Kayak Fishing Kow Swamp Victoria

 Sunrise over Kow Swamp near Gunbower.

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 The full blue / blood moon  setting

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 Kow Swamp

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 Bit rough as the wind got up on the exposed lake area.

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Kayak in its cradle keeping the tinny company.

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Westernport Whiting

King George Whiting, Sillaginodes punctatus prized for their sweet, delicate flavour. Peak season November – April, best bait Pipis.

Some King George Whiting and a couple of Pinkies (small snapper)

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 Westernport Bay boat ramp at Hastings Victoria

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HMAS Otama (SS 62/SSG 62) was an Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy. Otama was sold to the Western Port Oberon Association in 2001, who planned to preserve her as a museum vessel as part of the proposed Victorian Maritime Centre. Submissions to build the maritime museum at various locations on the Mornington Peninsula were repeatedly rebuffed. In late 2008, the submarine was listed for sale on eBay, but despite several expressions of interest, Otama was not sold.

source  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Otama

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 Skipper Matty searching for Whiting

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 He thinks he found a good spot

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 Job well done

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 All three of us bagged out, minimum size limit of 27cm and a bag limit of 20 per person. More than half were over 40cm.

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 Travis proud a punch

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Oh we laughed . . . 😄

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Millewa Community Pioneer Park in Meringur

On the way to the Flinders Ranges we stopped at Meringur, a farming settlement to the west of Mildura. It is located at the end of the Red Cliffs-Meringur Road towards the South Australian border. Meringur has a population of 20 and the only business still operating is the Meringur Post Office. While in Meringur we visited the Millewa Pioneer Forest and Historical Village open air museum. The Pioneer Village which has many original buildings and artefacts from the Millewa pioneers. Well worth a trip to see. We found the original Werrimull Railway Station building where my Mum actually worked as the Station Mistress for a short time in 1955 when Dad was a Ganger on the Victorian Railways and he was based in Werrimull, a few Kms East of Meringur.

Shadows of the past . . . . 

 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 250, 16mm f16, 1/80 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f2.8, 1/60 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 220, 16mm f16, 1/80 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 1600, 35mm f2.8, 1/60 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 1600, 11mm f5.6, 1/30 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 1600, 16mm f2.8, 1/60 sec

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Victorian Desert Tracks I

Wyperfeld National Park is open plains and mallee eucalypts, with a usually dry Outlet Creek through the middle that has flowed three times in the last 100 years. Outlet Creek is the overflow from Lake Albacutya and runs through the park and linking a series of lakes (also usually dry). Some of the 4x4 tracks that wind through what is classed as 'remote wilderness'. I entered from the Patchewollock eastern side and only ran down from Yarto (-35.498832,142.272091) to Dattuck Road (-35.588033,142.385881) partial track logged *here* in the park.

 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/125 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 400, 11mm f22, 1/80 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 900, 11mm f22, 1/80 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f2.8, 1/3200 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f2.8, 1/250 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f2.8, 1/2000 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/200 sec

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The Old Drive In Theatre at Birchip - CLOSED

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Blue and Tan

When reviewing images taken while attending the Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Show at Melbourne's Docklands precinct at the lower reaches of the Yarra River near the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, there emerged a definite Blue and Tan theme to the colours. See if you notice the stark contrast . . . BLUE

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BLUE Sky Apartments

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 18mm, f8, 1/400

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BLUE

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BLUE and TAN (brown)

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BLUE

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 40mm, f7.1, 1/1250

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 20mm, f7.1, 1/4000

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BLUE Meanie with Mini Meanie in the back . . .

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BLUE and TAN (brown)

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The Yarra River has been derogatively called "the river that runs upside down", a jibe at its high turbidity. The muddy brown colour is caused by the easily eroded clay soils of its catchment area. The water was clear at the time of the first European settlements, but intensive land clearing and development since the mid-19th century has resulted in the presence of microscopic clay particles. - Source Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_River

Victoria Hill, Bendigo

Bendigo had rich gold bearing quartz reefs and more gold was found between 1850 and 1900 than anywhere else in the world combined at that time. Deep shafts were sunk with at least 140 shafts exceeding 300 metres in depth, 67 exceeded 600 metres, and 11 were over 1,000 metres deep and represents the largest concentration of deep shafts anywhere in the world. Quartz mining on Victoria Hill was the world's richest and deepest reef field and by 1861, Victoria Hill had yielded at least 35,000 Kg in gold. A lot of mining was also conducted on the surface as well.

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The end of a mined seam of quartz. Maybe it opens out and is full of gold just beyond the surface? who knows?

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These above ground diggings were all hewn by hand and the most basic of digging equipment like hand picks.

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/250 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/1000 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/200 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/80 sec

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The remains of part of an automated quartz crushing battery