Crawley Edge Boatshed, aka the Blue Boat House – Perth, Western Australia.

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Sun and rain and rainbow over the Crawley Edge Boatshed. This little boathouse is a magnet for the “insta” crowd, with crowds lined up daily to get their images here.

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Cheers 🙂

Boats at dusk – Town of 1770, Queensland.

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Boats at rest during a tranquil sunset on Round Hill Creek – the Town of 1770, Queensland.

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Cheers 🙂

A tumultuous dawn over Norries Head at Cabarita Beach, NSW.

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Morning surfers and a tumultuous dawn over Norries Head at Cabarita Beach, NSW.

Cheers 🙂

Supermoon, November, 2016 – Kings Beach, Caloundra, QLD.

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

After initially being occluded by clouds caressing the horizon, the supermoon shone over Kings Beach, Caloundra – on the superb Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

Cheers, 🙂

Wombarra Headland and Wombarra Rock Pool, NSW.

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A short series of images from Wombarra in the Illawarra, NSW.

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Cheers.

Thunder and lightning – Wombarra and Austinmer, NSW.

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Last week (early December, 2015) we witnessed a wonderful series of lightning storms in the northern Illawarra area of New South Wales, Australia. Surrounded, but not underneath any particular cell, the light and drama at Austinmer and Wombarra was spectacular!

Here is a panorama of one of the lightning storm cells bathing Austinmer Beach in amazing light.

Austinmer 2AM 9850-9852 Panorama © Andrew McInnes

Stormy light over the Pacific, incorporating a little of Keswick House.

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Just a little further north is the village of Wombarra, from where the following three images were captured.

Wombarra Headland 2AM 9864-9866 Panorama © Andrew McInnes

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The final two images include the Wombarra rock pool.

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’twas a wonderfully dramatic sky, with quite the lightning show that was ongoing for quite some time. I hope you enjoyed these images.

Cheers 🙂

Posting #12 of my road trip from Fremantle to Kununurra, Western Australia.

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Andrew McInnes Photography

The 12th and final posting of my trip up to Kununurra and back!
This is a small collection of images from a brief detour to visit the wonderful Tunnel Creek National Park.

The view as you near Tunnel Creek along Leopold Downs Road. This is part of the Napier Range: Devonian reef from 350 – 375 million years ago.

Underneath the bluff in the following picture is ‘Tunnel Creek’ – a 750 meter erosion tunnel through the Napier Range, eroded by a creek. The tunnel is purported to be the oldest cave system in Western Australia!

This is a day-use park only; this is my trusty 1984 Toyota Hilux in the parking area – only a very short hike to the cave entrance.

Along the trail to the cave entrance…

Inside Tunnel Creek, looking back toward the entrance…

Looking deeper into Tunnel Creek – follow it to the right 😉

That’s it for now. Until next time, thanks for visiting.

Posting #11 of my road trip from Fremantle to Kununurra, Western Australia.

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Near Wyndham, and still proximal to Kununurra, is a world-renowned birding area known as Marlgu Billabong – part of Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve. Dusk and dawn are the best times to visit and observe the varied avifauna, yet anytime is a good time to be outdoors 🙂

The scenery as you enter Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve…

Arriving at Marlgu Billabong…

A sampling of the abundant bird wildlife:

In addition to the wildlife, flora abounds. These water lilies were stunning at dusk…

Dusk over Marlgu Billabong.

Two quick views over nearby Wyndham, including tidal flats.

That’s it for this post; I hope you enjoyed the images.

Posting #10 of my road trip from Fremantle to Kununurra, Western Australia.

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A collection of images from Lake Kununurra, Lily Creek Lagoon, Ivanhoe Crossing, and the iconic Cockburn Ranges – all proximal to Kununurra, Western Australia.

A delightful boat ride up Lake Kununurra – the dog enjoyed the trip, especially the breeze in its face.

A couple of the numerous and delightful inlets along the way.

The exposed geology is fascinating and stunning.

The Kimberley region has numerous sites with indigenous rock art; this particular location is very near to Kununurra.

The view from the boat ramp on Lily Creek where we began and concluded this trip up Lake Kununurra.

Lily Creek Lagoon with ‘Sleeping Buddha’ in the background.

Off on a road trip now, just outside of Kununurra…

A couple of images of vehicles crossing a small creek on El Questro where we stopped off for a refreshing dip (swim).

Not far past El Questro, on the famed Gibb River Road, is the Cockburn Range which is adjacent to the iconic Pentecost River but the river was flowing too much for us to make a crossing. There was an unfortunate couple stranded during their attempt at crossing – their front axle fell into a deeply eroded hole resulting in a cracked oil-pan or something similar, necessitating a tow out of these croc-infested waters.

Having captured this late-afternoon image of a man fishing for barramundi with a live bait on a hand line at the fast-flowing Ivanhoe Crossing, Kununurra, I moved on to shoot other nearby compositions. This area is accessible for the numerous salties of the Ord River and is also thick with barramundi. Soon after I moved I saw this fisherman in a mighty tug-of-war battle that, with the aid of the deep and rapidly flowing water, soon had him precariously close to taking an involuntary bath! Ultimately he was saved the ignominy as his large gauge hook was straightened, thus losing whatever was on the end of the line!
The Ivanhoe Crossing is no longer open to vehicles.

The next blog posting will contain images from Marlgu Billabong and Wyndham.
Until then, cheers.

Malaysia (3 of 3) – Scenes from a ship on the South China Sea.

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Andrew McInnes Photography

This is the third, and final, post covering my recent trip to Malaysia. As it was not a photography or vacation trip, I took one camera with one lens – no tripod, flash, etc. Consequently, all of these images are handheld or rested on objects, and all are taken essentially as ‘snapshots’ throughout the day/night and with whatever light was available, not targeted light. All images were captured with Canon 7D and Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens. Taking images with a slow shutter speed on a moving ship is certainly challenging 🙂

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Clouds and some of the unidentified islands (to me at least) of the South China Sea, photographed through the plane’s window somewhere between Kuala Lumpur (on the Malaysian peninsular) and Labuan Island (just off Malaysian Borneo).