All the travel advertisements seem to espouse the beauty of white sandy beaches, the finer the sand and the whiter the better! I love beaches of shingle. They seem ancient and speak of harsh conditions where fine sand would have or has been completely swept away. The best part of all is not having to […]

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Passing by the ‘Cavalia’ big top almost every day has given me the chance to see so many different moods of this curious structure. This view is just a little different with a wide open lens and intentionally out of focus. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 685, Big Top Bokeh’, 1/13s f/2.8 ISO100 100mm

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If you are a local and spend most of your time around the Adelaide metropolitan beaches then you could be excused for thinking we are looking south. Many Adelaide visitors make this mistake and then wonder why they can’t enjoy the sunset here. This view is looking west and now that we are heading into […]

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For some reason while standing here I could not get that childhood nursery rhyme out of my head. “Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? …”. Except these sheep only had black heads. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 683, Three Bags Full’, 1/400s f/2.8 ISO640 200mm

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We have some of the most colourful and interesting sea stars here in our Southern waters but I have to admit that I often overlook them as I search for the more ‘exotic’ creatures such as nudibranchs, cephalopods or dragons. Sea stars are everywhere and not just many of the same type but a wide […]

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