Curved Rock

Round Rock

This is part one of a series of three displaying different shaped rocks that you find down south.

Gone surfing

Brad goes for a splash at South Point with his 7-ft winged-keel 1960s surfboard.

South Point Surf Break

Gracetown, WA

This is Gracetown, a small community, built up on a hill overlooking the Indian Ocean. Gracetown lies about 283km south of the Perth CBD, in the Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council area.
The community consists of a permanent population of about 200, but in summer Gracetown is a popular holiday destination for people from all over Australia as well as from overseas.

South Point Surf Break/Huzzawuiee - Gracetown WA

Now from the woody forest down to the rocky foreshore of the Indian Ocean. This is South Point, a few kms off the coast near a sleepy town called Gracetown. The surf breaks along this stretch of coastline provide great fun for experienced surfers.

Forest Fern

Golden Leaf

Karri Tree Bark

This is the bark peeling off the Karri trees.

Road to more forest

This is also Boranup Forest with the main road going through it. No picture can ever do this impressive forest any justice as to how beautiful it is there.

The t(h)ree brothers

The Karri tree is the third tallest tree in the world!

These pale-barked Karri trees in the Boranup Forest (within Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, near Margaret River), reaching 60 metres or more high, dominate the hilly slopes and valleys.

The trees create a powerful contrast with the rest of the coastline.

Old Farm House - Cowramup W.A.

This is the start to a series of pictures I will be posting for the upcoming week. All images have been taken in South Western Australia. This photo shows an old run-down farm house just out of the small community of Cowramup, WA.
The name is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word "Cowara", meaning a Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parrot). Locals from the region often refer to the town as 'Cowtown', a reference to the use of 'cow' in the towns name and its history of dairy farming. The nickname is now extensively used in advertising for tourism in the town.

Perth Domestic Airport

At Perth Domestic Airport you can go upstairs to watch the planes arrive and leave. It's always nice to watch how it all works.

Telephone cord

Shown in the image is the "creeper" part of the passionfruit tree that grabs hold onto anything in order to spread out. In this picture it looks like an old fashioned telephone cord.

Passionfruit

This is the fruit developing from the flower of my previous picture. It still has a long way to go until it is ripe and eatable. The Passionfruit skin turns into a brown/purple colour once it is ripe and then the fruit simply falls off the tree.

Passionfruit Flower

This is a flower in full bloom on our Passionfruit tree in the back yard. This year is the first time in about 3 years we actually have a lot of flowers and fruit on the tree. Passionfruit just tastes delicious!

Rays of light

I went to catch up with a friend at a nearby cafe opposite the beach late this afternoon, when I noticed the sun rays shining through the left-over rainclouds from last night's storm. Magical...

Freeway South - Early morning

I took this photo on my way to work at 7:45AM today. In the background you can view the Perth City skyline (coming from North, heading South) and in the foreground "Leederville" train station is to be seen. Every morning, for over 2 years now, I have been taking this route to get to work in South Perth and I keep thinking I need to take a picture of this exact spot, while driving along the freeway. Well and today I finally managed to position my little Canon IXUS70 on top of the steering wheel in order to add some sort of stability to the camera and then to press the shutter button at the right time :) "Children. Do not try this at home."

Dolphins catching waves

Flying high

Lines

Back-lit Banana leaf

Tall timber