Tenby Point is a linear village consisting of four main streets: Guy Road running along the town's southern boundary, Bayview Avenue running up the town, Marine Parade running across the north of the town, and Park Lane running through the left side of the town. The town is built around Bayview Avenue, which is the longest street in the town and runs from the southern end of the town to the beach access point.

Beach access can be obtained from Marine Parade.

Tenby Point is surrounded by farmland.

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The Sandstone & Limestone of this entire coastline formed over 300 million years ago below a really deep ocean. Fish and plants that died sunk to the bottom of the ocean, along with sand from the rivers and other debris. The massive amount of pressure from the water above compacted what was at the bottom, turning it to sedimentary rock called Sandstone.

Limestone is Sandstone that’s made up of 50% fossils or and makes up the majority of the huge cliffs that the Gibson Steps are carved into.

These stairs have been used for hundreds of years, first by the local indigenous people, then by the early colonials in the 1800’s.

Where The Name Came From

In the late 1800’s, Mr. Gibson was the owner of the land that sat at the top of the staircase. He lived nearby the staircase at the well-known Glenample Homestead. Mr. Gibson and his homestead became famous when the Loch Ard ship wrecked close by. He helped rescue the only two survivors, Tome and Eva, Eva recovered at Glenample Homestead over three months. Read more about Loch Ard Gorge and the shipwreck here.

Mr. Gibson would use these steps regularly to access the beach. He commissioned workers from his farm to improve the staircase so that he could go fishing at the bottom and collect cargo.

Other people from the area would also use these stairs to bring in cargo by ship until nearby areas become more established and built facilities that made it much easier to access and unload vessels.

The name ‘Gibson Steps’ came from Mr. Gibson’s use and work done to the staircase, although him and his works were not the ones who built the famous steps down to the beach.

Kirrae Whurrong Tribe Are The Ones Who Carved Gibson Steps

The Kirrae Whurrong (Girai wurrung) people occupied this area for tens of thousands of years before European colonisation and carved the stairs now known as Gibson Steps.

Before Mr. Gibson improved the staircase, it was more of a jagged track that lead from the cliff top to the beach.

These steps were carved at least several hundreds of years ago, although some local Indigenous people claim that the staircase has been there for thousands of years.

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Located 1 kilometre west of the township of Derrinallum, on the Hamilton Highway.

It is an easy one-hour drive from major regional centres of Geelong, Ballarat, Warrnambool and Hamilton, and a comfortable two-hour drive from Melbourne.

This is often the mountain used as a backdrop for astrolandscape on Instagram. The drive was a bit too long 2.5 hours from Warrnambool, Victoria.

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I am taking an overseas trip next week. I might catch up on posting afterwards. 

The Hopkins River mouth (and Blue Hole) with its beautiful cliffs, rock formations and rock pools is a popular fishing spot. In late spring, short-finned eels can sometimes gather in huge numbers waiting for access to the sea on their journey to the Coral Sea. Just up from the river mouth, boating, water-skiing and swimming are possible. The National Trust-classified Proudfoots Boathouse is nearby. 

Hopkins Falls are the largest falls on the Hopkins River and are accessed by a sealed road 15 minutes north-east of Warrnambool. They are simply spectacular during winter when water plunges 12 metres over the dark basalt rocks, leaving mist trailing in the wind.
 

Picnic facilities and amazing views make the Hopkins Falls Reserve an ideal spot to relax and unwind, with lookouts in the carpark ensuring you don’t miss a piece of the view. Keep a look out for juvenile eels (elvers), which can sometimes be seen jumping up the rocky ledges of the falls. The Hopkins River is an important waterway for eels during the winter migration period. 

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Mount Napier is the youngest volcano in the state of Victoria and last erupted 10,000 years ago, creating the magnificent state park around its base, and an intricate connection of tubes (referred to today as caves) below the surface. The largest of the Byaduk Caves measures 18 metres wide, 20 metres deep and 10 metres high.

There are many walking trails that interconnect the caves and visitors will be able to view stalactites, stalagmites, columns and ropy lava in the one cave open to the public, Harmans 1. Batwing bats call this cave home, and so visitors are advised to remain quiet whilst inside the caves.

Harmans 1 is a lava tube which has a flat roof and arched ceiling. There are a number of rocks to climb over to enter the cave, so this activity is not suitable for those with mobility issues. If planning to visit the Byaduk Caves, visitors should wear runners or hiking shoes, as the ground can get slippery. Make sure to bring a torch to explore the cave but ensure you do not shine your torch on the bats inside the cave, as this can disturb their hibernation during the winter months.

