Mast and Riggin'

Often when I am slumbering I have a pleasant dream. With my sweet girl I am sitting down by some purling stream. Through England I am roaming with her at my command. Then waken broken hearted upon Van Diemen's Land... Anonymous Convict

Birding Nerding

I was fortunate enough to spot a pair of Pacific Bazas in a gum outside my window.

I know it's hard for some people to understand but I was so amped afterwards! Open your ears and eyes to the Australian bush whence splendour resides...

Ratlines and Bowsprit

Quayside at Sullivan's Cove, TAS

Captain Fell's

Wee Little Boats

Sullivan's Cove, Hobart. Wintering in the Apple Isle.

Our Moon

The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand.

- F.L. Knowles

Something To Look Up To

May Ye Merry Be

Aye, t' be sure, t' be sure...

Stanley

Timber peeler, plier of grain... The trusty old jack plane.

Another Empty Wreckage

There is something more ponderous, more significant about an empty wave than one ridden.
Is it a lonely life ended, or a journey spent? Is it a smaller part of a generation of breakers? Is it undefiled?
We are honoured to witness their breaking up - their wrecking.

Acropolis Now

Panthenon - Athens

Loaded

A pretty shorebreak about to unfurl.

Shearwaters

Amatuer birdwatching... KI SA.

Thumping

I'm not the biggest fan of the boog... but I can appreciate this brave soul's stoke for the view... and the inevitable thumping he's about to get.

Joy

Pigeon Lady, Athens, Greece.

Crestfalling

About to drop it's load in spite of the objectioning breeze.

Tip Jar Jim

Putting a fiver on the tip... Jim Mitchell, The Ol' Corner

Froth Gazing

Makes me think of clouds...

Cloud Gazing

A big bowl o' mash potato in the sky...

Continuous Line Drawing

Boomerang Beach NSW. Unidentified artist.

Angling

Standing On Sand

An indignant wave rising to its feet.

Bug Hunting Fowl

Living Smaller

One teeny step towards self sufficient smallholding... 3 ISA Browns and 2 Australorp Hybrids.

Here is one of the ladies getting a feel for the coop ladder.

Comber

Sandy bottom peeler whipping shoreward... Booti Booti NP

An Ol' Soul

What tales a boot could tell... My friend Mikey Mac kicking back.

Driftwood Landscape

My Old Friend

9'8" Oldfield Surfboards... glass by Carl Hassall - shape by various Oldfields.

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

I just stumbled into the wonderful world of Albert Kahn and his autochromes and I am smitten. My first post on another photographer... couldn't resist. Check out his collection of autochromes here.

Wallaby Skull

Found about six of these little fellas on a hike on Kangaroo Island. Prey for the eagles...

To See What the Bronica Sees

My wife was taking this beautiful shot with her Bronica from underneath a Jetty in S.A. I love looking through that viewfinder.

Two Ships

Running from the wind on the low seas.

Where I Can Only Wish To Be...

Chicka, Central Coast, NSW

Breakfast In Fez

The bittersweetness of Riad living.

Oh the Glory!

Kangaroo Island, SA. Ripper left on cobble stone point (left of frame).

Forlorn

Adrift from it's mooring and cast upon the shallows... I had nothing to do with this...

From A to B

Drawing a line... Jim Mitchell, Kiddies NSW

Emptiness

I wonder how many waves like this have gone unridden before the art of surfing found this beach. Queens, Lime Burners NP

A Life In The Sea

scarred by a life amongst the washing... what we all should aspire to be.

Let There Be Light

The 12 Apostles Vico - with good ol' light doing it's thing.

Within the South Seas

Looking for hidden treasure in a South Seas submarine cave... didn't find any but I did have some fun with my new water housing.

Looking Up

A stroll through the Green Cathedral

The Old Shed

Rydal NSW. An almost forgotten place to me now...

Shoes again...

'Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me'

The Slow Death of Rocks

Limeburners Creek National Park NSW

Shoes

It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking

A Moment

Branxton Rodeo again... a chance to don the felt hat and hobble into boots

Maple Leaf

Eagle

Feathery friend flying low while I stand on picnic table and shiver