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BROLGA MAGIC – ALONG THE GIBB RIVER ROAD

Peta — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:56:15 +0000

I walked into a gorge for a sunrise shoot and came across two Broglas feeding. I was able to get fairly close and watch them dance and forage along the bank.

Brolga and other cranes have elaborate courtship displays. This mating dance is what Brolgas are most famous for. With wings spread and facing each other, the two Brolgas jump, dance and pirouette, prance about and perform with a lot of head movement. Brolgas will often jump a metre into the air with wings outspread, or they will beat their wings whilst taking a few steps forward. At the same time they make loud trumpeting calls to each other. Although primarily a mating ritual, such displays do occur all year round, but to a much lesser degree.

WEST KIMBERLEY – THE WET SEASON – BOABS

Peta — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:36:13 +0000

While working up in the Pilbara and the Kimberley over the last few weeks I did get a chance to get out for a sunrise and get some photos of Boabs. Boabs are striking without the leaves so it was great to get a chance to see them in the wet with leaves.

RED BULL

Peta — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:12:03 +0000

On Friday I managed a couple of hours to get down to South Perth to see the Red Bull pilots going through there paces. The weather wasnt the best for photos but it was good to test the 400mm lens out.

SURFING THE WAVES

Peta — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:00:57 +0000

THE 2010 COTTESLOE TO ROTTNEST CHANNEL SWIM

Peta — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:44:25 +0000

The Rottnest Island Channel swim was held on Saturday the 20th of February. The race departed from Cottesloe Beach and finished at Thomson Bay, Rottnest island. The distance of the swim is 19.7km. The event categories are Solo, Duo and teams of four.

Storm Approaches

Peta — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:51:31 +0000

Out and about and the things you come across……

Peta — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:45:01 +0000

So many abandoned cars are left on the freeway and the sides of the roads but this one was a bit different it was down a ditch. This ditch just happened to be fully fenced so it is amazing that it managed to get this far down. It was either very bad parking that went terribly wrong or another stolen car joyride.