tiabunna's photos with the keyword: 2023

Captain Cook named the Tollgate Islands when he mapped Australia's east coast in 1770. This is the view from my local beach, where they do indeed look like the gateway to a wider world. I thought this an appropriate image for World Photography Day 2023. It also places empasis on the oceans - now warming alarmingly worldwide. We, as photographers, can assist by recording changes to our global environment. The PiP shows my first camera, a Model 2A Box Brownie of about 1932 - it was very much a family "hand-me-down" when it passed to me. With it is my first SLR, a Minolta SR1 of 1964.

I don't normally post others' photos, but my sister-in law Jan has kindly provided these for posting, as this is several days' drive away from where I live. These two images (see also PiP) are of current flooding near Mannum, a town on the lower reaches of the Murray River in South Australia. The river is not normally visible in the locations of either of these images, it's usually toward the hills in the distance of this image. Sorry, but I can't get the map link to work. To give some idea of the extent of the river and the size of Australia, these same floodwaters were causing major problems in eastern Australia back in mid-October and only now are reaching their peak here. This is the largest flood to reach Mannum in over 50 years and will continue for at least several weeks. Come to a point, at present Australia is having extreme floods right across the country, which can be linked to climate change..