Cape Woolamai
137km outside Melbourne lies a small island just outside Port Philip Bay called Philip Island. At its southernmost tip, facing the Tasman Sea is a point known to locals as Cape Woolamai. Located at the base of Cape Woolamai are The Pinnacles – a stack of weatherbeaten worn rocks that stand up away from the [...]
Lighthouse under blue skies
This location probably needs no further introduction from me. Its the Cape Otway Lighthouse in Victoria along Great Ocean Road, and one of my favourite spots to stop for some tea and scones at 3pm just before the weather systems invariably seem to find their way into the cape. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]
Path to the edge
Cape Otway lies on one of the southernmost edges of Victoria. The site was chosen for a lighthouse which eventually began being built in 1846 from stone quarried at the Parker River. Lit for the first time in 1848, it was the second lighthouse completed on mainland Australia and it remains the oldest surviving lighthouse [...]
Otway Lightstation
Some of the best things in life are the simple things… such as a lovely day, a beautiful sky, the warm sun after a passing shower, or having a cup of tea while watching the world go by. You can do all of the above in Australia. In a nation where 95% of the population [...]
Water Wheel on the Cape
I’m late in posting this… sorry folks, I ran into problems with my ISP last night. This image is from last week, taken at the southern tip of Western Australia, not too far from where the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet. Now encrusted in a coating of limestone, these remains are those of [...]
Lake Cave
Sometimes, the most beautiful places are beneath the surface. The photograph above was taken in Lake Cave in Margaret River, Western Australia. Australia’s limestone rich coast is a haven for cave formation. The Lake Cave is one of six very well known caves in this area, but is specifically well known for the suspended table [...]
