OK so I look like I need a good clean. No thanks. It’s much easier to forget that and just sit here sunbaking!

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This freshwater Krefft's River, or Short-necked, Turtle, Emydura krefftii, is only naturally found in Queensland on the coastal side of the Great Dividing Range. It has yellow facial stripes back from the eye and also along the lower jaw.

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Lizard enjoying the early morning sun.

Manly beach, Sydney, March 2018. Nikon 1 V1.

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.

Possibly the largest paddle board on Sydney harbour - one four all indeed

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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.

new years day, the sun is streaming down, and the asphalt sticks to your shoes as you cross campbell pde and over the pedestrian bridge and down the concourse and onto the sand…you slip off your volleys, hopping from foot to foot in the scorching sand, then step on your towel and slip your wallet and watch into the shoes, drop your shirt , turn…and wander into the cool blue waves…blisssssss

I thought this picture was really dreamy with Shocking Alice out of focus and the gorgeous orange flower there for us to enjoy!

The difference in colours depending on where these lizards are is obvious in these two shots. In one the small Western Bearded (or Dwarf) Dragon, Pogono minor minor, is sitting on a pale pine log at the edge of a remote Western Australian beachside carpark. The next day when I returned to the same area there was the same or very similar sized lizard sunning itself on the top of a small bush in the scrub but this time taking on the darker colours of its surroundings the markings on its body are much more pronounced.

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Josie in front, Matilda behind. We are having a lovely Spring.

I have been busy with all the cats and not much on flickr. I have also been repairing one of my fences. The cats are still taking my time a lot...I hope I can sunbake like these girls soon:)

Little fella was having a lovely time sunbaking

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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.

Taken by the Late John (Jack) J Dallinger.

With a Nikon F & Kodachrome slide film

Silver Gulls sun bathing on Shelly Beach

Northern hemisphere visitors sometimes get disoriented Down Under. Adopting an upside-down position can help to alleviate nausea and anxiety at the thought of accidentally dropping off the underside of the world.

Manly beach, Sydney, winter 2018. Leica IIIc Cosina-Voigtlander 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar LTM Kodak Tri-X 400 in XTOL 1+1. V700 scan.

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A record hot day for spring, and now only 6 days later it is snowing on the mountains near here. Forecast to be 37 deg C again this Saturday !!

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia

9553, the down Long Island steel train, rumbles over the Flinders St. viaduct behind BL34 and A77. Litte attention was given to this train by those making the most of their lunch breaks in the sun, appart from the lady sunbaking on the right of frame almost passing a kidneystone in fright when she heard the loud horn blast!

A blue bottle stinger sunbaking on the beach at Scarborough, Queensland.

This cute little lizard (sometimes called a Skink) was just sunning itself on the side of the gum tree. I had a little play (in Picasa- comic book)) to bring out the skin markings. If you are wondering why you don't get to see all this little lizard...well, there was a big blury bit right in the middle that I could not crop out.

A 'cheeky' way of doing things...also enjoying the warmth of the sun. Pretty 'cool' eh. ??? :o)

four little skinks lapping up the sun and enjoying the views of the crevice lookout.

Blue and white striped day-beds and windbreaks on the beach at De Haan, on the Belgian coast. This area is very windy, so while it's good for flying kites, sunbaking needs some protection from the wind

Manly beach, Sydney 2019. Olympus OM4-Ti OM Zuiko 28mm f/2, Agfa APX100 in Rodinal 1+50. V700 scan.

Out in search of Elephants we saw a number of these reptiles warming themselves in the sun - this was by far the largest!

Self Portrait - Taken for my Digital Photography Boot Camp homework!

I don't know why, but I am drawn to sunny spots when I read and love to sunbake while reading. It's winter at the moment, so any sunbaking is a welcome warmth! Thought it was ironic that I was aiming for a nice sunny effect, when the book I'm reading is The Way of the Shadows...

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I was checking out an apartment on the weekend with my partner and this vision appeared below; how could I resist. Love the shadow and the well placed sign, leaves something to imagine perhaps. Shot on the trusty old G10! Still works.

In Australia you can lazily sunbake with kangaroos on sandy beaches. Here in the foredune kangaroos relax in the afternoon sunshine.