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Fat-Liz.jpg

A small lizard of some description doing its best to look like a rock in Kanangra-Boyd National Park.

Fat Liz

  • Hiking
  • Wildlife
Lizard.jpg

Lizard eyeing me warily. Taken at our campsite at Acacia Flats.

Lizard

  • Hiking
  • Wildlife
Dragonflies.jpg

Dragonflies perched above a small stream at Gloucester Tops.

Dragonflies

  • Hiking
  • Wildlife
RedLeaf.jpg

One of my favourite colours in the Australian bush.

Red Leaf

  • Colour
  • Hiking
  • Other
Piha-Orange-Bird.jpg

Sunset at Piha

Piha Sunset

  • New Zealand
  • Sun
Piha-Gold.jpg

Sunset at Piha

Piha Gold

  • New Zealand
  • Sun
Taranaki-Floats.jpg

A brief glimpse of Taranaki though the clouds.

Taranaki Floats

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
Taranaki-Tree.jpg

Insert poetry here

Taranaki Tree

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
Colour-Of-Taranaki.jpg

The beautiful colours of Mt Taranaki from the Poukai track.

Colour of Taranaki

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
Seagul-Sunset.jpg

Whitsunday sunset featuring a humble seagul.

Sunset Seagul

  • Sun
  • Whitsundays
Sea-Eagle.jpg

A Sea Eagle looking magestic flying over the yacht in which we traversed the Whitsundays.

Sea Eagle

  • Whitsundays
  • Wildlife
Whitsunday-Sunset.jpg

Sun setting behind one of the Whitsunday islands.

Whitsunday Sunset

  • Sun
  • Whitsundays
South-cape-dawn.jpg

Dawn seen from the middle of South Cape Rivulet.

South Cape Dawn

  • Hiking
  • Sun
  • Tasmania
South-Cape-Sky.jpg

The dawn sky reflected in South Cape Rivulet

South Cape Sky

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
Grip.jpg

Grim death grip on a coastal rock.

Grip

  • Black and White
  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
Ironbound-Button.jpg

The Ironbound Range bristling with button grass.

Ironbound Buttons

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
Button-Grass.jpg

Button grass plains near Melaleuca.

Button Grass

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
Button-Grass-Path.jpg

Track across the button grass plains near Melaleuca.

Button Grass Path

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
Melaleuca-Lagoon.jpg

Melaleuca Lagoon at dusk.

Melaleuca Lagoon

  • Hiking
  • Sun
  • Tasmania
Clinton-River.jpg

Looking back down the Valley while crossing the Clinton river on the Milford Track.

Clinton River

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
Kookaburra.jpg

Kookaburra perched on our laundry.

Kookaburra

  • Wildlife
south-beach-olympics-view.jpg

Intrepid adventurers walking around San Juan Island National Historical Park looking towards The Olympics.

South Beach

  • San Juan Island
cresent-moon.jpg

Cresent moon over a field on San Juan Island

Cresent Moon

  • Moon
  • San Juan Island
arthur-sunrise.jpg

Sun rise as seen from Arthur Hut.

Mount Authur Sunrise

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
  • Sun
cowgirl.jpg

Some gratuitous posing somewhere on the way to Mt Arthur summit.

Mount Arthur Cowgirl

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
salisbury-moon.jpg

A subtle yet beautiful aspect of a sunset from Salisbury Lodge on the Lelslie/Karamea track.

Salisbury Moon

  • Hiking
  • Moon
  • New Zealand
weka-hut.jpg

A Weka on the deck outside Venus Hut.

Weka Hut

  • New Zealand
  • Wildlife
arrival-on-wanganui-saddle.jpg

Shaunna appearing over the top of Wananui Saddle after a rough climb, as the only clouds of the day close in to obscure the view.

Arrival on Wanganui Saddle

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
trek-through-tree.jpg

Shaunna slogging up the hill to Wanganui Saddle with heavy wet boots.

Trek Through Tree

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
crossing-sunrise.jpg

Sunrise silhouetting a rail crossing while driving towards Christchurch. Taken through the window of the car.

Crossing Sunrise

  • New Zealand
  • Sun
tree-range.jpg

Mountain view through the trees on day 3 of the Routeburn track.

Tree Range

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
mackenzie-view-wide.jpg

Sunset illumitating the peaks near Emily's Pass, and reflecting into Lake Mackenzie.

Wide View From Mackenie Hut

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
mackenzie-view.jpg

Sunset illumitating the peaks near Emily's Pass, and reflecting into Lake Mackenzie. Had to upload two photos of this because it was so beautiful.

