Winter Sun = Fun with my Camera

 Every now and then we get stunning still sunny winter days and this week we found ourselves enjoying one while exploring the Lagoons Beach camping area. I loved wandering the beach with my camera.

Winter Beach Fun by  MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

The tiny hooded plovers dart all over the beach and are very hard to get a photo that shows them anything other than tiny dots. I am lucky to own a reasonable zoom lens that helps 😊 Post photo cropping is then useful as well.

Hooded Plovers Uncropped by  MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

So with some cropping the above photo becomes a little more focused on the birds rather than the sand bank behind them.

Hooded Plovers Cropped by  MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

What do you enjoy doing on sunny winter days? Please leave a comment sharing your thoughts.

Through the Lens - Beach times

We have now started to settle in to travelling with a caravan that was a 10 month wait before getting it as the time for new builds for caravans at present are long. So far only going on relatively short trips as we work out what is essential to have with us before embarking on the long term plan of seeing more of OZ. On one of our trips we did an overnight stopover at Chain of Lagoons camping area on the East Coast of Tassie. A fantastic self contained free camping area right near the beach. Loved taking photos of the beach and creek that runs out onto the beach.

Chain of Lagoons by MrsSOnline is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

The bright blue float sacs of the bluebottle jellyfish washed up in the waves as we were walking along the beach. They are a summer occurrence on East Coast beaches especially when the easterly winds move them towards the shore. We have had more easterly winds this summer than in previous summers but there will always be a period of time during the summer when people will see these bright blue jellyfish washed up on the beach. They can give a painful sting if you come in contact with them and treatment for the stings include washing off the stinging cells with salt water and then using hot water to reduce the effect of the sting. Do not use vinegar to treat the sting. 

The little birds are hooded plovers and they live on the sandy beaches making their nests as scrapes in the sand or the dunes that might be behind the beach.