Bearded Dragon - White Cliffs Opal Field

Pernatty Woolshed - End of an Era

As I wandered around Gum Woolshed, the shearing shed of Pernatty Station in outback South Australia (SA), sadness nagged at me as I viewed a story of the end of an era for Pernatty Station and the French family.

Kayak

Kayak on Bega River

Not only is a kayak a great fitness machine but it gets me around the flat water rivers and lakes to enjoy and photograph their unique landscape, near on impossible otherwise.

Quadbike

Hut overlooking Lake Eucumbene

With a cruising speed of around 50k/h on good going, the 4x4 bike and trailer carry photography gear, camp and tucker over considerable distances, allowing camping on site for the best light.

Mountain Bike

Lily and Granddad on mountain bikes

On the mountain bike I travel close enough to the ground and slow enough to see quite a bit that may otherwise be missed. Of course, the bike is mainly for travel on rural roads and tracks.

On Foot

Beach near Point Hicks

With a pack on my back, it's often not necessary to cover a great distance to capture the wilderness landscape. Anything from a few hundred metres to 15km can make a great day out in an isolated environment.

Details: Created: 29 October 2011

We camped a couple of nights at White Cliffs and did some of the obligatory tourist things that one does in White Cliffs, New South Wales (NSW). Returning from one of our walks, we stumbled upon this bearded dragon with the scientific name Pogona vitticeps.

Bearded dragon - pogona vitticeps

In order to photograph this lizard, I pointed the camera in about the right direction, close to the ground, allowing it to auto focus and auto expose. Out of half a dozen images I got a couple of suitable compositions, giving the feel of this small reptile living in the arid region of outback New South Wales, Australia.

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