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It was hard to leave Datai Bay, Straits of Malacca, Malaysia. Such a calm, beautiful place, within easy reach of many places in SE Asia. Maybe I'll return next year when I'm up that way again.
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Samsung S23 Ultra 5G Camera
Took this one the other morning at the favourite spot Turimetta. The morning started off without a cloud in the sky and but then when the sun rose, they crept in from the west! So I turned around and took some snaps.
Single exposure using a Cokin GND8 and Circ Polarizer.
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Another one from our river bend spot, where Pips stalks the sunbaking water dragons further down the steep emankment at water's edge while far above in the towering old gums, the birdlife chatters on.
This higher ground is no longer left undisturbed to give me the joy of these little golden dazzlers in late afternoon.
Old fella fishermen are often there now, digging away on the hunt for enormous worms, leaving large pockets of uneven, bare and messy soil which turns to bog from the rain and tempts me to trip and fall over in it as I wander about with attention on the camera.
Nearly had a few woopsies ;\
The rest of it is now kept mown by local council at regular intervals, so I'm glad I snapped plenty of these last September.
Another reminder to take those pics when we see something we like - the same chance may not come 'round again.
Besides the watermark experiment, still sooc.
Love the colour combo's in this one, the gold against the grey.
Mother Nature is so clever..
Enjoy your weekend, my friends x
A bit more of Little Beach before we shuffle on to the next coastal curiosity.
I love rocks. Let’s talk about rocks — because really, what’s a beach without a generous scattering of ancient, grumpy, foot-stubbing hazards? Each one is a tiny geological memoir: belched out of a volcano, squashed under mountains for a few million years, tumbled through oceans like nature’s own laundry cycle … only to end up here, sunbaking and waiting for some barefoot human to discover them the hard way. What a life these long-lived marvels have had!
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Waterscape 30/100 in 2025
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious)
One of the Hippos at Werribee Open Range Zoo heading for the water after sunbaking for a while
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Wee reptile bathing in the morning sun.
Nobbi Dragon
Scientific Name: Amphibolurus nobbi
The Nobbi Dragon is similar in many ways to the Jacky Lizard: it is similar in length and weight (about 80 millimetres snout vent) and its ear membranes and nostrils are similarly conspicuous. However, there are several key characteristics which make Nobbi Dragons easily to distinguish from Jacky Lizards.
The scales of Nobbi Dragons are not as variable as those of Jacky Lizards and they tend to be lighter in colour. Nobbi Dragons have a distinctive stripe along their backs which is often pale-coloured or even yellow (but can have darker patches). The back part of the lizard (rump and tail) is often tinged with pink or red and the inside of the mouth is pink.
There is considerable variation in colour patterns in the Nobbi Dragon. Two sub-species are recognised in Australia, but only the Western subspecies Amphibolurus nobbi coggeri is found in Victoria. Amphibolurus nobbi coggeri is found south and west of the Warrambungle Mountains (only just dipping into the north-west corner of Victoria). The other subspecies Amphibolurus nobbi nobbi occurs from northern New South Wales to the coast and ranges of south-eastern Queensland.
Like Jacky Lizards, Nobbi Dragons feed mainly on insects. These lizards are often seen basking on fallen logs, fence posts and rocks and are fairly familiar to people as they do not run for cover readily. It is suggested that their numbers are decreasing in some areas due to human activity (farming).
This lizard occurs from north-western Victoria through central New South Wales to inland and south-eastern Queensland. Its habitat extends to drier areas than does that of the Jacky Lizard.
(Source: museumvictoria.com.au/)
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Katrina and The Waves_Walking on Sunshine
Taken @ Native Soul
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An Australian pelican [Pelecanus conspicillatus] having a stretch and a yawn whilst sunbaking on rocks at Dunn Bay, Dunsborough, Western Australia.
A very lucky shot as I had just put the camera done when it suddenly moved. This was the result.
Spring has sprung and the water dragons are back out sunbaking down at the river bend.
They are actually evasive to the max, and she comes back happy after she's made them leap into the water and swim to the other bank.
I enjoy seeing them out, as they keep away the snakes :)
A truly romantic walk home after a day of surfing and sunbaking at Luanes Beach area. We both enjoyed the day. I dont think we have the energy for anything else now, well not for tonight.
Pose - Sunbaking - Something New - 1L Hunt until 09.30.21
**Pose comes on a boat with towel and accessories, many angles can be shot.**
Hair - Mayhem - Stealthic
Tattoo - Tata Tattoo Body Bom - BXB
Bikini - Juni Bikini Set 6 - FurtaCor
At Cherating, Sth China Sea, off Malaysia. This shot of wild coastal nature was taken from the hillside pool of the resort, I was staying at, having a good time.
