Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON
This shot was taken at the Bunda Cliffs on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. This arresting sight is, quite literally, the edge of Australia. I hiked for about a kilometre to take it, because I wanted to get the long sweep of the sheer cliffs in the right perspective.
It's in these waters that the Southern Right whales come up from Antarctica to calve - an amazing, hypnotic sight if you are privileged to see them up close. Their stately presence is a nice comment on human awareness, because coastal South Australia, of course, is where you can still see the remains of some of the old whaling stations.
Here's a bit of trivia - the Bunda Cliffs and the whales get a mention in my first novel, `Vegemite Vindaloo'.
3 comments:
Good luck with the book! Great photos
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Thanks for the good wishes with the novel. It was recently listed at No.5 in The Telegraph's list of top ten fiction bestsellers - in the company of Robin Cook and Frederick Forsyth!
Interesting to see your blog has the same template as mine.
Glad you liked the photos.
I see you are a fan of Mike Whitney - I interviewed him about four years ago and he was great. Must resurrect the interview and post excerpts of it on my blog.
If you didn't tell it is Australia, I would believe they are the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland:)
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