I like it when it rains here, which isn't that often. I don't have to work when it rains. Can you imagine a sailor not working when it rains because he gets wet? ... well life isn't all bad. The weather here is bad at the moment, it is excellent and the rain is a god send.
Here are some images from when I've travelled to sail boats.
'An Impression of Terra Australis'
Off the Coast of Queensland, beating through Cook's Passage. Some evenings can be very nice when sailing off the coast and made even better by having a well plotted GPS unit.
'The Melbourne Skyline'
From the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria at Williamstown.
My Skipper and I went to Williamstown near Melbourne at the end of November for a regatta on Port Phillip Bay, to prepare for the coming Flying Fifteen World Championships. We did better than we expected at the regatta, for not knowing the finer points of the wind shifts on the bay. Melbourne is a beautiful city of modern glass and classical buildings. I'm staying in Melbourne over January and hoping to do much architectural photography and street photography.
'Corogoro'
Corogoro is a New South Wales mid North Coast Aboriginal word for a pregnant woman.
There is a corogoro on the horizon ... the headland at Arakoon a sacred woman's site. I hope that you can see her.
Taken from the Hat Head sea cliffs. Which are the highest sea cliffs in NSW.
Now an image from my neck of the woods, the Northern uplands of the Australian Alps.
'What? ... No Little Ravens!!!'
The second week into summer when the temp would normally average above 30C ... it is freezing.
The Little Ravens have left the peaks and they are now close to the roads. I'm guessing the Bogong Moths the birds main summer food, haven't moved to the high country yet because it is so cold or the winds have blown the moths out to sea. Every so often the moth numbers are much reduced by bad weather or when the prevailing winds change.
At this time of year, normally, the Little Ravens and Ravens would be congregating on the rocky summits on all the hills and peaks waiting for big juicy moths to start sheltering in the rocks ... but the Little Ravens and Ravens are still eating the road kill or are around town scavenging. I've not ever seen so many Little Ravens and Ravens so close to town at this time of year.
Have you seen the movie 'The Birds'? ... it is most creepy. If you haven't come and visit me. We will not have to drive far.
Warren.