – Day 3 Vaughan Springs

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Day 3, Sunday 23/2/20 Vaughan Springs, hot about 30 A few camps have left. We wake to the screeching of cockies. There’s no better sound on a hot morning than cockies screeching overhead. We laze about and take things easy and in case you’re wondering, the town of Vaughan is a collection of old miner’s cottages. There are no shops, just the remnants of 19th century mining, a Chinese cemetery and the Mineral Springs reserve. The campground is quite small, but it is quiet and there are toilets and water is available. It is the perfect spot to put your … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour – Day 3 Vaughan Springs

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Sex in the Sea and the Otway Ranges

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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

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Whether the weather – Apollo Bay

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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