September 2017

Sorry if this is a tad late, but we have been on a houseboat out of Mildura on the Murray River without wifi.

At the beginning of September we  went over to Kingston as Des had a gift card from 'Essential Ingredient' burning a hole in her wallet.  We stopped off at Bowen Park to give the dogs a run, and I was taken by the amount of duckweed floating on the lake; then by the reflections of the Kingston Foreshore Apartments in the lake.

Duckweed and reflections

Coming out with everything but the kitchen sink

Mr & Mrs King Parrot sharing a tray

This month's photo challenge was candid or street photography.  While I considered using the previous one of Des outside 'Essential Ingredient', I finally elected to go with two in black and white.

Crossing the construction Zone

Smart Phone Papparazzi

Walking the dogs one morning, Esme leapt into a pile of leaves and disappeared.  It was a culvert about a metre deep and full of leaves.  She was very startled when she surfaced.

Esme swimming in leaves

Male Superb Blue Wren

 I have been wanting to take some photos of the development near the Canberra Airport and finally found the time to do so.

Brindabella Park - one of a number of buildings

Charging Hippo aka a Moving Car

Mr Frogmouth on the nest

Apartments going up in Gungahlin

On the Murray

Murray Hawk - moored for the night

Still and blue

An "Interesting" dead tree

Goanna on the alert

Pelicans at sunrise

One of our 'escort'.  The swallows must have nested under the houseboat as they escorted us for the ten days we were on the move.

Another "Interesting" tree

Pelican Parliament

Frequent Fliers

Closest we came to rain

River Gums at sunrise

Sunset over the Murray

August 2017

Welcome to the August collection.

Lake Ginninderra sunset

Over the years I have taken a number of photos from Shepherds Lookout, and this month I took the drone there to get photos looking towards the viewing platform and the cliff.

Looking back at Shepherds Lookout

We spent a few days at Congo, just south of Moruya on the South Coast NSW.  Wonderful sunrises, sunsets, calm creeks and wildlife.

Congo Creek

Congo Creek

Congo Beach sunset

Sunrise from our accommodation

Congo sunrise

Wandering Echidna

White-faced Heron

Old barge - Moruya River

Not Catching - Moruya River

Moruya River seawall from South Head

Oyster Leases on a flooding tide

Galahs

This month's Challenge from a photographer I am following was 'Still Life' - these were my entries.

Still Life - a collection of glassware

Still Life

One of my daily walks with the dogs includes the West Belconnen Pond in Dunlop.

Dunlop Pond

On 27 Aug, son Jim and I planned to drive up into the Snowy Mountains to try and photograph wombats in the snow.  That day also coincided with a heavy snowfall closing the back road to Adaminaby for a while and trapping a number of two-wheel drive vehicles.

Boboyan Road leading to Adaminaby

Road into Shanahans Carpark

Unable to get through to Adaminaby, we turned back to Yankee Hat carpark for a couple of hours.

Kangaroos on the flat

Granite boulders and snow on the peaks

Flame Robin

More Granite

A VERY large 'roo

With VERY large forepaws

Jim spent time chasing his windblown hat

After a couple of hours, we thought that enough heavy 4WD vehicles would have been over the road and assisted the stuck vehicles.  The snow had stopped, so we pressed on towards Adaminaby, stopping at Brayshaw's Hut.

Brayshaw's in the snow

We had no luck in finding wombats in the snow, but there was no shortage of wallabies and kangaroos.

Cattle at Yaouk

Bridge over the Murrumbidgee at Yaouk

Drone's eye view of Sams River

And to finish the month - the dogs!

Esme on her favourite lookout

Pepper