View From Mackenie Hut

  • Hiking
  • New Zealand
route.jpg

Roadside photo break on the way to Queenstown. With the right light the hills look black. Choose your own life metaphor for this image.

Route

  • New Zealand
sand-cuke.jpg

On the sand at Eucla. Taken on the journy back from Perth to Sydney.

Sand Cucumber

  • Other
Feathers.jpg

Feathers caught in a small bush on the Tasman Peninsula.

Feathers

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
tasmandusk.jpg

Dusk on the East coast of the Tasman peninsula.

Dusk on the Tasman Peninsula

  • Hiking
  • Sun
  • Tasmania
coiled-tiger-snake.jpg

A tiger snake posing for a photo op. This photo was the highlight of a 27km day on the last day of the Overland track. Catch the ferry!

Coiled Tiger Snake

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
  • Wildlife
EchoPiont.jpg

Echo Point hut. An old hut on the final day of the Overland track. Mostly used by rats now days.

Echo Point Hut

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
jetty.jpg

Shaunna having a snack on the jetty next to Echo Point hut.

Jetty

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
ossagarden.jpg

The colourful path leading to Mt Ossa.

Mount Ossa Garden

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
ossabarn.jpg

Barn Bluff through the rocks at the top of Mt Ossa.

Barn Bluff

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
GlareRidge.jpg

View from a clearing created by a land slide somewhere on the Overland before Pelion hut.

Glare Ridge

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
joey1.jpg

Cute little Joey outside new Waterfall hut on the Overland.

Joey

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
  • Wildlife
flowers.jpg

Macro shot of some cool little waxy flowers. Taken out the front of Scott-Kilvert hut at the end of the first day on the Overland track.

Flowers

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
paddys.jpg

Some Paddys feeding outsite Scott-Kilvert hut on the Overland track.

Paddymelons

  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
  • Wildlife
tower-puddle.jpg

Sydney tower mired in mud.

Tower Puddle

  • Sydney
Opera-Moon.jpg

Dusk at the Sydney Opera House

Opera Moon

  • Moon
  • Sydney
sun-spider.jpg

A spider's pregnant abdomen reflects the sun as it hangs lightly next to row of past conquests. Storm clouds roll in.

Sun Spider

  • Spider
SkbarFerrisWheel.jpg

Ferris wheel lit up at night on Navy Pier in Chicago, with a (not so) willing model in the foreground. I like the light on her face, and the composition of the scene.

Navy Pier Ferris Wheel

  • Chicago
LarrabeeArtyMoonSunCr.jpg

This was taken in the early afternoon near Bellingham. That is the sun doing a poor job of keeping me awake

Moonset

  • Bellingham
  • Sun
TeddyBearCove.jpg

Teady Bear Cove in Bellingham. Love the blueness of it. The water is a cold as it looks.

Teddy Bear Cove

  • Bellingham
SunSet1.jpg

Portrait of a Bellingham sunset.

Sunset Portrait

  • Bellingham
  • Sun
SunSetGold2.jpg

Golden sunset in Bellingham

Gold Sunset

  • Bellingham
  • Sun
SunSetGold1.jpg

Another photo of the golden sunset in Bellingham.

Gold Sunset Again

  • Bellingham
  • Sun
StickInTheSunset.jpg

It's a stick. off the coast in Bellingham. Possibly my favourite photo from Bellingham.

Stick in the Sunset

  • Bellingham
  • Sun
RefkbarCr.jpg

It's a puddle in a log. Look closely for the candy centre.

Reflection

  • Bellingham
  • Reflection
Thorns.jpg

A thorny bush sihlouetted against the same background as the stick in the sunset photo.

Thorns

  • Bellingham
TikiSmall.jpg

A Tiki statue that was on display in the back garden of the place I stayed at in Bellingham.

Tiki God

  • Bellingham
  • Other
CoolLeaf.jpg

Barely visible in this shot, there is a spider web spanning the grass and the leaf. High ISO and morning sun make it all light and fluffy.

Cool Leaf

  • Other
TangledCrossFs.jpg

A grave stone from a local cemetary.

Tangled Cross

  • Black and White
  • Other
TasFrenchmansCap.jpg

View from Frenchman's Cap in Tasmania. Clouded in in all directions behind the camera. Beautiful nonetheless, and an awesome hike.

Frechman's Cap

  • Clouds
  • Hiking
  • Tasmania
TasBarnsBluff.jpg

Sun setting behind Barn Bluff. Taken with a broken S40. Outside Waterfall Hut.

Barn Bluff

  • Hiking
  • Sun
  • Tasmania
PaintedClouds.jpg

A patch of blue sky in amongst storm clouds near dusk. Taken from my front garden.

Painted Cloud

  • Clouds
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