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A pic when I was a resident in Mount Sinai Hospital New York

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The Tarragal Caves are a network of large limestone caves and rock shelters which overlook the Bridgewater Lakes near the towns of Tarragal and Cape Bridgewater in the Charles La Trobe and are near Discovery Bay Park. The caves were identified as important Aboriginal camping places early in the historic period and were excavated in the late 1970s by Harry Lorrandos revealing stratified deposits in the floor of 11,300 years old, along with shell midden deposits and earth ovens over 11,000 years old.

Located just off the Bridgewater Lakes Road, and accessible in part by walking track, the cave openings form a series of galleries with clear views across the surrounding landscape and lakes.

One of the caves extends underground for over 400 m (1,300 ft) and has a sinkhole opening to the surface so that there is a constant stream of air through the cave and rising up the hole. It is said that whenever Aboriginals approached this, they would a piece of wood into the hole to "propitiate the demon supposed to reside within its profound and mysterious depths."

Colonial administrator Charles La Trobe visited the site in 1845 and 1846, and had some of his men lower a rope ladder over the cliff so he could explore the caves. He also provided a detailed description in 1846, noting that "...the ‘natives’ referred to it as ‘Lubras’ Cave’" and that they "...knew the caverns well and ...had a superstitious dread of them, stating that the caverns below were inhabited by headless lubras". La Trobe noted that when they came to the point under the sink hole there was a large pile of timber, assumed to be the items thrown down by Aboriginals over the ages. They then set fire to the pile lighting up the cave "... and displayed a magnificent, vaulted chamber, bedecked with long glistening stalactites, and tenanted by vast numbers of bats, whose whirring, whizzing noise was probably that which the natives attributed to some supernatural being."

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Not very pretty but a cultural experience. 

Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve sits in a large volcanic crater. It is one of Victoria's most fascinating and significant geological formations. Volcanic cone-shaped hills rise from the lakes. It's a short detour from the Great Ocean Road and offers ample walking opportunities for people of all abilities – from easy boardwalks to scenic climbs.

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The most widely accepted theory was written by Dr. N.A. Boutakoff, (then Director of Geological Survey, Dept. of Minerals and Energy) in his book-“The Geology and Geomorphology of the Portland area”, published in 1963.

The theory is that there was once a forest of trees, probably Moonah (Melaleuca Lanceolata) which was eventually smothered by a large sand dune. Water seeping down through the sand formed a crust of sandstone on the outside of the tree trunks, gradually increasing in diameter. At the same time, the decaying organic matter of the trees produced an acid which dissolved the sandstone crust from the inside, thus pushing out the crust on a chemical front.

So from small trees grew large “petrified trunks”. They are not petrified wood, but sandstone and are of no value once removed from the site. Over the years they have suffered considerably at the hands of the so-called collectors, so please respect our fabulous natural attraction, and leave it there for others to appreciate. 

Petrified Forest, the name itself, creates more questions than it actually answers. Cape Bridgewater is well off the beaten path too, it’s all a little bit of mystery; you just have to see this one for yourself. Hollow tubes of limestone protrude from the cliff top, some towering over 3 metres tall. “Forest”, is indeed a fitting description given that they’ve sprouted randomly but appear in clusters. The closest comparison is stalagmites in a cave but it feels as though these belong on the surface of Mars or even the Moon. For some, these rock structures might be a little underwhelming but for others, their unique formations and science behind how they came to be is really fascinating. Regardless, they make for a very interesting photo, a phenomenon that most people will have never seen. Looking out to sea and back onto land you’ll see fur seals and wallabies that call Cape Bridgewater home. Blue Whales, the largest animal known to have ever existed also visits this coastline November-May. Perched high up on the cliffs, the Petrified Forest is one of the best lookout points to spot one.
 

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Below is an article excerpt from The Age Newspaper: 

Chris Saunders, a young Gunditjmara man, stood with his feet washed by Portland Bay and asked for a short silence.

It was in acknowledgment of those who had gone, he said, their spirits transported far out across the bay to an island known to Indigenous people as Deen Maar, or Dhinmar, and to Europeans as Lady Julia Percy Island.

Plenty of spirits had taken leave from this very beach in Victoria’s far south-west.

Mr Saunders was standing on the land of his ancestors at a place called the Convincing Ground: the site of the first massacre in Victoria of Aboriginal people by Europeans.

An unknown number of Indigenous people were killed by whalers in 1833 or 1834 in a dispute about ownership of a beached whale.

