Weekly Photo Challenge-On-The-Way

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

On the Way

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On January 4th, 2013 I drove Victoria’s

Great Ocean Road

with some Canadian friends

Great-Ocean_Road_1193We were heading west to Lochard Gorge and had

been on the road for half an hour

before we arrived here.
Loch Ard Gorge_1238aBy the time we arrived at Loch Ard Gorge…

some 6 hours later…

the temperature was around 44 degrees Celsius

and the bitumen in the car park was melting

under the weight of tourist traffic.
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Note, everyone is hugging the shadows.

I have been down in the Gorge many times…

but that day was the first time

I wished I had not done so.

The heat was stifling.

Fortunately the return trip, via an inland highway

was only about two hours.
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At the other end of the temperature gauge,

we sighted the Antarctica ice pack

while travelling to Africa last year

you-yangs_0065Yesterday, Friday, I decided to take a photographic drive

around the outskirts of Geelong.

At one stage I was one the way to the You Yangs,

but decided to leave the trip for another day.

pigeon_0095I had an appointment in Geelong and was early.

I noticed this pigeon on a vacant lot across the road…

pigeon_0100thoroughly searching the landscape

before swooping down for lunch and…

pigeon_0098becoming almost invisible among the weeds.

pelican_0067Finally, I found Percy who was almost preened

for a night out on the town.

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Cee’s Black and White Challenge:

Take a New Photo.

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On Thursday I ventured down to the coast…
beach_0070abhoping for a rough sea, lots of waves…and spray.
beach_0071aUnfortunately this was the largest wave sighted.

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Bell’s Beach, near Geelong, is the setting for the

Australian Surfing Championships

at Easter each year.

Bell’s Beach was just behind me when I took this shot

beach_0075In this shot, Anglesea can be see on the other side of the bay.

So that is my selection of photos for the challenge…

hot out of the camera.

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Cee’s Black & White: Take-a-New-Photo

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