The Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia...however, there have never been 12 exactly...more like 9 and one collapsed in 2005 leaving 8.

This group is looking westward...some are hidden from view, unfortunately

 a slightly different perspective...

looking eastward at these two as they are bathed in a few moments of late afternoon sunshine...

another view of the two...

Blue Monday
Mellow Yellow
SkyWatch Friday

Great Ocean Road - Victoria - Australia

Our trip to Australia had so many highlights...this being one of them!

The 13 hour day on the Great Ocean Road on the Southern Ocean was spectacular!

This is one shot of the London Bridge...

...this is another.

I could have spent the entire 13 hours right here, but, there was so much more!

...of course I have to get more than one perspective of each bend in the coastline!

The colors changed with the cloudy sky...brilliant moments of sunshine and then rain.

sea caves...

The rock  formations seem to just float on top of the azure seas!

This is all part of Port Campbell National Park...106 km (66 miles) of sheer beauty!

This is Loch Ard Gorge.
It is named after the Lock Ard Ship which is only one of about 700 ship wrecks along this stretch of coast line.

The Rocks seem to be suspended in air...water passes beneath!

The Twelve Apostles are just up the road from here...tomorrow's post!

SkyWatch Friday

Scenic Sunday

Blue Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday

Watery Wednesday, Outdoor Wednesday / Rocks & Sea Water

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Rocks & Sea Water

The jetty @ the Wedge

Balboa Beach, California USA

Watery Wednesday

Outdoor Wednesday

Watery Wednesday / Sunset on the Ocean

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I am standing on the beach at Newport and looking towards Huntington Beach, California USA.

It's just after sunset on June 23, 2010.

Watery Wednesday

Weekend Reflections / Ouch! Crystal Cove, Newport Coast, California USA

Ouch!

Crystal Cove, Newport Coast, California USA

May 31, 2010 (Memorial Day)
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Weekend Reflections

That's My World Tuesday / Rocks and Train Tracks on the High Desert

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I posted these same rocks as a reflection in the side view mirror of my car for the Weekend Reflections meme, last Friday.

This is the view when I drove down the dirt road and then walked to the side of the railroad tracks.

It was getting close to that "magic" hour of low light just before sunset.

I hoped a train would roll through, but, no luck this time.

This is an area on the high desert where the freight trains travel through the mountain passes to and from the Los Angeles area.

I liked how the light illuminated the  foreground.
 

...here, I was hoping a train didn't show up!

I was liking the lens flare I was getting at this angle.

A tunnel is barely visible down the tracks.

I really like being out here in the high desert hoping to hear the lonely sound of a train whistle coming down the tracks.

That's My World Tuesday

Weekend Reflections / Mirrored Reflections of the High Desert

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This image is a reflection in my side view mirror on the driver's side of my car.

I took a drive out to the high desert a few days ago mainly to photograph these rocks on Highway 138 just west of Interstate 15.

This highway takes skiers and snowboarders to the Wrightwood Ski area, and beyond, along the north side of the San Gabriel Mountain Range...or the high desert side.

You can see the bridge that carries freight trains, one after another, through the mountain pass here.

I was waiting for a train to pass but, it took longer than I could wait.

Isn't that Murphy's Law?

Any other time they are only 10 to 15 minutes apart.

This is the same view in the mirror but I widened the angle to catch what I could see looking ahead.

Yes...I was the driver, but I parked on a side road to get these shots!

As you can see...still NO train!

Weekend Reflections

Thank you, James, for hosting this meme!

ABC Wednesday / "R"

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The back-side of the Cedar Springs Dam at Silverwood Lake is covered in rocks.

I noticed a red spiky bush along the fence bordering the dam, which is 3350 feet in elevation.

High Desert, Southern California, USA

That's a whole lot of rocks!

ABC Wednesday 

The theme this week is the letter R.

Watery Wednesday / A Day at the Newport Wedge, Newport Beach, California USA

This beautiful Golden was resting after retrieving a stick in the water, and waiting to do it again and again!

This little guy likes his stick too!

Watery Wednesday

Monochrome Weekend / Dead Tree in the Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park, California USA

This dead tree adds to the spectacular scenes out in Joshua Tree National Park.

Notice a little bit of life emerging from between the rocks on the right.

Monochrome Weekend

Weekend Reflections / Barker Dam at Joshua Tree National Park, California USA

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These reflections were taken at Barker Dam in the Joshua Tree National Park, California USA.

Barker Dam was built about 1900 to hold water for cattle and mining use.

The dam today forms a small rain-fed reservoir used by park wildlife.  

Birds abound!

A one-mile loop trail gets you to this beautiful watery place, in a place you would never expect to find it.

Weekend Reflections

That's My World Tuesday, Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot / Climbing Rocks at Joshua Tree National Park, California USA

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The theme for Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot is stairs.

These are not images of conventional stairs but these people were certainly looking for steps to put their feet... all the way up these rocks and then all the way back down again.

A day at Joshua Tree National Park was our world this past Saturday.

We hiked and stopped often to watch people climb everything they could get their feet on!

Okay...they made it to the top!

Now what?

Let's look around for awhile and marvel at how high UP we are!

Wow!

They seem to be taking the same "stairs" back down.

This is another couple in another place, but, they too were determined to find those natural steps UPWARD!

These two are climbing in the Jumbo Rock area of Joshua Tree.

Hmmm...these two seem to want to be alone for a while.

This amazing rock is called Skull Rock...I can't imagine why!
People wanted to climb into his eye sockets and nostrils to have their pictures taken.
They are much closer to the ground so the hunt for steps was not much of a challenge.
Even I could do it!

This is a better shot of the face of  Skull Rock.

These kids were part of a big group in the nearby camp ground.
They are contemplating which way to go...or just look at it.
It was getting late and I was hoping they chose NOT to start climbing and get stuck in the dark.
So...That's My World from this past weekend!
We enjoyed the loop trails and the sights of Jumbo Rocks at
Joshua Tree National Park, California USA,
only a 2 hour drive from our home.

That's My World Tuesday

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot
The theme is stairs.