Stradbroke Island, August 2015

We’ve been to North Stradbroke island (affectionately known as ‘Straddie’) twice this month to watch whales from the land. (The annual humpback migration north goes right past the east/northest side of the island). Foolishly I didn’t bring my camera the first time because I didn’t realise how beautiful it would be. But the second time, a week later, I did. Both winter days were beautifully warm and sunny, and the ride over on the catamaran a real joy, letting us see dolphins and seabirds each time.

Even from the ferry port, the view was lovely. Continue reading “Stradbroke Island, August 2015”

Taking my new camera lens for a day out

My new Nikon DSLR is great but lugging lenses and swapping them around is a pain in the butt. I ended up not even using the telephoto on our recent trip (although the weather was generally bad enough for that not to matter.) So when I saw the 16-300mm lens I’d been hoping to get before we head to Antarctica for Xmas, on sale, I snapped it up. And then I had to test it, didn’t I 🙂

These are all from Bribie Island. Continue reading “Taking my new camera lens for a day out”