Tasmania’s beaches and waterways are regarded amongst the best in the country and rightly so. Most of us head there at certain times of the year for a variety of reasons. I just like being there. Sometimes I ‘beachcomb’ or walk accompanied with my camera. The salt air along the coast and the clean air inland invigorates and restores me. Natural therapy. Although I appreciate (and often draw) the spectacular scenes that are to be found, especially our inland waterways, it’s the ‘neglected’ and ‘unnoticed’ that more often than not take my eye, such as a  small group of stones, pieces of driftwood, water tumbling over  rocks, a forest floor, light flickering on a stream, weathered shells and the impact of light and shadow on objects.

On the Coast

The sound of receding waves over pebbles on the out-going tide.

Piercing sunlight on ancient stones.

Birds floating in the air and on the sea

Gnarly driftwood at rest.

Tangled seaweed

Beachcombing

Inland

Wilderness

Alone

Crisp air

The sound of water

Birdsong

Wildlife on the move

No phone reception

Lush green

Light and shadow