Yes, you should be here at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, a great place for relaxing and photography. This is a really nice spot for photography of the beautiful coastline and also the birds of the area. Most of the images on this blog were captured with the nifty 50 lens, my nifty 50 lens…
The town of Port Macquarie, New South Wales is a top surfing location, so when visiting I attempted to capture some nice images of surfers at work!! The secret of catching great images of surfers, is to attempt to get the surfer at the peak of the action. Follow the surfer as they come in…
I always try to keep my eyes open for new photographic opportunities and keep one of my cameras close at hand to capture the decisive moment. When I am travelling this is always the case, however when at home sometimes I neglect to have the camera nearby. Sunsets are always an excellent subject for photography from…
Most photographers would not think to use a Macro lens for the photography of birds. But for the following three images of the Pied Butcher Bird (Immature), the Rainbow Lorikeet and the Scaley Breasted Lorikeet below I have used the Nikon Nikkor 200mm f/4.0D IF ED Micro AF lens. For these three images I was…
Urunga is a very small town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, it is in the Shire of Bellingen, named after the Bellingen river. The town has a population of around 3,000 people. The town of Urunga is south of Coffs Harbour and Sawtell and north of Nambucca Heads. The Urunga boardwalk, going…
Iluka is a very small village at the mouth of the Clarence River in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated directly across the river, on the northern side from the larger resort town of Yamba. It has a small population of under 2,000 people. The town’s name Iluka is derived from an aboriginal word…
Bundjalung National Park is located on the north coast of New South Wales, It is roughly 550 kilometres north east of Sydney. It covers a large area of coastal plains, heathland and solitary beaches between the New South Wales towns of Iluka and Evans Head. Close to the Iluka coast at the southern end of the…
Burrum Heads is located approximately 300 kilometres from the Queensland state capital, Brisbane and only 30 minutes outside of Hervey Bay, this little seaside village is a destination in its own right for visitors. It is a very peaceful and tranquil area. There are rivers and creeks to explore by boat or kayak and the…
Noosa National Park is around 16 kilometres north of the capital of Queensland, Brisbane, and is on the Sunshine Coast. This coast has beautiful sandy beaches and also vaso rocky outcrops to give a very scenic coastline. Noosa National Park features in addition to the spectacular coastal scenery the park is also an important refuge for…
Hervey Bay is a beautiful seaside town with vast sandy beaches. The shoreline is really well sheltered by Fraser Island, a very large sand island renowned for its diversity and natural wildlife. Hervey Bay is one of Queensland’s most excellent holiday destinations offering some of the world’s closest whale watching encounters with humpback whales as…
Maleny is a beautiful tidy town on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Maleny has many restaurants, cafes and dining options, both in the town and on its outskirts. It caters to all tastes from excellent to grabbing a quick bite while on the road which is what I did. There is popular annual Real Food Festival,…
Yes a visit to Childers, Queensland is a little like travelling back in time in a time machine. Even though it is like visiting time long gone, it is still a very interesting town to visit. Some of the images below may give you a feeling of the life of this town. Many of the streets…
Woodgate does not disappoint as far as the beach is concerned, there are over 16 kilometres of largely untouched, white beaches that stretch as far as the eye can see. Woodgate is probably good for the beach fisherman along the beautiful beach, however I did not see very much at Woodgate apart from the beautiful…
The area of Cotton Tree is generally bounded by the Maroochy River and Cornmeal Creek to the north and to the south and west by Aerodrome Road and by the Pacific Ocean to the east. The area takes its name from the Hibiscus tiliaceus plant which is also known as Coastal Cotton tree or Cottonwood….
Sunflowers are tall plants that grow to a height of around 300 centimetres. They bear one or more wide flower heads, with bright yellow ray florets at the outside and yellow or maroon (brown/red) disc florets inside. During their growth period, the sunflowers tilt during the day to face the sun, but they stop tilting…
The Bjelke Petersen Dam was constructed over the period 1984 to 1988. The lake was originally named Lake Barambah after the original property in the region and has since been renamed the Bjelke Petersen Dam. The dam supplies water to the South Burnett region of Queensland, for irrigation purposes and also nearby towns for town…
Running Creek Parklands is a bush camping area off Bellthorpe Range Rd, Stanmore, Queensland. just a short distance from Woodford. There is a creek running through the camping area which flows for the major part of the year with the exception of very dry spells. The above image was captured very early on a foggy…
Wooroolin is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia on the Bunya Highway, around 250 kilometres north west of Brisbane the state capital. To the eastern side of the town is the Wooroolin Wetland, a non tidal, inland, seasonally flooded, vegetated swamp. In recent times the wetland has flooded and burst its…
Kingaroy is quite a large agricultural town in the South Burnett Region of Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 200 kilometres north-west of Brisbane the state capital of Queensland. The town is situated at the junction of the D’Aguilar and the Bunya Highways. Kingaroy is known as the “Peanut Capital of Australia”. Australia’s largest peanut processing…
Ban Ban Springs is a very small community located at the junction of the Burnett and Isis highways in Queensland, Australia. On the southern side of the road junction are the springs from which the area gets its name, being springs from which waters flow into the nearby Barambah Creek. “Ban Ban” has the meaning grass…
