WEST COAST CUMBRIA PHOTOGRAPHY
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[To get an idea of the wind and high seas, enlarge and survey the horizon. At one point you can actually see the mast of a ship.]
The West Coast of Tasmania is the least populated in an island state with a total population of just 500,000. It's quite possible to go miles without seeing a soul. This coast is rugged. Rocky shores shaped by eons of high seas and the winds of the Roaring 40s. The nearest landfall to the west is Argentina some 16,000 kms away.
The westerly winds are whipped up over the great expanse of the Southern Ocean, cold and usually carrying plenty of rain. There is a great yacht race from Melbourne to Hobart via the west coast, "The Westcoaster", that passes this spot. The Sydney to Hobart captures most of the press attention, but adventure sailors prefer this hazardous race. When the winds blow down the east coast they usually carry the supermaxi yachts to Hobart under spinnaker in little over 32 hours. It's a cruise most years.
But "The Westcoaster" is usually into the full brunt of the Roaring 40s that originated in Antarctica. No straight line cruising under spinnaker here. This classic footage from the race in 1977 will give you some idea:
Travelling in style. Seated in a restored first class carriage being pulled by the historic Westcoaster, the Mount Lyell No. 3 vintage locomotive.
The restoration of this carriage was undertaken at the Launceston railway workshop.
R711 roars past the Princes Highway duplication works at Warncoort, on the outskirts of Colac on Victoria's south-west coast.
amusement rides at the santa monica pier. nikon F3/T + tokina RMC 17mm f/3.5 AIS + efke 100. lab: photo impact, santa monica, ca. scan: nikon coolscan 5000. exif tags: lenstagger.
R711 & S313 come storming towards the photoline on 2019's Warrnambool Westcoaster.
This marked the first photostop involving a detrain & setback on the mainline since at least 2004.
The crew on the footplate put on quite the show for the photographers, with an impressive white plume, being quite a spectacular sight for everyone watching (except for Steamrail's fitters).
#8895
Allansford, Vic
12/10/2019
I just received another group of these rest area photos. I may try to edit this one more but the patch of yellow sky is causing problems. A nice photo, none the less. And the white Pontiac returns.
R711-S313 hauls the late running SRV "Warrnambool Westcoaster" pass special with #8896 from Warrnambool to Southern Cross Station as they approaching La Trobe St Bridge, City taken on early Sunday morning 13/10/2019.
Ex-West Coast Railways R711 roars towards the town of Moriac on Victoria's south-west coast. A former weekend regular on the WCR trains between Melbourne and Warrnambool, the heavily-modified steam loco made a triumphant return to the seaside town after a nearly 15 year gap.
A2 986 and R761 top and tail the Warrnambool Westcoaster out of Waurn Ponds after a brief stop. This train was the first time an A2 had worked a passenger train beyond Geelong in almost 70 years - 29/10/22
After arriving at Warnambool earlier that morning on the Westcoaster service from Melbourne, R711 and B61 are serviced outside the West Coast Railway depot ready to return the afternoon train back to Melbourne on 5-8-2000
R711 is about to depart Southern Cross station for Warnambool on a charter trip for the first time in 16 years on 12-5-2018
R711 has just had the 'Westcoaster' headboard fitted at Southern Cross Station prior to its return to Warrnambool after 14 years.
#8295
Docklands, Vic
12/05/18
medium format anamorphic pinhole camera, handmade by cezary bartczak of vermeer cameras in poland. 10sec exposure, fuji reala 100 film on tripod. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
THIS ROBIN IS IN FULL SONG LOOKING FOR A MATE.WAS THE VALENTINE'S DAY BBC LOOK NORTH WEATHER PICTURE.
As R711 simmers away in platform 4, the first driver of the day adorns the smokebox with a floral decoration.
Back at Newport, he had written the important chalk message, ready for all eyes and cameras to come onto the locomotive on the mainline.
Here, Bottlebrush is being tied onto both of the Deflectors shortly before he attaches a daffodil to the smokebox wheel.
