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Bay of Fires 2017 Nov

Bay of Fires 2017 Nov


What does a closely-knitt family do when its members have just farewelled their beloved husband, dada or popa? Lena proposed that we go camping at the beach, and that seemed like an excellent diversion, so as soon as the guests had left, we began organising ourselves to go to the Bay of Fires. And as there are dog-friendly camping spots, Tessa packed her bag too. She was grieving in her own doggy way as much as everyone else, so I did not want to leave her alone at home.


Which do you prefer – scenery, or this little rogue?

The pure white sands, aqua waters and biscuit boulders (with orange icing) worked their charm. We were even blessed with a fabulous sunset. None of these things turns you magically from grief to happiness, but they do operate like balm on a wound, which, although it may not cure the wound, does make it more tolerable, and promises life after the injury. The beauty of the Bay of Fires made us glad to be alive and together, and refreshed us. Here is a selection of photos of the overnight stay.


This sort of thing is calculated to pick my spirits up.


Lena and Tessa play on the rocks


Even in the boring old daytime, it’s still beautiful.

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Schouten Island 2017 Oct

Schouten Island. October 2017.



Before Bruce’s disappearance, I had booked us both in to an HWC walk to Schouten Island, and we were looking forward to it. By the weekend of the walk, however, events in my life had changed dramatically; nonetheless, I thought I would like to go, albeit for entirely different reasons. I decided that seeking the soothing balm of nature and camping with a tiny group of friends would be restorative. I was right. These friends were just perfect, and I had a wonderful mixture of happy, healing company and much-needed solitude. We climbed mountains each day, and I had fun at dawn and dusk photographing the beauty of Schouten. The “peaks” we climbed were Bear Hill and Mt Story. I will give each its separate entry in the blog, and only publish some seascape shots in this entry.




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East Coast 2017 ii Apr

East Coast Tasmania. Photography blog.
First, some late afternoon shots:


And then there was dawn. Most of the shots below are exposures of 2-3 minutes. I love such super-long exposures and the silky effect they enable. It’s always fun playing with water pre-dawn. Quite frankly, I’m not sure which of the below tones I prefer. Each has its own attraction for me. I’m always interested in feedback if you’d like to comment. That would make a pleasant change from the endless spam that clutters my Inbox these days.


On the East Coast of Tasmania. the rocks have a beautiful ‘latent’ orange hue – that is, the hue is always there to some degree or other, but in very low light, the rocks really begin to glow – as in the photo below.