Walking down two the beach, the dense rainforest background was full of monkeys, tropical chirping birds, and all manner of wildlife. The water was fresh, the beach sand soft but easy to stroll along as one enjoyed paddling in the shallow water, and hearing the waves as well as the wild forest wildlife calls. Truly, another world away from the bustling city.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Tamron 16-300mm
summer crowds on Manly beach, Sydney, February 2012 #999
Camera: Olympus XA
Film: Kodak Gold 100
Scan: Epson V700
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Enjoying my last few days of my tropical house and beach before I start pulling it apart and leaving. Sighs so sad but heck....thats life huh.
The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii, formerly Physignathus lesueurii ), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii ) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii ) subspecies, is an arboreal agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland.
Etta loves to lay in the sun. When she's "cooked" she comes back inside to cool down. Perhaps she should wear a rashie ... but probably not a white one😂
Daily Dog Challenge: Dress Up
Canon EOS 6D - f/4 - 1/640sec - 100mm - ISO 200
- for challenge group 'Macro Mondays', theme: 'Chip(s)'
- these potato chips have a paprika (=red bell pepper) taste
- measures of this chip: about 3.5 x 3 cm
Just in case you think I have lost my marbles or is that pumpkins with a dedicated series today, I have reverted to my lifetime love of trains, albeit during our recent Outback Queensland trip. This former Queensland Railways 2000 class railmotor or railcar (you choose) was leased by QR not all that long ago to a tourism company operating various attractions in Longreach. It has been refurbished and now runs a variety of tours east and west out of Longreach - day and sunset tours, some of which head towards Winton where no other passenger trains now operate.
We did take a sunset with canapés trip and it was sheer fun ending with a fabulous sunset. I will return to a couple of those shots later. Before that, I have to finish the tour of the Qantas Founders Museum.
The full set are cars 2034 and 2036.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Railways_2000_class_ra...
This location was one of the main reasons that I went to New Zealand this time. I have wanted to shoot here for a long time and I loved being here. You may recognise the seastacks from the famous image taken inside one of the caves as you open Windows 10.
Its location is very remote being near Puponga right at the very top of the south Island. There is only one way in and out and that's through what they call the Takaka Hill - well its certainly not a hill and I had to drive it through rain and fog and I have to say it was rather sketchy and I was very glad that it finally came to an end. When you google it, it tells you that its very dangerous and I can now see why.
To get to this beach its about a 20 minute walk from the carpark through a gorgeous farm scattered with sheep and 4 steeples that you have to cross over.
Once I got to the beach the view took my breath away. All the effort to get here was worth it. There are caves, sea stacks called the Archway Islands and there are even seals swimming and sunbaking! what a location. I also timed it perfectly with the tide to get great reflections too.
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'Roid Week 2021. Balmoral beach on Sydney harbour, Oct 2021.
Camera: Fujifilm Square SQ6
Film: Instax Square ISO 800 Color Film
Scan: Epson V700
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Down at the creek bend, Pips is out of the car like a little rocket, and away down the steep embankment, on the search for her favourite lizzies to stalk.
A stand off ensues, with each staring at the other, till the water dragon will decide he'd better relinquish his sunbaking spot and jumps in for a swim to the other side.
Pips returns after each victory up to the top, as she is here, slipping under the fence and looking quite pleased with herself.
Then she's off again.
Edited this one with Pixler, as she came out a bit under-exposed, but I liked the setting.
For 12 Months for Dogs group challenge for May :
'Running the race'.
Well, racing for lizards, I s'pose ;)
Tamarama is a beachside suburb, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tamarama is 6 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council.
Tamarama has a small ocean beach about 1 kilometre south of Bondi Beach and a couple of hundred metres north of Bronte Beach. The suburb is mostly residential and the beach and adjacent parklands have been popular places for recreation such as swimming, surfing, sunbaking and picnics for more than a century.
Initially known as Dixon Bay by early European settlers, the name was changed to Tamarama in the 1800s. Tamarama is probably a derivation of the Aboriginal name 'Gamma Gamma' (possibly meaning 'storm'), which appeared on maps of the coastline in the 1860s by the Military or Naval Authority. In the late 1890s a genteel campaign of civil disobedience was undertaken to open up Sydney beaches to daytime bathing. Inspector of schools and writer George Philip was credited with winning the day in Tamarama.
In 1887 Sydney's first coastal amusement park, and one of the earliest in Australia, opened at Tamarama. Named The Bondi Aquarium its greatest attraction was a plunging roller coaster that dived and twisted over the beach. People flocked to the attraction, not only for the rides, but for vaudeville acts and aquarium creatures, including seals and a tiger shark. On the evening of 11 July 1891, fire destroyed the aquarium and pavilion, but it rose from the ashes in September the same year, and continued to entertain Sydney's populace. The last identified concert at the Aquarium was a fund raiser for the Waverley Benevolent Society in July 1906.
