There are no shortages of gorgeous sunsets here is Adelaide and tonight’s was nothing short of extraordinary as we enjoyed it from our garden. I captured this beautiful image however from the Garden Island dolphin sanctuary last week just before we were sent into lockdown. The mangroves, the yachts, the power station and the industrial […]
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Power Play
Tucked in behind the Torrens Island Power Station with its two huge chimneys is a tiny new power station called the Barker Inlet Power Station. At a glance you’d think it was part of the larger power station infrastructure but note the two brightly yellow lit stacks over to the right with their 6 stainless […]
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What a marvellous piece of engineering is the humble windmill. Distributed throughout the Gillman wetlands is a system of underground interception drains with good old fashion windmills. These windmills pump hyper-saline ground water to the surface allowing a freshwater lens to develop below. And all this time I had thought they were there just to […]
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All Paths Lead Home Another image captured in the wetlands near Barker Inlet, South Australia. I miss my daily commute to and from work and the chance to pull over and capture more of this amazing wetland area near Barker Inlet. As my working days are now few and with very, very long days when […]
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Rivulets of seawater snake their way in from Barker Inlet through woodlands of white mangrove bringing life to the boggy marshlands of Torrens Island. The colours are surreal with the greens and yellows of magrove canopy yielding to the vibrant crimson of red samphire salt-marsh. So much beauty so close to home.
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