The story was documented by Victoria’s Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, after hearing of it in 1841 from one of the earliest white settlers in Portland, Edward Henty.

The whalers, Mr Henty had told him, had used their guns to “convince” the Aboriginal people that the whale was not theirs. By the time Mr Robinson heard the story, he recorded that just two young men from the entire clan that occupied the whaling ground remained alive.

But the truth lay ignored and covered up for more than a century and a half until modern historians turned their attention to it.

Knowledge of the atrocity, however, was passed down by the Gunditjmara, who fought development plans for the Convincing Ground in the 1990s and eventually gained traditional rights to the site.

Several years ago Mr Saunders, of nearby Heywood, began organising smoking ceremonies on the beach each January 26, a date he and his people call Invasion Day.

At first, only a handful of Indigenous people turned up.

But on Tuesday, almost 300 people attended – many of them from the local white population.

“At first, it was just family and elders,” Mr Saunders said.

“But now, it’s shifted to include the wider community, which we wanted to see all along.

“With things like this, with community discussions and so on, it shows the community’s mind is opening up.

“I don’t lecture or shove the stories at people. I’m asking people to do their own research to learn the truth.”

Rawleigh Cox said he had come to the ceremony to learn. He and his wife Emma had brought their two sons, Clayton, 11, and Mason, three, because they believed it was important that the next generation learn, too.

Mr Cox, who has spent all his life in the Portland district, said he had never been taught the Indigenous history, even though he was of Wurundjeri ancestry, and had never heard the dreaming story of Deen Maar before the smoking ceremony.

Earlier, a “secret” dawn ceremony was held at the beach for traditional owners.

Later in the morning, the Gunditjmara moved to Portland, where they held another smoking ceremony for the wider community at an area known as “the Ploughed Ground”.

The area is claimed to be the spot where the Henty family first ploughed the land, introducing farming to Victoria, and includes a memorial stone “in commemoration of the discovery of Portland Bay by Lt James Grant” in 1800.  Gunditjmarra Aboriginal site Budj Bim is considered one of the oldest aquaculture systems in the world. 

But Mr Saunders said it should also be acknowledged that the Gunditjmara had lived in the area for many thousands of years before Lieutenant Grant’s “discovery”, and not far out of town was evidence that his people had been farming long before the Hentys.

The Budj Bim landscape, about 40 kilometres north-east of Portland, is Australia’s latest UNESCO World Heritage site, chosen for its evidence of fish and eel farming dating back at least 6800 years – the world’s oldest aquaculture operation.

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My entry for Reflections in Windows this month! 

This place is not a well-known spot in the region of Port Campbell. Quite unspoilt and isolated. 

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Bay of Islands beach on Boat Bay Road is one the best spots along the coastline to easily launch a sea kayak and explore the park.
Dogs are welcome on lead at Sandy Cove near Murnanes Bay, but need to kept well away from the area between the high tide marks and edge of the dunes that are home to Hooded Plovers’s nests.
The park’s small beaches are not patrolled. Parks Victoria does not recommend them for swimming.

As beaches and coasts are natural environments, you may encounter hazards. Follow our water safety advice to make sure your day out at Bay of Islands Coastal Park is a safe and enjoyable one.

These shots were taken while I was in Warrnambool for locum work.

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Whilst the Port Campbell Limestone and the lower older calcareous clays (Gellibrand Marl) exposed in the lower layers range from 7 – 15 million years old, it is a common misconception that visitors are viewing an ancient seascape.

Current research and bathymetry indicate that at the end of the last ice age (18 000 years ago) the regional coastline would have been 70km south west of where it is today. With the ocean currently acting on the softer grey Port Campbell limestone there is a constant undermining of the younger, more brittle, yellow Port Campbell limestone that sits above it.

I really don't like this area as there are so many tourists stampeding on the board deck. However, I haven't visited this area for 20 years! 

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A short walk from Loch Ard Gorge, Mutton Bird Island used to be called ‘The Sow’ back in the days when the Twelve Apostles were known as ‘The Sow and Piglets’. Every spring and summer the island is home to a noisy colony of Short-tailed Shearwaters (aka muttonbirds). Every day at dusk between October and April, these birds flock home to their burrows in their thousands, to feed hungry chicks. Experience this incredible natural event before heading to Port Campbell for dinner and an overnight stay.

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Stretching out across 32 kilometres along the coast of Victoria between Peterborough and Warrnambool, it offers astounding ocean views and a collection of fascinating geological features.

