Naturising with Naturalists
It won’t come as a surprise to you, that the other day I finally joined the Tasmanian Field Naturalists. I had been meaning to for a while, but it was one of those things I kept forgetting to do, which…
Gumboots
Reminding me why I miss Melbourne
We have been here close on two years now, each time we get visitors I get a little ‘Melbourne sick’. Not sick for the actual place, take that or leave it really. Okay, well sometimes when I desperately want Red…
Styx with Boots and Beams
I totally love the world. The world where there aren’t people. Not that I don’t like people, people are good value and can be highly entertaining at times, but I really really really love the world where plants and bugs…
Two Huts and an Ice Skating Rink
Last week myself and a couple of buddies, who for the purpose of conformity across this post shall remain nameless, went off on our first Hut Hunting expedition on a mountain close to Hobart, which shall also remain nameless. No…
Red tide that is blue
Lately we have been seeing blooms of Noctiluca scintillans lighting up the beaches in southern Tasmania. Not every beach, everywhere, yet there has been a particularly fantastic bloom happening down at South arm beach. I was out aurora hunting with…
From summit to… not summit
I’m pretty lucky to be able to run up the mountain for a sunset and then run back down again to find a relatively empty beach to shoot the aurora… In hindsight, this night I should possibly have stayed up…
Camping with Beams
Recently, as in a few days after xmas, we spent 3 nights hanging out up the East Coast of Tasmania. Scamander to be precise. Which is pretty much close to the top North East end of this little island. Everywhere…
Why I don’t like you butchering my photos
Perhaps butchering is a harsh word. Not all people butcher, but there is a huge tendency to crop and edit. When I say edit I really mean add Instagram filters or other various phone app effects to my shots. Look.…