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Southerly Point

Jason Benz — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:05:09 +0000

This beach was somewhere near mainland Australia’s most southerly point in Victoria 200km from Melbourne.

Karen is planning a trip around Queensland over Christmas 2014. I am hoping my camera and lens are back from Canon by then. In the meantime I have a decade of digital data to delve through to keep the weekly photoblog going.

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Surf’s Up

Jason Benz — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:23:40 +0000

This photograph of a surfer and wave was taken at Injidup Beach in Western Australia in 2011.

The weather here on the Gold Coast, Queensland has become unsettled recently. We have had a few thunderstorms. One produced 7000 lightning strikes and hail the size of golf balls. We are both fine and our van survived too.

Lifeguard Hut

Jason Benz — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:45:40 +0000

This lifeguard hut was taken at Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.

This weekend we hosted a flat warming with the few people we know in Southport. It was a lovely day and we were left with a small mountain of food to see us through the spring.

London Bridge

Jason Benz — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:36:33 +0000

We have left South Australia and followed the south coast into Victoria. This is London Bridge, or at least it was when a second arch connected it to the mainland. In 1990 it collapsed leaving a couple of tourists stranded on Australia‘s newest island. They were later rescued by helicopter.

We are now camped at the Avalon Rest Area which is a truck stop 50km from Melbourne and 20km from Geelong. It is the first free site we have stayed at with warm showers. Geelong faces Melbourne from the other side of the huge Port Phillip Bay. It is also where we have spent the last couple of days making use of the free internet in it’s libraries to look for work.

Melbourne is Australia‘s second largest city, although maybe not for much longer. It has grown by more than Sydney every year since the 2000 Olympics. It is also second only to London in the number of visitors to this blog so I feel duty bound to get some great shots of the city. If any Melburnians know of a good place we can park the Van while I photograph the city please leave a comment.

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Osprey Nest

Jason Benz — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:23:47 +0000

Due to many recommendations we decided to follow the coast around the Eyre Peninsula rather than taking the direct route to Adelaide. The coast continues to provide spectacular views such as this Osprey nest. When taking this picture I was torn between the desire to get the right angle for the shot and the instinct of self preservation which kicks in being so close to the edge of a cliff. Even Karen got very close to the edge in order to see the nest on the monolith. We are currently in the fishing town of Port Lincoln and expect to reach Adelaide in 3-4 days.

Great Bight

Jason Benz — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:18:37 +0000

We drove out of Western Australia on the 1st of March. This is the view at the Head of the Great Australian Bight in South Australia. Between June and October large schools of Southern Wright Whales can be seen hear on their annual breeding migration. The ranger told us numbers seem to be on the rise although he was concerned about the effects of BP using explosives to search for oil off the coast this year. Some fisherman had seen changes in behaviour of other marine life since BP started working in the area. We discovered our vans 30 litre tank seems to leak water when we are on the move. It has not been much of a problem yet as we have 46 litres of bottled water on board. Although every roadhouse and campsite has signs up informing you not to even ask for water as it is in such short supply we have managed to fill our tank once on the roadside from conveniently located rain catchers. These are tennis court sized roofs with guttering leading to a storage tank with a tap on. We have made good progress. Often covering 350km a day. We still hope to be in Adelaide before the end of the Fringe Festival on the 18th March.

Wave Rock

Jason Benz — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:36:00 +0000

This is Wave Rock in Western Australia. It must be said Australia does rocks in a big way. This particular rock is made of granite and is more than 2.7 billion years old. The wave part of the rock is 14m high and 110 m long and has been created by a process of fluvial erosion. The stripes on the rock are caused by water which flows down from the top of the rock which slopes up from the wave at its base. This image was created by taking three exposures and combining them using HDR processing. The rock has attracted a number of eclectic tourist businesses over the years. There is an Animal Park where we saw the Koala, A Lace Museum, A Toy Soldier display, A Wild Flower Farm and a well provisioned if expensive Caravan Park where we spent the night. There are a number of walks and drives and I would recommend spending a couple of days there.