While the beaches are accessible at certain points along this stretch of coastline, the most popular thing to do is admire the stunning sea views. Keep your eyes peeled for the colony of rare, black-faced cormorants. The Bay of Islands is home to the only marine cormorant nest in Victoria. You also have the chance to spot a variety of rare plant life, which includes the spectacular sun orchid and the delightfully scented spider orchid.

The area is traditionally Aboriginal, and the parkland is still owned by the Aboriginal people who have lived here for centuries. They still practice age-old traditions and maintain their strong connection to the land and water that occupies this part of the country. Nowadays, they work in conjunction with the local councils and government to ensure that the Bay of Islands is protected for generations to come. Understand the importance of the land to the Indigenous Australian community and learning about the history of the area can be done by taking heritage walks or reading the displays along the Great Ocean Road.

There are a total of three Bay of Islands along Victoria Coast. One located in Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula and the other two are off the coast of Great Ocean Road. I truly experimented various sorts of photography here. There are just too few good weathers to shoot. (Rainy days are just good for some angry clouds and brooding melancholy which is not exclusive to the region without visibility of the islands)

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Continuing the last week of photographs from Merri Sanctuary in Western Victoria.

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This series is taken under overcast condition. Majority of my time there is like this - sadly. 

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After the trip, it is so good to catch up with Joel again. Culturing good friendship is important in life.

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I had the last 3 days to wind down. It is nice. 

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I got another 2 weeks to go in Warrnambool. I can't wait to leave the west coast! 

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Not many good weather at Great Ocean Road. So I am often in prep mode ready to strike whenever the weather improves 

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This is the local shrine restored recently for a piece of local history for Bendigo. During Gold mining period, this is the local refuge for the Chinese Han population both to worship and hide. 

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Pyramid Hill is a town on the way back from my usual visitation to Barham NSW. I always like the barren look from the sky.

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A short post as I am trying to navigate in Warrnambool workplace in the first week. 

Mum hasn't been well. So I stopped work to stay with her attending various appointments. Now I need to top up my bank account by working the next 6 weeks in Warrnambool. 

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Melbourne LEGO Festival

This is all. Sorry that there are no water images to show in the past two weeks. Just feeling something different lately. 

When Joel is busy with his family life, I am back to the mode of solo photography hobby which is probably about time for self-enrichment. 

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Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival

Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival Melbourne LEGO Festival

There are way too many shots to share. These shots above were all taken by Sony FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Lake Tyrrell terrain is beautiful to look at. I really love the colours and the perspective from up there. 

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Thank you for the visit. Joel won't see me for few weeks. We will probably catch up during Xmas. 

Joel does not like Bay of Islands. However, we enjoy the view when it is a high tide and sunny weather.

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Really busy week again. Kind of rush through this post. Gonna do a lot of catch up on work. 

Recently I spotted the article from the age about the shipwreck itself. I put a section of the story here. The story is written on my blogspot 1900: The Sierra Nevada sinks near Portsea; 23 lost

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Joel and I immediately headed off different directions snapping photos we preferred. Eventually we met at Sierra Navada rock ourselves. He had done a big poo in one of the water hole and peed at another that some visitors took a skinny dip in them as well. Well, truly organic experience for them.

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Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea

Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea

Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea Sierra Navada Rocks, Portsea

That is the lot for this great day trip down the coast. 

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Forest Cave, Phillip Island

Forest Cave, Phillip Island

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Forest Cave, Phillip Island

Forest Cave, Phillip Island Forest Cave, Phillip Island Forest Cave, Phillip Island Forest Cave, Phillip Island Forest Cave, Phillip Island

Forest Cave, Phillip Island Forest Cave, Phillip Island

I have tons more to show from this place. But it would be too much of a photobomb. Thank you for the visit!

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Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks

Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks

Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks

Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks Lake Tyrell Sunset Saltworks

Now the transportation 

Acland St, St Kilda

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Acland St, St Kilda Acland St, St Kilda

Acland St, St Kilda

Thank you for looking. Have a great week! 

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Milkyway Pinnacles

Milkyway Pinnacles

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Milkyway Pinnacles

Milkyway Pinnacles

Milkyway Pinnacles

Milkyway Pinnacles

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Milkyway Pinnacles

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That is the lot for the night long exposure. 

Lake Tyrrell was quite busy with any astrophotographers. Their torches ruin my shots frequently. Sigh... There happens to be aurora for the night too. Some luck for me!

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Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

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Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

Lake Tyrrell Milkyway

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A short post as I had a huge collection of sunset shots at a different location. But it would take a few posts to share. 

There are no clouds whatsoever. So colour is lacking. Similar to my previous experience. 

