category archives: random photos

australia flashback: a kangaroo, a beach, and a distinct absence of pebbles

[posted: ]  [0 comments]

situated right within murramang national park, pebbly beach is one of many stunningly beautiful beaches in new south wales’ south coast. just after tasting the most wonderful meat pies ever (they were “award-winning”, after all), we took a short detour from the main route for some beach time, and found ourselves on pebbly beach which, most notably, featured a distinct absence of pebbles.

a bit surreal: a kangaroo is hopping around at pebbly beach (murramarang national park, NSW), which isn't very pebbly.

it’s a beautiful beach, complete with natural dune vegetation and miniature rock pools at both ends. well worth spending a few hours! it’s also where we had our first encounter with kangaroos right on the beach, hopping around, grazing, and apparently just having a good time.

[categories: random photos, travel] [tags: , ]

hdr panorama: fimbatal, austria

[posted: ]  [0 comments]

another picture from the piz val gronda excursion in 2011:

the hdr panorama shows part of the fimba valley (fimbatal) at the swiss-austrian border.
the rugged landscape on the right is the result of tectonic windows, where marble columns “poke through” the eroding slate.

australia flashback: blue water hole, cape tribulation

[posted: ]  [0 comments]

working in the tropical rainforest of far north queensland doesn’t just mean you have an insane variety of tropical fruit available at your fingertips. it also means you can pop out for a swim in one of countless water holes, every now and then.

blue water hole, cape tribulation

pictured: the aptly named “blue water hole”, surrounded by lush rainforest, and almost always crocodile-free.

photospheres from australia: tropical rainforest, blue mountains rock climbing

[posted: ]  [0 comments]

since google now allows embedding of photospheres, i thought i’d share three more that i posted on g+ while in australia:

tropical rainforest at mossman gorge, far north queensland:


 
[more...]

[category: random photos] [tags: , ]

australia flashback: wattamolla cliff dive

[posted: ]  [0 comments]

i’m not usually somebody who jumps off big things. at least not without a rope or chute.

here’s a picture of my first ever dive from a height of more than 1 meter, at wattamolla beach, royal national park, australia.
because the tide was low-ish, the water level was almost exactly 10 meters below.

wattamolla cliff dive, royal national park, australia

[more...]

[category: random photos] [tags: , ]

australia flashback: grub street bookshop, melbourne

[posted: ]  [0 comments]

every few years, math and i find a cute little bookshop that is literally bursting with books. our latest discovery was grub street bookshop in fitzroy, melbourne:

grub street bookshop in fitzroy, melbourne

right across the street, there’s a freaky baby mounted on the wall of a house. [more...]

[categories: random photos, travel] [tags: , ]

australia flashback: johanna beach sunset

[posted: ]  [1 comment]

today’s flashback photo from the land down under depicts the sun setting behind strong surf at johanna beach, a small settlement just off the infamous great ocean road.

sunset at johanna beach, great ocean road, australia (hdr)

[categories: general, random photos] [tags: , ]