New Zealand South Island - NZSI06 augusta

New Zealand South Island - NZSI06 augustaDriftwood, one of many pieces on the Moeraki beach each with its own story. The South Island of New Zealand is the larger of the two islands by surface area but is less populated. The waters around the island are the Cook Strait, Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Running along the Island from North to South are the Southern Alps, home to Fox and Franz Josef glaciers and its highest peak Mount Cook.

Colour and clouds against the sand and sea

Cape Naturaliste

To the North of Canal Rocks is Smiths beach with its long stretch of clean white sand

The mural has to be seen in person to really appreciate the magnitude of it and understand the level of skill that would have been needed to succeed

The beaches are combined with many granite boulders and formations with some amazing colours and in the right light photographic opportunities are a plenty

and is protected by Geographe Bay

Persimmon leaves glowing orange in the sunlight at Golden Valley Tree Park

When the swell increases the surfers arrive to enjoy the popular supertubes break

found on the southwest coast of WA where the Blackwood River eventually finds its way to Flinders Bay

Dotted clouds with a splash of colour as the Sun sets in the west

Golden hour at its best with the Sun giving one last show

This large granite island is separated from the mainland by a small treacherous strip of water