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Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Melbourne

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Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Melbourne Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Melbourne

Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Melbourne

Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Melbourne

Hope everyone has a good week! This coming weekend will be raining again. Probably for nice fine dining. 

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La La Waterfall, Warburton La La Waterfall, Warburton

La La Waterfall, Warburton La La Waterfall, Warburton

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La La Waterfall, Warburton

La La Waterfall, Warburton

La La Waterfall, Warburton

La La Waterfall, Warburton La La Waterfall, Warburton

La La Waterfall, Warburton La La Waterfall, Warburton La La Waterfall, Warburton

La La Waterfall, Warburton La La Waterfall, Warburton

Then here are the collections of some bottle photography over the years for the bottle event

Bottle in Fitzroy

Bottle of rice wine Wine Bottles Wine Bottles Wine Bottles De Graves St Melbourne

Bottle Joel with a bottle

Wine Bottles

Have a good week, folks!

In an overcast day, it is the best condition to photograph falls and creek. Especially the water flow. The day turned out more rainy than previously thought, both Joel and I tripped along the creek in the mud. It was still a good day though.

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Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda

Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda

Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda

Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda

Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda

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Sherbrooke Falls, Olinda

We went for Singapore chili crab pie after the trip. It was tasting damn good! Country Cob Pie Country Cob Bakery 
 

I did a routine visit to Nyah West and spotted a clear sky on the evening. So I took a few shots when the temperature was -2 Celsius. Freezing. 

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Lake Boga Astrophotography

Lake Boga Astrophotography

Lake Boga Astrophotography Lake Boga Astrophotography

Lake Boga Astrophotography

Thank you for the visit. This is a short one given that I have been living my life. 

This is a sea cliff, so the tides are often strong and scary. Grassy areas atop the cliffs are rookeries for mutton birds which are protected species here. The footpads and the stairs are suffering from severe erosion issues that it may not be accessible in the future. There are many snake holes along the cliff face we climb down. I wonder if these snakes pose a danger in summer. 

From the car park, it is about 45 minute to walk to Cape Woolamai viewing platform. The first beach section is where one can photograph the surfers in the sea. In high tide, magic land is a section of rock platforms and sea shelves that render mini waterfalls by the tides. Durin the lockdown in Melbourne in 2020, I often come here for fresh air and relaxation. 

We visited this place again for the sake of getting different light. 

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Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island

Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island

Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island

Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island

Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island

Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island Pinnacles Cape Woolamai Phillip Island

Thank you for your kind visit. Enjoy a new week! 

In summer, there are plenty of mosquitoes and leeches that render the trips rather unpleasant. In winter, it is more friendly for us photographers since no one would be dipping in the creek or waterfall for cooling down blocking our views. 

There are amphitheatre falls and Toorongo waterfall. I prefer amphitheatre falls better than Toorongo fall because the aforementioned one is not all over the internet. There are many mini waterfall coming off the rocks in the creek along the track. I thoroughly enjoyed the walk.

Among the woods, there is no need to use ND filter. It is dark enough to do any long exposure shots. As usual, we have to pick on an overcast day so there are no shadows of trees falling into the creek we photograph becoming rather distracting. 

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Toorongo Falls, Noojee

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Toorongo Falls, Noojee

Toorongo Falls, Noojee

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Toorongo Falls, Noojee

Toorongo Falls, Noojee

Toorongo Falls, Noojee

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Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee

Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee

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Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee Toorongo Falls, Noojee

Hope the series is as therapeutic to me as it would have been for you all. 

It is actually completed when I saw Joel Bramley's posts on his website. I took one afternoon to give it a good click with the new sigma 17mm f4 lens. The lens vignettes badly. It is of a metallic build which is so good to hold in my hands. It does not show good colours though. Struggling in shadows too. 

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Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine

Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine

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Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine

Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine

Bendigo Dai Gum San Shrine

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Thank you for the visit to my blog. 

As usual, there is no carparks in the location. The entrance is via the Remembrance shrine. Joel and I followed the pink trail which was certainly longer than the blue trail. The whole walk was about 2.3 km long. It was nice to explore the area and we tried to stay longer than we should given it took us a good 40 minutes to get a parking spot.

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Melbourne Lightscape

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I took the whole scene by Sony A7RV + FE 20-70mm f4

However, I do not like the looks of the sand cliffs constantly dripping strings of sands downwards. It looks as if sandslide can happen any time. Yet, the path down to the beach is via the underside of the sand cliff. 

It is just so easy to come down here on the weekend from Melbourne. We are using this location as a therapy clinic.

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