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Gear: Canon 5D Mk II | Canon 17-40

After Easter 2012, a very bright moon was predicted. Here I decided I wanted to capture the moon rise over the water of the ocean - at sunset. As it edged over the horizon, the moon glowed a pinky orange colour that was nothing short of incredible.

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As you walk the path to the beach, you can hear the rustle of the water as is trickles out to the ocean. Around 3am, the ocean was calm as the moon lit the creek bed and the tannin stained current rushed past my feet to the waiting waves.

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Website

I've also just finished my new website and launched it over Easter!

Please take a look in my Profile Page for link to the site. Have a good look through and let me know what you think, and have a good read of the image descriptions too if you have the time, I tried to write a bit of a story for each image.

I'm also running a launch competition from the site - details can be found on the profile page too.

Gear: Canon 5D Mk II | Canon 17-40

Lot's of great rocks along Godfrey's Beach just a stones throw (literally!) from Stanley - all different shapes with some fantastic formations.

Here is my trip video of my trip to Tasmania in Autumn 2011 - you can check it out here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmjd0WyzkX0

My previous video, "Tasmania, Spring 2011 - A Compliation" can be found here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WBGjkiarxc

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Stanley

Stanley is a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Travelling west, Stanley is the second-last major township on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Smithton being the larger township in the Circular Head municipality. According to the 2006 census, Stanley had a population of 458.

In 1825 the Van Diemen's Land Company was granted land in north-western Van Diemen's Land, including the Stanley area. Employees of the company from England settled in the area in October 1826.

It was named after Lord Stanley, the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in the 1830s and 1840s, who later had three terms of office as British Prime Minister.

A port opened in 1827 and the first school opened in 1841. The Post Office opened on July 1, 1845 but was known as Circular Head until 1882. In 1880 the first coach service between Stanley and Burnie was established.

In 1936 a submarine telegraph and telephone cable from Apollo Bay to Stanley provided the first connection to Tasmania from the mainland.

Today Stanley is a tourist destination and the main fishing port on the north-west coast of Tasmania.

The most distinctive landmark in Stanley is The Nut, an old volcanic plug discovered by the explorers Bass and Flinders in 1798, who officially named it Circular Head. It has steep sides and rises to 143 metres with a flat top. It is possible to walk to the top of The Nut via a steep track or via a chairlift.

Tourists regularly travel to Highfield (a farming region on the north west of the township) to view the picturesque northern beaches with The Nut in the background.

The port on the southern side of The Nut is also a regularly used fishing spot.

Gear: Canon 5D Mk II | Canon 17-40

This photo I loved at the time when I took it and not so much later on on the PC.

I like the arrow - it seems to point in a direction to the rocks in the distance.

It was taken around Arthur River.

Here is video of the trip to Tasmania in Spring 2011 with Kane Gledhill and Michael Reed - you can check it out here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNcYL9Y70zE

Tasmania in Autumn 2011 can be found here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmjd0WyzkX0

Tasmania in Spring 2010 can be found here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WBGjkiarxc

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Arthur River

Arthur River is the name of both a river and a small township on the northern part of the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Arthur River and the surrounding area had a population of 121.

It is south of the town of Marrawah. Named after Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemens Land (1824-36), the river is fed by several tributaries including the Frankland River, which was named after its discoverer, then the colony's surveyor-general. The region has been exploited commercially for timber and fisheries, but today is mostly a centre for tourism.

On the coast near the mouth of the Arthur River is a plaque titled The Edge of the World. North West Coast Tasmania, and a poem by tourism pioneer Brian Inder, who coined the term, referring to the coastline at Arthur River which is regularly lashed by the gales of the Roaring Forties.

Gear: Canon 5D Mk II | Canon 17-40

I've had this photo floating around for a little while but haven't had the chance to do much with it - until on the weekend I decided that it needed to be black and white and the mood I was after came right out in this image.

It's taken in Arthur River, Tasmania.

Here is video of the trip to Tasmania in Spring 2011 with Kane Gledhill and Michael Reed - you can check it out here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNcYL9Y70zE

Tasmania in Autumn 2011 can be found here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmjd0WyzkX0

Tasmania in Spring 2010 can be found here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WBGjkiarxc

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Arthur River

Arthur River is the name of both a river and a small township on the northern part of the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Arthur River and the surrounding area had a population of 121.

It is south of the town of Marrawah. Named after Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemens Land (1824-36), the river is fed by several tributaries including the Frankland River, which was named after its discoverer, then the colony's surveyor-general. The region has been exploited commercially for timber and fisheries, but today is mostly a centre for tourism.

On the coast near the mouth of the Arthur River is a plaque titled The Edge of the World. North West Coast Tasmania, and a poem by tourism pioneer Brian Inder, who coined the term, referring to the coastline at Arthur River which is regularly lashed by the gales of the Roaring Forties.