This place, for me, is a must every year – and I go more than once, if possible. 2020 made that a bit difficult but this year I’ll make up for it and have gotten a season pass so I can go a few more times. The Blue Lotus Water Garden is on Warburton Highway,…
Category: The Dandenongs
Wattlebird feeding time
Recently I’ve discovered that the Wattlebird that hangs around our property has a young one. I heard the cheep cheep a couple of days ago and went in search and was stunned when I got a great shot (for me anyway) of her feeding her young. And then I scored another shot, a day later…
Your camera takes really nice pictures
If you’re a keen photographer, and a reasonable one, you have probably had this said to you many times – I know I have. People see me walking around with my camera and huge lens and go ‘whoa, that’s a big camera!’. Mind you, it’s the lens that’s big, not the camera, lol. And it…
The Amazing Birdsland
I took this photo recently, while visiting this beautiful parkland, with my photography club, Hills Photographic Society. I nearly always carry my long lens, 200-500mm, for those close up birding shots, and in hope of seeing the eagles above, but it also means that I don’t usually get many wide shots – unless taken on…
Amazing cloud formation
Thank goodness these is a local park I can visit regularly during our lock-down phase here in Victoria, Australia. I am, however, looking further to traveling further afield, as our my photography group – as soon as it’s allowed. In the meantime, saw this amazing cloud formation at Birdsland Reserve recently. I’m told it’s a…







