<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" In this moment the low sun has brought this spider’s web into backlit relief but its owner is nowhere to be seen. I did not have very much time to capture this image. A few moments earlier the background was too bright giving little overall contrast, a few moments later the … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Morialta Conservation Park is beautiful reminder of what the untouched Adelaide Hills would have been like before Western settlement. The park is also a popular place for observing koalas and on this occasion we spotted two koalas in the trees. Some others said they had counted nine in the hour or … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" A while back I happened by chance across the historic Mt Lofty train station while running some errands in the Adelaide Hills. On that occasion being the middle of the day the light was not very good so I made a note to come back. Today I found myself again driving … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" For all those out there who like to make things, who like to pull thinks apart, who like to put things back together into new an innovative ways. At least in Adelaide, today this was the place to be. There is a quiet revolution taking place in the hobbyist and cottage … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" While out this evening I decided to investigate one of the loudest screeching carry on of birds I have ever heard. Through all the trees, out on the high school oval and in the twilight sky above there were corellas everywhere! This massive flock of long-billed corellas, Cacatua tenuirostris, or simply … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" One of the most amazing sea creatures to inhabit our coastal waters is the Australian giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. Aside from being the world’s largest cuttlefish species, it is also one of the most curious and engaging and will interact for ages if you want to play. This one at Port … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Clear skies and beach weather again. Well almost though it getting cooler now as we head into Autumn. It’s actually a nice time for the beach as the water is still warm enough. On this occasion I only took photos. Even though the ‘jetty’ shot has been done to death I … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I am certain there is nothing more conducive to letting your mind run free than being out in open spaces. Perhaps it does not matter if it is some vast open wilderness or some great city from afar. It is the space between the viewer and the scene which make all … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" From our original vantage this dam looked like a muddy puddle. Down and up close the receding water revealed drying and cracked mud, pock marked with animal tracks testament to the importance of this water on local grazing sheep. The stark barren nature of this place is absolutely a product of … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There is a cairn on one of the ridge tops bordering the ‘Steingarten Walk’. It is a place I have seen many times from a distance but never before visited. Today I remedied that omission. Looking into the distance, just left of centre is Pewsey Vale Peak, the highest point in … Read more