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Located in the centre of town, Horseshoe Bay is the most popular beach with locals and visitors alike. Featuring grassy headlands to picnic on, a sandy beach to sunbake, a sheltered cove to swim in and a 180 degree view from the mountains to Trial Bay. Horseshoe Bay is home to an excellent right hand wave that’s the locals' choice when we have east coast lows.
Length – 200m
Four Wheel Drive Access – Prohibited
Surf Lifesaving Patrol – Yes on weekends and during holiday season. Always swim between the flags and obey the life guards.
The difference in colours depends on where these lizards are. In this one the small Western Bearded (or Dwarf) Dragon, Pogono minor minor, is sunning itself on the top of a small bush in the scrub and taking on the darker colours of its surroundings. This makes the markings on its body much more pronounced than another I saw in the same area on a log.
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The shingleback skink, Tiliqua rugosa asper, isn't the only reptile here in the Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve. But they're my favourite.
Sydney summer 2018 near Manly beach. Rollei 35S 40mm f/2.8 Sonnar Agfa APX100 in Rodinal 1+50. V700 scan.
Sunbaking in the warm morning light, even with their whole body and maybe half the brain sleeping, their eyes were constantly surveying the surrounding. Always watching.....
This wild duck was a male Mallard, easily identifiable by its gleaming green head, white neck ring, and brown chest.
Just acquired this Mamiya 645 210mm f/4 N medium format lens for my M645 1000S body. Coupled it with a Fotodiox Pro adapter to my Nikon D7000 to try out some digital captures, it is a pretty good tele. The quailty of the Mamiya lens is just super. A bit heavy due to its professional-grade all-metal contruction. Manual focus only. D7000 supports stop down metering, and that works really well.
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 100-400/5-6.3 IS
ISO200 f/10 361mm 0ev
Single frame raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 9.7, colour graded in Nik 9 Color Efex and finished off back in PhotoLab.
sun baking at Manly beach, Sydney, 2017. Leica IIIc Cosina-Voigtlander 21mm f/4 LTM Ferrania P30 in XTOL 1+1.
...making the most of the sunshine, high up in a stringybark, after a few cool, overcast days... sunbaking, scratching, stretching... unusual to see a cuckoo around here at this time of year. It was my understanding that they head north for the cooler months, then flood back down in the early Spring... anyway, it was nice to see one going about its business
Queenscliff beach, Sydney, Australia, January 2018. Leica IIIC CV 35mm f/2.5 LTM Color-Skopar on Kodak Ektar 100. V700 scan.
Manly beach, Sydney, summer 2019. Olympus OM4-Ti, OM Zuiko 35mm f/2, New Kodak Ektachrome 100 exposed at +2/3 to +1EV. Noritsu photo lab scan 2400dpi. No colour adjustment. Minor tone adjustment in LR6.
Sydney is having a sustained, hot summer. On the day I took the photo the temperature was around 100 on the old scale or 38 in Centigrade. When it is that hot thousands of young people head to the beaches in Sydney where there are more than 30. We really are blessed here in that regard. Bondi is our best beach for crowds and surfing. Sand is fine, too, and squeaks under your feet.
This beach is 700 metres wide and the sand perhaps 100 metres to the surf. So people don't hang out near the walls except at both the north and south ends of the beach where it is narrower. So there is a big gap to where the people are lying and that is great for doing a panorama because there is no one in the foreground. It isn't easy taking a panorama when the surf is big like on the day. You have to work quickly so that the surf doesn't change too much from frame to frame. Otherwise it will be almost impossible to stitch using software. I use Autopano Giga but gave up after a day trying to get everything right. Photoshop saved the day and did an excellent stitch where most people are clear and sharp. Another possibility is to have a camera that allows one to rapidly take many photos as you pan across the scene. The camera needs a large buffer. Sony A6500 would work but not full frame. A99II would also do the job.
As you can see most the people here are youthful. We have thousands of backpackers from all over the world heading downunder for our summer. They weren't disappointed this year. Local Aussies are there as well but the mix is such that you really can't tell who is who.
You can see that Brazil has influenced what the women wear while almost all the men wear board shorts. Women wear less and the men are covering up! A few topless women among all the topless men. Most women cover up to reduce the risk of skin cancer. Yet, look at how many are lying there sunbaking. Experienced Australians know skin cancers are real and many have had some burned off by skin specialists. We prefer a beach umbrella or tent to protect us from the sun. Luckily umbrellas and chairs can be hired at the beach. You can pick the backpackers because they seldom have an umbrella or large towel and will have a bag near them.
I wanted to document Bondi on a hot summer day and I have achieved it with several panoramas. I took 2200 photos on the day. I hope some people appreciate the panorama.
What a chore editing a beach panorama with moving surf and thousands of people. Best stitch was in Photoshop. Some editing afterwards re the surf and a few people. One big stitch error but I left it in for fun. Two full days spent editing. I edited each photo individually to get equal colours, etc. Of course I redid the sky and patched all the errors that resulted. At least I learned a few things in Photoshop. So much to learn there.
