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Cape Bridgewater

I was on holidays and on my way to Swan Lake when I decided to have a look around Cape Bridgewater and then take a 'short cut' along the coast back to the main road. It turned out to be a very interesting afternoon with some interesting shots of some ruins and a bit of recreational wave watching. On the map there are two things of interest marked, the Blowhole and the Petrified Forest. I went for a short walk through the petrified forest, a large area of fossilised tree trunks (stumps) on top of the cliffs looking out over the Southern Ocean. It's a very flat and exposed area with few fossilised stumps standing over 1m. Most of them have been blasted away by the wind and are only circles on the ground.

Back to the carpark and on to the Blowhole. Spurred on by some recent shots of Cape Schanck I decided to try my hand at photographing waves crashing against the high cliffs. The wooden walkway ends in a viewing platform a long (but safe) distance from the water, not much good though for a wide angle lens. By a coincidence of the way the cliff were shaped and the angle of the waves, there was a spot below near the waters edge that was dry. It was perfect. The waves would smash into the rocks next to it, soaking the people at the top of the cliff while I was snapping away keeping dry.

[ SW_coast008 ] A slight change in direction of the swell, however, saw me making full use of my goretex jacket. The photograph above was taken moments before covering the camera under the jacket and leaning into the wave as broke over the rocks. It was like having someone throw a swimming pool at you and the guy who had joined me soon took of as soon as it was clear again. I stayed for a few more shots before leaving. Next time I'll try a telephoto lens.


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Ben Kreunen <bernardk@unimelb.edu.au>
Department of Pathology
Last modified: September 28, 2001