Bay of Islands Great Ocean Road for Skywatch Friday

 

Fickle weather at the sea

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Loch Ard Gorge Sky for Sky Watch Friday

 

Not posting enough from my various trips everywhere. My trips usually do not cost much as I rely on business allowance. 

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Hel wrote a wonderful post on Great Ocean Road

Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia for Sunday Best

 

Except from local website:

"Loch Ard Gorge is the site of the most famous shipwreck on the aptly named Shipwreck Coast. The Loch Ard ran aground crashing into Mutton Bird Island in 1878. The only two survivors Tom Pearce and Eva Carmichael managed to drag themselves to the safety of the beach inside Loch Ard Gorge. For a moment, these two tragic teenagers were the talk of the English-speaking world, which very much hoped they would marry (they did not). Walk along this sandy beach, dramatically closed in by towering sandstone cliffs. Explore several other short walks in this area including the cemetery where Tom and Eva’s less fortunate shipmates are buried."

I have stopped droning for a few months now. I will be droning in NZ next month. 

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Bay of Island, Great Ocean Road Sunset for Sky Watch Friday

 

An area that I would like to visit again.

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Happy Easter to everyone!

I am doing my mural round in Melbourne today. 

Seascape in Great Ocean Road for Sunday Best

 

The creamy water is giving a good vibe.

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Bay of Martyrs, Peterborough, Great Ocean Road for Sunday Best

 

Golden hour at Bay of Martyrs where historical genocide took place on local aboriginal population. 

Almost every coast I visited was filled with terrible history. Not a good feel walking these trails. 

I am heading to a volcano crater this morning. Also checking out a few limestone caves. Well, I hope I can find them lol.

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Bay of Islands, Peterborough, Great Ocean Road for Skywatch Friday

 

My long wait is finally worthwhile. It took me 3 weeks to find this moment. 

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Tom and Eva on Great Ocean Road for Water H2O Thursday

 

There are just way too many tourists. I could not bother waiting until sunset.

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Twelve Apostles Sunset Great Ocean Road for Treasure Tuesday

 

I cannot help being cheesy posting a frame that all tourists do here. People are all stampeding the boardwalk in the look out platform. The vibrations ruin my long exposure attempts. 

As I grow older, I prefer to stay away from the people. More like a recluse. 

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Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road for Sunday Best

 

As soon as I finish this post, I gonna drive to Wreck Beach. Believe it or not, there is a bit of sun coming through and wind is slowing down to 11 km/hr. Too good to be true.

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Great Ocean Road in Port Campbell National Park for Water H2O Thursday

 

In Warrnambool, a lot of Asian restaurants are run by Aussie cooks. It took me a long time to finally discover a Thai restaurant with original Asian style menu. Now I am eating at it on the daily basis. 

There is a location called Magic Rock off Warrnambool coast. However, I cannot access the location as I do not have a 4WD. That was one of my goal to finally get a pic from there. Pity

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Loch Ard Gorge in Great Ocean Road for Treasure Tuesday

 

It supposed to be a stormy weekend. On Saturday morning, there was a 2-hour cloud break among the thick cumulus clouds. 

I rushed through the routine and driving to a few locations in a hurry. Finally managed to get a few shots both in drones and camera.

Forecast is telling me another week of storms... 

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Hopetoun Waterfalls at Great Ocean Road for Randomosity

 

I used to frequent this location a lot. This was taken before the time a log fell in front of the falls. A co-worker asked for a photo like this, so I found from my large collection of photos. 

It is probably time to go back.

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Moonlight Head Beach for Skywatch Friday

 

This was one of the take I did in the past at Wreck Beach. I never seemed to get a decent weather there. 

Joel and I are planning to do this adventure again later this year. Mainly for astro photography along the great ocean road. Hopefully weather is better.

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Erskine waterfalls, Lorne, Victoria

 

Erskine waterfalls is very popular along Great Ocean Road. I used to frequent this location in university days once a month. There is a large Spanish population residing in this town. Local Paella is very nice which is only cooked up every Sunday evening. 

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Gibson's Steps Sunset, Great Ocean Road

 

I was lucky to get a celestial light under a thick cloud

Bills really go up a lot. I gonna install a large battery and solar panels to make it worthwhile. 

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This is in link with Wordless Tuesda My Corner of the World

Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia

 

I just love this part of my state. The health system is, however, a wreck. If anyone is not well, it is best to jump into the sea water instead of going into any of these hospitals here. At least one would get a natural death. 

I am finally finishing my round of work. It is time to recuperate over the weekends. So many roads were flooded so badly. 

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Gibson' Steps, Great Ocean Road, Australia

 

Yes, this place gets so many clicks by tourists, including me!

Funnily I did not use a tripod. Nor any filters. Just a simple click. 

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Great Ocean Road pics

Gibson Steps, Great Ocean Road

 

It is always refreshing to be around

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Love the light

Estuary at Great Ocean Road