Sealink Terminal

The Sealink is a vehicle and passenger ferry that that services Kangaroo Island. The terminal is about a hundred kilometres south of Adelaide and the ferry takes about forty minutes to travel the 20 kilometres across Backstairs Passage to Penneshaw.

Unfortunately it not always this calm. Many years ago I sailed my small yacht across to the Island in 4 metre seas; the ferry might have been a better option!

ABC Wednesdays - X for Xtreme Sports

One of the latest extreme sports catching on here is kite-boarding. I took this photo off Brighton last summer. I reckon it is great to watch, but I think I am past giving this a go.

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Stormy seas

No sailing today! This is the entrance to the marina at Glenelg, taken today on one of our wildest days for a while.

Fellow boat owners be warned: to enter the harbour now you need to sail parallel to the shore with a side swell; not very comfortable on days like today.

Shags on a rock

This morning I went out for a sail expecting a decent breeze; instead it was almost dead flat so what else to do but take photos. These shags (cormorants) are perched, not on a rock, but on one of a series of concrete blocks a few hundred metres offshore from Glenelg.

These concrete caissons were built in 1914 as part of a breakwater for Glenelg. In 1915 the project was abandoned after a severe storm. These "Glenelg Blocks" are often frequented by local fishermen and divers.

Surfing at Southport

The reason I was at Southport Beach last Friday was to photograph students during their elective surfing program.

This is how it's done boys!

Maybe this week I will have a go, but I will happy if I get up on the board in an upright position; it's many years since I surfed.

Stormy Saturday

This afternoon I drove to the beach hoping to photograph some kiteboarders; but there were none to be seen - obviously too windy and rough. This is a view looking south along West Beach towards the boat ramp.