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Flinders Island & Strzeleki National Park

October 16, 2019 by sadhaka9

Nature bends to the will of the wind. Beaches extend for as far as the eye can see. Long and white. Pristine and untouched. Boulders groan under their industrial rust. Clouds touch the earth and the sky opens to blue. If you listen close enough you can here both fur and feathers travelling on the relentless breeze…

Categories: Animal, Australia, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Tasmania, travel • Tags: Flinders Island, Hiking, nature, photography, Tasmania, travel

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The Tarkine

September 5, 2019 by sadhaka9

It’s strange to be in one of the world’s last temperate rainforests and only see dryness. To hear the earth crunching underfoot instead of that soft, slippery suction of mud grabbing boot. Monolithic trees 800 years old tower above creaking and cracking, as if they can sense their impending doom. Unprotected against man, the bulldozers march in without a care. When water starts falling from above, will it be the rain tumbling from the sky, or the tears of nature […]

Categories: Australia, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Tarkine, Tasmania, Trees • Tags: Australia, Endangered, forest, Hiking, nature, Tarkine, Tasmania, Trees

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Lake St Clair National Park – Shadow Lake Circuit

June 30, 2019 by sadhaka9

How wondrous to be alone in the bush. To explore and discover the shadows and lights, the textures and colours. The spikiness of the bushes, the smoothness of the tree trunks. To bid good day to friends on the track and let them go about their daily business. To watch the growth and decay. The dryness and water. The cycle of life.

Categories: Australia, Hiking, Lake Saint Clair National Park, National Park, Photography, Tasmania • Tags: Australia, Hiking, Lake Saint Clair, national park, nature, Tasmania

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Dharawal National Park

June 29, 2019 by sadhaka9

A lush oasis in the centre of a eucalypt forest. Cool and green and clear. Rosellas sit amongst the trees contemplating the warmth of the suns rays against the cool breeze. Tiny flowers bloom as if to say peek-a-boo. If only for a minute. Green against green against brown against rock. An ancient place to dwell, to ponder.

Categories: Australia, Birds, Dharawal National Park, Hiking, National Park, Nature, Photography, Trees, Waterfalls, Wild Flowers • Tags: Australia, birds, bush, Dharawal National Park, flowers, Hiking, nature, New South Wales, Trees

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Vietnam

June 28, 2019 by sadhaka9

A journey across a developing country, a life of old and new. Of landscapes of mist and water. Of greens, blues, yellows and reds. Of smells and sounds, traditions and memories of war. A country blossoming, ready for progress and prosperity.

Categories: Photography, travel, Vietnam • Tags: nature, photography, travel, Vietnam

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Orchid Frenzy

June 27, 2019 by sadhaka9

The Orchid Flower – Sam Hamill Just as I wonder whether it’s going to die, the orchid blossoms and I can’t explain why it moves my heart, why such pleasure comes from one small bud on a long spindly stem, one blood red gold flower, opening at mid-summer, tiny perfect in it’s hour.

Categories: flowers, Nature, Orchids, Photography • Tags: flowers, nature, Orchids, photography

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A Foray of Fungi

April 14, 2016 by sadhaka9

…We diet on water, On crumbs of shadow, Bland-mannered, asking Little or nothing. So many of us! So many of us! We are shelves, we are Tables, we are meek, We are edible, Nudgers and shovers In spite of ourselves. Our kind multiplies: We shall by morning Inherit the earth. Our foot’s in the door. – Sylvia Plath, Mushrooms

Categories: Australia, Hiking, Mushrooms, National Park, Photography • Tags: bush, forest, Fungi, Mushrooms, nature, photography

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A Burst of Berries

April 10, 2016 by sadhaka9

A symphony of  joyful tints reside in the Autumn forests of Tasmania. Bursts of colour in the form of small and delicate surprises. Purple, red, blue, pink, orange and white happily mix together in harmony. Brightening the world under the greying sky. If only here for a moment they come to life with joy. Dotting the landscape in a celebration of the seasons just passed and welcoming the white winter wonderland they will soon sleep under.

Categories: Australia, Hiking, Mount Field National Park, National Park, Nature, Photography, Tasmania, Wild Flowers • Tags: Hiking, landscape, national park, nature, photography, Tasmania, travel, wildflowers

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The Cockatoo

March 3, 2016 by sadhaka9

When you’re walking a track in the middle of the bush and a cockatoo lands next to you and says “Hello” (I kid you not) it’s something special. “Oh hi” I said as he walked a little closer. “Hello”! I gave him a nut and we talked as if old friends. Soon I realised he was a decoy sent in to befriend me. One by one they came. Dropping like snowflakes in front of me. Hungry for a taste of […]

Categories: Australia, Birds, Photography • Tags: birds, Cockatoo, nature, photography

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