Wildlife Wednesday 3 - Kookaburra

This little chap makes one of the most recognisable animal sounds in Australia. The laughing Kookaburra is often heard cackling away all over Australia. They are of the Kingfisher family but much larger than the famous blue Kingfisher. This one was particularly friendly and seemed to enjoy having his picture taken.

Mount Gambier - The Mysterious Blue Lake

This amazing image is of 'The Blue Lake' in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

This image has not been enhanced or had the colours changed. The blueness is seasonal and apparently can be even bluer than this... if you can imagine that!
There is a scientific reason for the blue colour "it revolves around the warming of the surface layers of the lake during the summer months to around 20 degrees Celsius (70 °F), causing calcium carbonate to precipitate out of solution and enabling micro-crystallites of calcium carbonate to form. This results in scatter of the blue wavelengths of sunlight. (thanks wikipedia)"

Anyway, enough of that, we love the lake just because it's blue! :)

Great Ocean Road

Here we have an image of one of the worlds most scenic drives. It is 400kms of road along the south eastern coast of Australia in Victoria. It was built in 1919 by servicemen as a memorial to their fallen colleagues in WWI.

It rained a lot whilst we were in this area and we had to wait a while to get this beautiful photo opportunity.

White Cliffs Budget Accommodation....!

In Whitecliffs, New South Wales we were looking for somewhere to stay and drove passed this nice looking place. What do you think?

Busselton - Picture Postcard

This little gem is 220km south west of Perth in Western Australia. The place is Busselton and it's their 2km long jetty started in 1865. This shot reminds me of a painting or postcard and it's one of my faves. We had fun here taking images of the jetty and I have a couple more up my sleeve for the future...