My Commute Finally the days are getting long enough for me to capture some of the images on my daily commute. Through winter I drive home in the dark. And well mornings, they’re too focused on other things for me to get my head into it. So now I have light a time on my […]
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Golden Promise
That ‘pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’ might just be more than a myth in this freshly watered desert landscape. The rain now over, snippets of blue appearing in the north and then a beautiful rainbow as the weather’s parting gesture. It would all be dry again soon so we took note […]
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“I’ve been coming up here most weekends for the last 8 years”, he said, “and I’ve never ever seen any water in these creeks!”. What are the chances, we all thought? The one weekend we chose to camp out here in the rugged outback east of the Flinders Ranges is the one where 8 years […]
Read MoreTidal Shadows
Tidal ShadowsTidal creek mangroves cast elongated shadows across the low salty marsh of Garden Island in the last light of the day. These salty rivulets, now full during one of the highest tides of the season, will in a short time begin draining back out to sea.
Read MoreFlooded Garden
There was a big tide this evening and I was eager to see just how much of Garden Island became submerged. From my limited vantage it was really hard to tell. If I were to offer a guess I’d say two thirds of the swampy landmass was underwater. Garden Island continues to intrigue, delight and […]
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