South Gipplsand, Winter 2012.
This is the result of a cruise with some friends one fine day about a week after some really heavy rains. Gippsland often looks it's best after a bit of a shower.
South Gippsland is the wettest part of Gipplsand and runs up from the coast (Inverloch, The Prom, etc) into the Strzelecki Ranges.
The first shots are the ruins Knox's Farm which has some historic significance, followed by this trestle bridge that sits beside the South Gippsland Highway.
After this we moved onto Agnes Falls and the Windfarm up in the hills behind Toora and got some shots over the hills down to Port Welshpool with Wilsons Promontory
over the other side of the water. We ended the outbound leg down at Port Welshpool and played at the piers with the fishermen, their boats and some seabirds.
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It's a bit of a long page so just take your time, the light gets better and better all through the day.
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Steel rimmed wheel at Knox's Farm, Leongatha
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Looking at one tower through the dairy window.
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Knox's Rockhill Dairy -collapsing ruin.
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Knox's Rockhill Dairy -collapsing ruin
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Knox's Rockhill Dairy -collapsing ruin
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Knox's Rockhill Dairy -collapsing ruin
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Knox's Rockhill Dairy -collapsing ruin
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Knox's Rockhill Dairy -collapsing ruin
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Trestle Bridge beside the South Gippsland Highway, East of Leongatha.
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Some guys on bikes going past.
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Looking down off the road at the old trestle bridge system. .. update: it was called the Tarwin River Trestle system I think.
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Old power pole leaning into shot, just one of those perspective shots designed to mess with your head for a second.
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Closer in to the trestle bridge.
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The creek looks like it might be a bit wider than normal.
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The ducks are enjoying it anyway
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Further up the road, on a walkway specifically built for viewing the old trestle carriageway.
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Looking down on the fenceline
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Agnes Falls
Agnes falls is 59 meters (see link at the end of the page) however you'd need some serious abseiling and safety equipment to get to the right place to shoot that from. The best spot to shoot from is probably in mid-air, say about 50 meters off the ground so that the excitement at the top is in shot but the long fall to the pool can be captured in the same image. Instead, what I have is just a few shots at various exposure times, using fast shots to capture the energy and longer exposures to catch the flow.
Agnes falls is 59 meters (see link at the end of the page) however you'd need some serious abseiling and safety equipment to get to the right place to shoot that from. The best spot to shoot from is probably in mid-air, say about 50 meters off the ground so that the excitement at the top is in shot but the long fall to the pool can be captured in the same image. Instead, what I have is just a few shots at various exposure times, using fast shots to capture the energy and longer exposures to catch the flow.
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Agnes Falls
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Agnes Falls
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Agnes Falls
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Agnes Falls
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Agnes Falls
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The lay of the land
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First shot of the waters, Wilsons Prom in the background.
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Shooting at boats from the windfarm
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Windfarm shot, into the sun.
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Windfarm shot, across a dam.
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Port Welshpool from a lookout above Toora
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Forbidden tree shot. oops.
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The 'Lady Hendrina' sitting in the mud at low tide.
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Man-Size light bulb.
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Prawn trawler I guess, judging by all the light bulbs. .. how do get out to shoot one of these in action? Has to be tried one day.
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Fresh Salmon
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Reflectors on sticks? .. bit of a guess but does this help them find the net later?.. probably.
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The Net
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Lights in a row : I'm impressed that these don't all come back smashed to bits, they're all fairly clean so maybe they do.
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Just colours, the pier
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Just colours, an anchor
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The 'Lady Hendrina' from another angle.
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Shooting into the sun again, must learn not to do that but sometimes I like it.
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Clouds catching sun over the Prom
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Seabird
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Seabird
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Seabird
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Seabird
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Seabird
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Seabird
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All the colours of the docks.
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Sungold on Pier
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- Interesting and related :
- National Library of Australia. Knox's Rockhill farm
- victoria Heritage page that has good information about Knox's farm.
- some info on what was the South Gippsland Railway.
- Great Southern Rail Trails page.
- Parks Victoria on Agnes Falls.
- www.south-gippsland.com on Agnes Falls.
- Parks Victoria on Wilsons Prom
