On yet another heartbreaking beach walk, I came upon many pipefish, weedy whiting, and tubemouths washed up and dehydrating in the sun. This one, identified by Janine Baker, is a tubemouth (Siphonognathus argyrophanes). Tubemouths are almost impossible to see in their natural habitat when diving among seagrass beds. Perhaps I’ve captured them before, but never […]
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No underwater images this trip, as my camera gear is all back in Ireland, so the vista of our little boat off Troubridge Point, anchored on the wreck of the Clan Ranald, will frame my post. Yesterday, the universe brought tide, wind, weather, and opportunity all together at the same time. Despite early rain and […]
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With the last light of the year’s penultimate afternoon nearly gone we headed west out of Baltimore following a simple little signpost labelled ‘Beacon’. We were hoping for a sunset, or maybe a quiet vantage out over the wild Atlantic. No sooner had we reached the Beacon than it seemed half of Baltimore and their […]
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The remaining pylons of the old Port Willunga Jetty would have to be one of the most photographed iconic features of the greater Adelaide coastline. ‘Most photographed icon’ often translates into kitsch so I looked for a different perspective in those last rays of sunlight and found one. You’d never even know there was once […]
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