Dusk and day at Coledale in the Illawarra, NSW.

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Stunning, if fleeting, colour and drama at Coledale, in the Illawarra region of NSW.

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Aerial (drone) photo of wave wrapping around rocks.

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Freedom and playtime on the beach.

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Another splendid summer day at Coledale Beach.

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Cheers 🙂

Early-summer thunderstorms, Caloundra.

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We have experienced a few dramatic early-summer thunderstorms at our new home over the last few weeks. These scenes are from Kings Beach and Happy Valley, at Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. Some show storms building, others in mid-action, and others of the retreat.

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Stormy light at Iluka, NSW.

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A recent overnight visit to Iluka and we were presented with a considerable storm system and some fantastic, and rapidly changing, light.

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Cheers 🙂

Weather – an East Coast Low and a low pressure trough approaching Australia’s eastern seaboard.

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A very powerful weather system is impacting a considerable portion of the east coast of Australia this weekend. Here is the Bureau of Meteorology link and the ABC link.

Here are three images: the first is an aerial image (drone) at Scarborough showing clear weather conditions before the system began to directly impact this section of the Illawarra Coast, and the remaining two images from Bald Hill show the first wave of weather making its way to the coast.

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Scarborough-2AM-0014. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Bald Hill 2AM 2771-2772 Panorama. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Bald Hill 2AM-002769. ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

Here’s to hoping the farmers and graziers get good rain where needed.

Thunder and lightning – Wombarra and Austinmer, NSW.

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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.

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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.

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Wombarra Headland 2AM 9864-9866 Panorama © Andrew McInnes

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Wombarra Headland 2AM 9867-9869 Panorama © Andrew McInnes

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The final two images include the Wombarra rock pool.

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Wombarra Rock Pool 2AM 9913-9914 © Andrew McInnes

 

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

 

Cheers 🙂

Nullarbor/Bunda Cliffs – South Australia

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A spectacular stop along the Nullarbor Plain and Eyre Peninsula in the very western parts of South Australia- we rested here for a night and enjoyed being surrounded by lightning storms and their associated thumping thunder.

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Nullarbor Cliffs 2AM 6514-6517 Panorama © Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Nullarbor Cliffs 2AM 6526and6529and6543 stack. © Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Nullarbor Cliffs 2AM-006542 © Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Nullarbor Cliffs 2AM-006502 © Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Nullarbor Cliffs 2AM-006487 © Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

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Nullarbor Cliffs 2AM-006495 © Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

Shipping containers, NOT Lego® blocks.

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The south west of Western Australia has just endured two very powerful cold fronts within 48 hours; the vicious winds tossed several stacks of shipping containers out of their orderly arrangement in Fremantle.

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Shipping Containers 2AM-005256. ©2014 Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

 

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Shipping Containers 2AM-005252. ©2014 Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

 

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Shipping Containers 2AM-005271. ©2014 Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

 

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Shipping Containers 2AM-005279and5281and5283 HDR ©2014 Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

 

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Shipping Containers 2AM-005315. ©2014 Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

 

Posting #5 of my road trip from Fremantle to Kununurra, Western Australia.

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All images in this post are from a very brief (overnight) stop in Broome and its immediate surrounds. A town full of history, gorgeous scenery, and the fabled Cable Beach.

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A glorious storm building over Cable Beach, Broome – Western Australia. In addition to the much needed rainfall, this storm did wonders ameliorating the hot conditions on that day. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

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A portion of Cable Beach. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

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Pioneer Cemetery, overlooking the bay. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

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Pioneer Cemetery, overlooking the bay. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

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Mangroves on Roebuck Bay. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

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Mangroves on Roebuck Bay. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

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Patterns by a sand bubbler crab. © 2014 Andrew McInnes

 

Sun Pictures (Sun Picture Gardens) is reportedly the world’s oldest picture garden still in operation.

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Sun Pictures. © 2014 Andrew McInnes.

 

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Sun Pictures. © 2014 Andrew McInnes.

 

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Sun Pictures. © 2014 Andrew McInnes.

 

Another glorious dusk as I departed Broome.

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Highway at dusk. © 2014 Andrew McInnes.