61689 X 5086 pixels from 17 photos. 35 Mb
Shot with the sharp 90 mm Sony FE macro lens. So you clearly see most of the people on the beach.
It is best to download the panorama and view it on a computer with a large screen...or a 4 k TV. I had trouble opening it on Google Chrome but no trouble on Internet Explorer.
Lots of flotsam ends up on these beaches, washed by the East Australian Current. Fortunately, so much of Indonesia's garbage which washes ashore in the far north doesn't make it here. Nor does the enormous volumes of plastic which plague so much more of the world's oceans. The waters here are relatively clean, even if I choose not to gorge on the oysters as I did half a century ago.
There are dead whales now, and for that we should be grateful. When there weren't dead whales it was because their population was perilously low.
Our phylogenetic cousins from the Cambrian still stick themselves to rocks and occasionally, being unstuck, come to grief. Further up the evolutionary tree, sometimes there are bits and pieces of humanity, like the feet of a criminal suspect who apparently put them in the ocean of their own volition.
Free swimming sea life turns up too. All that lives is born to die. They might cause momentary concern. But they should also trigger our sense of curiosity and wonder. Even the stranded stinging bluebottles deserve our interest and sympathies.
What might normally float by design isn't immune to design failures, sunk, or like the famous Pasha Bulker which decorated Nobby's Beach to the amusement of many Austral Novocastrians, aground. That harbour is also famous for the specialist diver working to illicitly retrieve blocks of cocaine from a ships hull, and instead floating up to the surface himself. Now it seems that trade is generating plenty of jetsam further north.
Occasional penguins from the Southern Ocean or New Zealand's Fiordland will land here. That's irregular. Little penguins are a resident breeding species as nearby as Montague Island. It's sad but true: penguins are not immortal. I fear that when Avian Influenza A — H5N1 — reaches these shores there'll be fewer of these already at risk treasures.
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, the largest modern volcanic explosion, has failed to replenish the current's larder of pumice. Nevertheless, the submarine eruptions of the Tonga-Kermadec Arc have a history of decorating these beaches. There'll be pumice about, even if it is buried up in the dunes.
What of this? The coconut is not resident. Is it a visitor, resting on the shore? Or is it marooned, left to weather in the sun never to arrive wherever it was that it was going?
What does a young seal have to do to have a rest ??? It seems that the little seal has the best place but then the older seals always head back to the water to play. It seems they are just teasing the little guy, or trying to get him to have a swim instead of sunbake.
Australian Fur Seal - Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus
Tamarama is a beachside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tamarama is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney CBD.
Tamarama has a small but perfectly formed ocean beach located about 1 kilometre south of the world famous 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. The best aspects of Tamarama are its pretty landscapes, gully, parks, beach, ocean, quiet surrounds and convenient location nestled between Bondi and Bronte beaches.
source: www.en.wikipedia.org
Queenscliff beach, Sydney, summer 2018. Leica IIIf Leitz Summicron 5cm f/2 collapsible LTM Kodak Ektar 100. V700 scan.
Manly beach, Sydney, spring 2018. Olympus XA4 Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 macro, Agfa APX100 in Rodinal. V700 scan.
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Hopeful seagull eyes a sunbaker at Manly beach, Sydney 2018. Olympus OM4 OM Zuiko 85mm f/2 Agfa APX100 in Rodinal 1+50. V700 scan.
Manly beach, Sydney, summer 2018. Leica CL, W-Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8 LTM, Agfa APX100 in Rodinal. V700 scan.
Ocyphaps lophotes. Janefield Wetlands.
I went there with a friend and he's running on half a lung, so we stopped to rest on the way back up. This old bird was having a quiet sunbake on the warm concrete, you could almost see her irritation, she wasn't about to move for us or anyone.
Buildings to see in Perth. St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Victoria Square.
Surprisingly this cathedral was designed by the Catholic Bishop Joseph Serra and Brother Ascione and it was built from 1863. It is a typical Victorian era Gothic building in the romantic tradition. It has a steep tiled roof, the walls are rendered, and the bell tower with its spires emphasises the vertical lines of the whole cathedral. The gable facing the street, with tall Gothic arched windows is divided into thirds by the design. The top of columns are mounted with mini-spires or pinnacles to further emphasize the height of the total structure. The façade is majestic and solid.
The Perth Mint, 310 Hay Street.
This was built after the discovery of gold in Kalgoorlie. It is probably the oldest still operating mint in the world but the Abbott government proposed to sell it. It was built 1896-8.This fine limestone building with a Marseilles terracotta roof was an avant guard structure when opened. Like most Victorian buildings it uses classical features- colonnade façade, grand arched entrance but it also has many Italianate Victorian features- verandas, sash windows, wooden balconies etc.
London Court, 647 Hay Street.