A testiment to his work, the flowers managed to hold on for the ride at 50MPH.
#8895,
Docklands, Vic
12/10/2019
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c. 1962 Match Book - SEA FESTIVAL WHITE ROCK, B.C. Water Skiing Championships / JULY 24th and 25th - Come to the SEASHORE FOR A REAL VACATION
Article from the PEACE ARCH NEWS Newspaper - 70th White Rock Sea Festival to be celebrated August long weekend - Semiahmoo Days will kick off event Aug. 2, 2019 - Semiahmoo Days and White Rock Sea Festival are both to be celebrated on the waterfront during the August long weekend. Semiahmoo Days will kick off the festivities, presented by Semiahmoo First Nation, Aug. 2 with an open-air cinema experience screening Avengers: Endgame at Semiahmoo Park. The film is scheduled to begin at dusk. The 70th annual White Rock Sea Festival is to be held Aug. 3-4. The festival features two stages, one at Memorial Park and one at East Beach for two full days of entertainment. Saturday highlights include the Capt’n Korki’s Pirate Parade, Pirates in the Park, and firework display at 10:15 p.m. On Sunday, there will be the Waiter’s Race, the Westcoaster’s Daze Car Show and a Torchlight Parade at 7:30 p.m.
R711 leads S313 into the City of Warrnambool, finishing its 267km trip from Melbourne.
Shot from Cannon Hill, the locomotive with its all steel bodied consist in blue and gold stands out against the natural landscape that Warrnambool has to offer.
Warrnambool, Victoria | October 2023
Steamrail's A2 986 leads the 'Warrnambool Westcoaster' out of Waurn Ponds, being the first A2 to venture beyond Geelong in around 70 years. 29/10/22
Steamrail's A2 986 leads the 'Warrnambool Westcoaster' into Waurn Ponds, being the first A2 to venture beyond Geelong in around 70 years. 29/10/22
In typically bland Ballarat weather, R711 storms out of Ballarat station with a West Coast Railway special train for St. Arnaud.
Restored from an underexposed and colourcast photo
July 4th 1999.
R711 Sits momentarily in No. 2 Road at Warrnambool Station after hauling the Westcoaster into town after 14 years.
#8295
Warrnambol, Vic
12/05/18
R711 roars over the Mount Emu Creek trestle bridge in south western Victoria, with the "Warrnambool Westcoaster" tour from Melbourne. This trip marked the first time in many years that R711 had visited the coastal town of Warrnambool; after restoration and modification in the late 90s, it spent six years hauling weekly trips between Melbourne and Warrnambool until the untimely demise of West Coast Railway in 2004.
recently processed film. mamiya 6MF 75mm f/3.5 + cross-processed kodak ektachrome E100VS. lab: A&I color, hollywood, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Cover shot for the May travel issue :)
a bit late in posting this (and still need to post WestCoaster cover shots from March and April), but this month has just been nutso for me. Only 11 days til graduation and then I'm home free!!
Can you believe the planes really do fly that low? Apparently it's one of the most difficult airports to fly into (for pilots). You have to be a fairly experienced, skilled pilot to be allowed to fly into San Diego.
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R711 powers away from Warncoort with the Warrnambool Westcoaster special on a dull & overcast Saturday 12th May 2018.
R711 steams through the curves approaching Stonyford with the Warrnambool Westcoaster during a brief moment of sunshine on an otherwise wet & overcast day. 12/5/18
A Westcoaster Mail Master for sale at $5,000. A type previously unknown to me, I had to find out more. Wikipedia was my source, which details how as many as 17,000 of these mail scooters were once used by the US Postal Service. From the late 1960s, the type was replaced by more robust vehicles, notably specially adapted Jeeps.
How is this for one sweet International Westcoaster? Deppe Trucking brought a couple other oldies to the open house / truck show at Kenworth of Madison, Wis on April 11, 1992.
I've gotta say, I'm feeling pretty lucky to be on the westcoast. On the beach in February.... boo ya!!