Pic of the Week_Bay of Martyrs_Great Ocean Road

The Bay of Martyrs is an interesting and scenic location just outside the town of Peterborough along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. While less grandiose and considerably less visited than the famous Twelve Apostles, the Bay of Martyrs can be a sublime location, given the vagaries of weather and light.
The above image was made under late [...]

Serenity_Hopetoun Falls_Great Otway National Park

Here’s an image featuring Hopetoun Falls in the Great Otway National Park in Victoria, Australia. A very slow 4-second Shutter Speed was employed to provide an ethereal quality to the moving water. I had to stop the lens’s aperture right down to f22 to achieve the desired Shutter Speed.
Interestingly the vibrant greens and blues of [...]

Fallen Giant_Beauchamp Falls_Great Otway National Park

 
Of the numerous waterfalls in Victoria‘s Great Otway National Park my current favorite is Beauchamp Falls near Lavers Hill. It’s a magical place that will provide hours of photographic opportunities. While relatively easy to access the walk back up from the falls is steep and hard, particularly with a pack and tripod on your back. [...]

London Arch_Great Ocean Road

 
Here’s an image from one of my all time favourite shooting locations: Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. Around 30 minutes drive further west from the famous Twelve Apostles will take you to London Arch. Formerly known as London Bridge the middle section of this once double-span natural bridge collapsed in 1990. While the similarity with its [...]

Red Knob, Vaughan, Central Victoria

 

Red Knob is a rock formation a few kilometres from the tiny town of Vaughan in Central Victoria, Australia. The location is one of many old gold mining sites in the area. The rock, orange red and particularly striking against a blue sky, is well suited to a panoramic composition. I’ve photographed this site on [...]

Approaching Storm and Dune, Wilsons Promontory National Park

 
As always there is a story behind the making of this image. I was with another photographer exploring some of the less popular locations within Wilsons Promontory National Park. We decided to undertake the relatively short hike to Darby Beach for some sunset photography. It was a hot, flat walk to the beach via the [...]

Pic of the Week – Sunrise, Duck Point, Wilsons Promontory

 
The above image was made at sunrise at Duck Point, Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria, Australia. It was very cold and I was alone at this very secluded location. There was barely a breath of wind and the soft, warm sunrise seemed to linger. This slow movement of light and time only enhanced the [...]

Nature’s Restorative Power

 

The devastation caused by bush fires in my home state of Victoria on Saturday, February 7th continues. The latest count is 130 confirmed deaths and 740 homes lost.
Soon many of the affected areas will be deemed safe for visitors. When that’s the case I will make a point of visiting some of them. Although many [...]

Photography Opportunities in Central Victoria

 
The Central Victorian gold rush of the 1850’s largely funded the economic and construction of the state’s capital Melbourne as well as the important regional cities of Ballarat and Bendigo.

Pic of the Week – Mystic Light

 
This was an amazing scene to behold and a great reward for an early start to the day.