Great Alpine Highway
The lovely thing about driving around in New Zealand is that you can cover a lot of the country in fairly good time. This shot was taken towards the end of my trip there in 2009. I had spent the previous couple of days on the West Coast in the little township outside the Franz-Joseph [...]
North Point Pier
This looks like we might have a very pier filled week. Pictured above is one of the smaller piers next to the boat launch at North Point, where North Road meets the beach between Elwood and Brighton. This humble little steel structure has a lot going for it. This spot has one of the best [...]
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 [...]
Beachfront at the Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands lies further west of Port Campbell and is another area with a concentration of limestone pinnacles jutting out of the water in the ocean just off the mainland. This stretch of sandy beach is one of the few places where you can get close to these limestone stacks without getting your [...]
Rocky beaches at Lorne
Located 2 hours drive from Melbourne, be it along the Great Ocean Road, or the B100 inland highway through the Otways, Lorne is one of Victoria’s many coastal towns that offer an amazing quality of life. Situated on the edge of the Southern Ocean, it faces contstantly changing weather patterns throughout the year. This winter [...]
European Masters
The National Gallery of Victoria is a stone’s throw away from where I live, and hosts some very elaborate exhibits from time to time. The current theme is that of the European Masters. As part of the promotion, the National Gallery has decked its exterior facade with neon signs bearing the names of dozens of [...]
The Collapsed Arch
If you ever needed evidence of erosion on the surf coast, the remnants of the Island Arch would rank at the top. This shot was taken in April 2010 during my umpteenth visit to the surf coast (Great Ocean Road has a way of calling you back if you’re a landscape or seascape photographer). Whe [...]
Surf’s up!
Its pretty easy to take the power of the ocean for granted when you have been away from the coast for a while. A few months ago, during a trip to the surf coast, I had stopped at Marengo and was checking out the tidepools along the rocky beach. I spied a few kids who [...]
Apostles at sunrise
They used to be called several different things – the Twelve Apostles, the Sow and her Piglets – but they have been disappearing as Victoria’s surf coast continues to fall into the Southern Ocean. The best view of what is left of the Apostles is best seen from the shoreline at the bottom of the [...]
Parked in the port
An one more shot from Sunday morning, all thanks to Graham. Yet enother view of the boats moored in Port Philip Yacht Club on a bright, beautiful Mellbourne morning. There is a very good reason as to why Melbourne ranks as one of the most livable cities in the world, and definitely Australia’s most livable [...]
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 [...]
Working with the rod and the reel
Ahhh… the simple pleasures of life! For me, its about being able to take a decent photograph. For this gentleman here, the simple pleasures of life involve spending sometime on the beach, fishing while taking in the clear air off the coast on an overcast afternoon. This was taken during the last weekend of May [...]
Tidepools at dusk
Sunset and sunrise have to be a photographers two best times to shoot at. This is when one does not have to deal with harsh shadows and the light is even. Sometimes, the lack of light even helps to add further versatility to how the image eventually appears. Take this shot for example… the simplest [...]
Evening tidepools
We got totally rained on today… woke up at 4:45a.m. to drive a good 38kms from Marengo to Moonlight Head. When we got there at first light, the skies were overcast, but it still hadn’t rained. As we made our ways down to the anchors, the skies opened up, and it poured on us! So [...]
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 [...]
Marengo moonscape
Located along Great Ocean Road, just a 10 minute drive out of Apollo Bay lies the sleepy little coastal town of Marengo, home to the Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary. This stretch of rocky beach is rich in tidepools teeming with marine life that is washed up every day by the incoming tides. On a sunny [...]
The Anchor of the Marie Gabrielle
Port Campbell’s shipwreck coast is aptly named. At Wreck Beach, one can find the remnants of the longest surviving parts of two nineteenth century ships… their anchors. This is the first of the two, located at about a fifteen minute walk from the base of a staircase of 366 steps that descend at a gradient [...]
The Grotto
Victoria’s Great Ocean Road is one of my favourite local haunts. I tend to make at least two trips a year there, be it for a few days, or just as a day trip. The Grotto is one of the many features of the surf coast hidden away off the highway, and is perhaps home [...]
