True Blue

Its one of those things you need to see to believe - the water colour at Lucky Bay

Smoke Haze at Sunset - Cape Le Grand

Smoke from bush fires around the Esperance Shire created some different tones and colours at dusk on Cape Le Grand beach.

Twilight Cove

Drifting into blue hour at Twilight Cove, Esperance, Western Australia

Waiting

Fourth Beach, Esperance, Western Australia. Where waiting for the wave is just as fun as riding it.

Elephant Rocks

No wild elephants in Western Australia, but the rocks at Elephant Cove certainly do look like a herd of them taking a bath in beautiful green water. Near Denmark, in Australia's South West, you can find these 'Elephant Rocks' in WilliamBay National Park. One of the big attractions of the region. Swimming out among these giants gives you a wonderful perspective out to the great Southern Ocean.

Smokey Moon Reflections

I love a full moon. Sometimes not just for its glowing shape set low in the sky, but for the light that it casts. In this case, in Brisbane the full moon rose through a murky haze of smoke caused by the tragic Queensland bushfires at the time. It’s usually silver light, now a golden amber, bathing the mangrove flats of Nudgee Beach with other worldly colour.

Blood Red Sky

Blood red sky. Another striking thing I noticed in Queensland on this visit was the skies at sunset. Amber red. A product of the smoke haze from the bush fires. Eerie yet beautiful. Here’s another scene from Nudgee Beach, the blood red sky caught as reflections in sand flats, creating interesting patterns leading the eye out to silhouetted mangroves in the background.

Beach in a Dream

The pastel colours of Cape Le Grand beach in Esperance, Western Australia, melt together to form a mesmerising band of colour.

Lone Surfer

A surfer waits for a set in the opal blue water off Cape Le Grand beach near Esperance, Western Australia. Great visibility to spot any sharks if they are about too.

Silky Sunset

Silky colours of a sunset from Cape Le Grand beach, Western Australia.

Out to Sea

A fresh water creek meanders across Cape Le Grand beach in the National Park near Esperance, Western Australia. Its crystal clear waters reflect the clouds and colour in the sky, just catching the morning sunlight. In the distance a rain shower is also illuminated by the morning glow.

The Nursery at Thistle Cove

The granite boulders and mountain peaks are a feature of the Cape Le Grand National Park near Esperance, Western Australia. At Thistle Cove a cluster of these boulders look like they have rolled out to sea, enduring the full brutal force of on coming waves. A less robust rock would have submitted long ago. A longer exposure shows the waves as a soft ethereal mist and the rocks look like they are resting quietly in the calm. A nursery for the fallen?

Opalwash

A short walk from the main beach at Hellfire Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia is a less frequented little beach, somewhat unoriginally named “Little Hellfire”. This is a beautifully isolated beach that still turns on the magic that its elder brother around the corner produces. The waves washing over these rocks at the end of the beach creates a pallet of colour that reminds me of a stunning opal, with the flecks of green-blue sparkling at you. You just want to keep watching.

Freshwater Creek at Cape Le Grand

Sunset scene at a freshwater creek, Cape Le Grand beach in the Cape Le Grand National park, Western Australia

Lucky Bay Lookout

View from the top of the lookout at the East end of Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand national park, Esperence, Western Australia

Aquabliss

Its easy to lose yourself in the breathtaking beauty at Hellfire Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia. The water colour and the clarity on days like this one are absolutely stunning. Two swimmers enjoy the amazing conditions as the surf rolls through, creating small eddies and currents that shimmer and sparkle. Its like watching a campfire in electric blue. Bliss.

Solitude in Clarity

A swim at Hellfire Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia is something you don’t forget easily. The water clarity is amazing on a calm day and the white sand under the waves creates a beautiful blue that is mesmerising. You can easily get lost in the solitude you will find just drifting across this extraordinary pristine wilderness of colour.

St Elmo's at Hellfire

Hellfire Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia is breathtakingly beautiful on a clear calm day. Thought to be named after St Elmo's fire, which is a blue flame like electrical discharge that occurs above ship masts. The water in this little bay produces amazing colour that is mesmerising. A lone swimmer can be seen getting ready to enjoy a swim. A deserted beach like this, who can resist!

Cadaques at Sunrise

Cadaques at sunrise, Spain on the Costa Brava coast, a beautiful little town near the southern border with France

Still Morning in Cadaques

Beach Sunrise Cadaques

Sunrise on the beach at Cadaques, Spain on the Costa Brava coast, a beautiful little town near the border with France.