This “Ye Old England” structure reflects some of the other Tudor Gothic buildings of Perth but this is a relatively modern structure being erected in 1936 as an upmarket shopping court. Note the clocks and the St. George Dragon above the St. George’s Terrace entrance. The original court included 24 apartments as well as shops.
Central Government Offices, St Georges Terrace by Cathedral Avenue.
This wonderful building, designed by the Public Works department architect who also designed the Perth Railway Station and other public buildings is a good example of a Victorian French style building. It looks like a French chateau, with a mansard sloping roof with dormer style windows. The walls have almost excessive stucco and enrichment features. But it also has a few classical elements such as the stucco work around the windows, and the short pilasters and pediment around the windows in the roof. It was built in 1874. The façade has a pavilion design with the middle part of the building inset in relation to the rest. It is of good proportions.
Land Titles Office, Cathedral Avenue and Hay Street.
The WA colonial architect George Poole designed this structure in 1897. It is a typical Federation style classical building with a different approach to classical elements. The balconies on each street face are cantilevered, with good Corinthian columns divided by a balustrade. Above these balconies you can see a beautiful arcade of rounded windows and the wall behind them is slightly inset. To balance a plain section of wall a delightful circular window with a small triangular pediment above is set into the brick word. This emphasises the asymmetry with the rest of the wall which has two levels of classical style balconies. There is good contrast between the red brick work and white stucco work throughout the building. Another unusual feature of this building, but typical of this period, is the decision to make the ground floor appear like a basement. Next door is St. George’s Cathedral, built in red brick by architect Edmund Blackett between 1879-88. This replaced the 1845 St. George’s church.
Perth Town Hall, Barrack Street.
Although this was built at the height of the Victorian era in 1867-70 it has a more modern austere look about it. Nevertheless, the Perth Town Hall is a good example of a Gothic inspired building, not for ecclesiastical purposes. It has a typical Gothic gable façade, with a tall tower one side, and a much shorter tower on the other. The façade is anything but symmetrical. The main clock tower has a very steep sided roof, with small spires or pinnacles on the corner pillars and some iron fret work around the very top of the roof. The stone arches or mullions dividing the windows create almost horizontal rather than Gothic arched windows. It uses a bold mix of red brickwork and white stone and stucco work around the windows. Almost like a church it has a round or rose window above the main entrance but it is very simple in form.
Government House, St Georges Terrace. This is a fine example of a Victorian Tudor style building. (Perhaps the best example in Adelaide is Prince Alfred College.) Government house was built between 1859 and 1863 using convict labour. Note in particular the curved (or ogee) shaped roofs on the towers. Its looks like a Scottish castle. The quoins are all in stone, with brick work for the walls. It has a Gothic style arch to the main entrance and porch and arched Gothic arches to a colonnaded veranda. In places it has brick Dutch style gables with curved edges. The windows have stone division or mullions. It is not symmetrical and it is certainly picturesque. This almost fortified medieval style building is preeminently suited to a Government House which was the symbol of the strength of the British monarchy in Australia. Today it represents Australia.
Supreme Court Building, Barrack Street.
This court house is an example of Federation era interpretation of a classical style building. Note the impressive double Ionic columned portico beneath the triangular pediment for the central entrance. This is the main focal point of the whole building. It is a building with fine symmetry. It was constructed in 1906. A fine balustrade parapet hides the roof. It has the look of a Greek temple. But the side sections of the building away from the portico have less of a classical look about them. Not far away in Barrack Street is the original Court House, the oldest building in Perth dating from 1836. The WA Law Society has offices in this restored almost British India colonial style building.
The Weld Club, 3 Barrack Street.
Most of us will be familiar with Federation Queen Ann style houses in Adelaide and the Weld Club is an excellent example in Perth. It has a corner tower complete with a steep terracotta tile roof and fancy ironwork atop which is a common feature of this style and it has fancy barge boards on the edge of gables, decorated with wooden embellishments. The verandas have lots of wood and are lined with a vertical style balustrade. The eclectic style incorporates some Gothic style arches for the lower veranda and strong horizontal lines through the use of white stucco work and banding between the floors. It also has a projecting bay window with a small tiled roof to the bay. Overall it has a wonderful asymmetrical façade and looks like a truly romantic building! It was built in 1892.
Old Pensioners’ Barracks, St Georges Terrace.
The architect who designed Government House also designed these barracks. The barracks have been demolished and only the entrance arch remains. Like Government House it is a good example of a Victorian Tudor style building. It was built in the same period as Government House in 1863 using convict labour. The Tudor effect is heightened with the battlement with crenellations across the top and with square towers beside a large recessed Gothic stone arch .The windows in the shape of a cross, all add to the effect of a Tudor castle. Note the fine brick work above and around the windows. Note how the arch above the doors is wider and flatter than the Gothic arch above the windows. The use of brick work makes it look like a stronger more substantial building.
One of our Butcher Birds sunbaking at our kitchen window. They are so funny to watch while they are sunbaking. They seem to go into a trance and will stay like this for minutes