Photography and video

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Seascapes and Sculptures

I’ve always been fascinated by seascapes and visiting new areas has been a great part of my enjoyment of sea kayaking. The Great Australian Bight certainly gives plenty to appreciate and here is just a small taste.

Clear calm waters along the Bunda Cliffs

Clear calm waters along the Bunda Cliffs

Granite islands

Granite islands

Granite outcrops

Granite outcrops

Often the elements sculpt the landscape into interesting shapes. Murphy’s Haystacks look like old time haystacks and the nearby granite is sculpted into various wave shapes.

Murphy's haystacks

Murphy’s haystacks

Stone wave formations

Stone wave formations

Weathered Insulbergs of granite

Weathered Insulbergs of granite

Other places have ever changing natural sculptures.

Shaped by the wind

Shaped by the wind

And sometimes you come across man-made sculptures that seem to blend into the environment

Salmon Pole

Salmon Pole

"She" with Top Gallant and Flinders Island on horizon

“She” with Top Gallant and Flinders Island on horizon

Sea Lion

Sea Lion

Left behind at the beach

Left behind at the beach

Gone surfing

Gone surfing

Fish Heads

Fish Heads

The Four Heads

The Four Heads

And sometimes man leaves things to slowly blend into the landscape.

Old dray cart

Old dray cart

Harvesters from the past

Harvesters from the past

Not every old piece of equipment is in decay.  We met Wes Davies who organised a classic car run from Perth to Sydney via the scenic route. Wes was a sheep buyer in this area in his younger days and now as a publisher and classic car fanatic in New Zealand, he shows others the beauty of the area in a truly classic way. I’ve always thought that certain cars from the 1950’s and 60’s had sculptured lines and a beauty of their own.

Perth to Sydney Vintage Car Rally.

Perth to Sydney Vintage Car Rally.

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Dolphins and sea lions

On the road again, this time with Matt and Kathrin who are visiting from Germany. Loaded with 2 double sea kayaks we travelled towards the west coast of South Australia in temperatures above 40 degrees C.

The  trip plan was to spend time in remote locations, paddle the coastline, swim with dolphins and sea lions, see lots of Australia’s wildlife and enjoy a few red wines along the way.Bus stop

Passing through Kimba, know as the town “halfway across Australia” or “middle of nowhere” you just have to have a photo taken in front of the “Big Gala”.Huge flocks of these noisy birds are common in this area.

Big Gala

After two days travelling, we set up camp and Matt and Kathrin enjoyed a relaxing 18km paddle in a shallow protected bay, to check out their borrowed kayak..

Launchig BB.

Next day was Dolphin Day when we swam with a large pod of dolphins and then spent time frolicking with Sea Lions. It sounds easy to film a pod of wild dolphins but the reality was far from that. They were in turbid water and were either going too fast to film or too close to get anything more than a fin in the frame. Still it was a fantastic experience to swim with the wild pod, Although the visibility wasn’t the best we managed to get some photos and video.

The sea lions of course were much easier to film as they played with us however only a few of them seemed interested in our games.

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Photo of the day

What happens when you’re in the right place at the right time with a camera in hand. Well you get picked for photo of the day by “Lets Be Wild”.

Let’sBeWild.com is an online adventure travel magazine, inspiring you to leave the comfort of the known for the excitement of the unknown.

A photo (by me) of Robyn paddling around the headland leaving Adventure Bay, Bruny Island Tasmania. Flat calm conditions for a couple of hours before the southerly winds sprung up again.

Link to the photo page here

You might also want to check out the Photo Essay “Dolphins of SA”

Happy New Year !!!!!…. Ian Pope

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Spring surf kayak session

At last a couple of decent days of weather in a row.  Today was such a beautiful day, clear skies, light winds and we could almost call it warm. I’ve had enough of winter now and my arthritic joints are certainly looking forward to summer.
Only one problem with the day; the surf was tiny, however Michael and I were desperate to wet a paddle so we opted for a short blast at our local surf spot. Robyn managed to capture a couple of happy snaps which I’m sure you will enjoy, sitting at your work desk.

Have a great day

Ian, Robyn and Michael
PS  You can also see the photos from the slideshow on our Flickr site

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Photos from “Wilson Prom” paddle- Victoria, Southern Australia

Donna Hamilton sent me a few photos from the paddle she did with Mal H, Mal B, Margaret and Anna. They paddled from Port Welshpool to Refuge Cove and return. This is a beautiful coastline and the campsites along the way are worth the paddle.
Donna took 580 shots on the trip and here are just a few.

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Bruny Island Tasmania photos

I was organising some of the photos from the last Bruny Island Tasmania trip and decided to publish a few. Hope they give an idea of the fantastic terrain in this area. Lots of great cliffs and sea caves to explore as well as deserted beaches and beautiful campsites. Ofcourse it was a balmy Tassie 14 degrees most days, hence all the warm gear on and off the water.

Cheers and Happy New Year !!!!  ….Ian and Robyn

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