Ownership and management changed several times throughout its existence, until the site was finally sold by Mrs Margaret J. Lachaume in 1906 to William Anderson who transformed the amusement park, renaming it Wonderland City. In 1906 Wonderland City opened and replaced the Bondi Aquarium as the latest attraction at Tamarama. Powered by its own steam plant, the amusement park featured an airship suspended over the bay and an elephant named Alice available for rides on the beach. There was also a miniature railway operating on a two-mile track over the cliff tops. Frequent battles with local residents over beach access, charges of animal cruelty and an incident with the airship saw a decline in numbers. After a few years of low crowds and poor revenue Wonderland City closed in 1911. In 1920, the NSW Government bought the area and proclaimed it Tamarama Park. There is still a Wonderland Avenue at Tamarama. The first mayor of Waverley lived in Tamarama.
Summer afternoon at Sydney's Freshwater beach, November 2015.
Camera: Leica IIIc rangefinder
Lens: Industar 61 (I-61) 55mm f/2.8
Film: Kodak BW400CN process C41 bw film
Development: Process C-41 minilab
Scan: Epson V700
Post: Lightroom 6
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Enjoying a sunny and warm autumn day at the beach, Sydney coast, May 2022.
Camera: Fujifilm Instax Mini 9
Film: Instax Mini color ISO800
Exposure: 1/60 f/32
Scan: Epson V700
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In difference to the first shot with this focus, in this one, beach goers (especially those high on the rocks) are shown looking out to sea and thoroughly enjoying the panoramic view of the endless blue calm of the ocean.
Such activity is a favourite pastime of most sitting and sunbaking on a sandy beach at any time, as well as those paddling out to surf, in presenting an interesting scenic photographic focus, taken at Nth Stradbroke Island (Queensland. Australia).
On the morning walk, I'm sure someone, or myself, was also listening to🎧 "Miniyamba" (Yeahman · Hajna · Mina Shanka): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlofxCghnQ
Samsung S23 Ultra 5G Camera
Explored, July 12, 2023
summer at Dee Why beach, Sydney, January 2022.
In Flickr Explore January 27, 2022
Camera: Google Pixel 3a
Processing: Lightroom 6
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Dee Why beach, Sydney, summer 2023.
Camera: Fujifilm Square SQ6
Film: Instax Square ISO 800 Color Film
Exposure: Auto with +2/3EV compensation
Scan: Epson V700. Print placed face down on the glass.
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This guy was moving this way and that so I decided I'd post the various positions into the ooe shot!
summer, Freshwater beach, Sydney, December 2015 #178
Camera: 1959 Nikon F
Lens: Nikkor 5cm f/2
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Scan: Epson V700
Post: Lightroom 6
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Summer on Dee Why beach, Sydney, February 2021. Have you ever seen Luigi Ghirri's beach photos? Recommended...
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An old saying I'd hear years ago, when we'd have such wet weather.
No storms today, but thunder rolls in again tonight as I type.
Went this arvie to the river bend just out of town.
Miss Woolly shot straight out of the car and down the steep bank to the water, barking high alert.
Most unusual for her. Usually she's the one who hangs back and wanders about, inspecting everything microscopically outside the fence line on the higher ground, while Pips slips through the barbed wire and goes looking for big lizzies along the water's edge.
But they wouldn't be out sunbaking today, was a bit cold.
A different routine this visit, I wonder what's down there that's
so different today ?
She proudly showed me her find.
Two big plump white ducks were swimming alone together serenely, now not too sure what to do, seeing this big white fluffy loud 4-legged thing bouncing around on the bank opposite.
Not the usual wood ducks, these ones look domestic.
Never seen them here in the wild before.
They didn't panic and leave when they saw the girls, they just kept swimming up and down.
So they're used to dogs perhaps ?
Maybe they've come away from someone's farm, a bit confused from the latest storms…
lying in the sun at Balmoral Beach, Sydney, March 2022.
Camera: Leica CL rangefinder
Lens: Voigtlander Heliar 15mm f/4.5 LTM with M-adapter
Film: Ilford FP4+
Developer: Ilfotec HC 1+31
Scan: Epson V700
post-processing: Lightroom 6
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Mana Island is part of the Mamanuca Islands, the closest group of islands to the tourist area near Nadi, Fiji. Access is via ferry or, as Mana has its own airstrip, a short 15 minute flight from Nadi airport.
Mana Island is home to Mana Island resort, which owns half the island. The other half belongs to Fijian landowners from nearby Malolo Island. The resort lies between North and South Beach and has restaurants and accomodation at both areas.
North Beach has great sunbaking, swimming and snorkelling.