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There is no such thing as “the best place on earth”.
However, there is certainly no better place on earth than Fitzgerald River National Park, if you love unspoilt coastal magnificence, and flowering plants, most especially ones that grow – naturally at least – in only one “place”.
The photo was taken near the Park’s eastern end, whilst standing atop East Mount Barren, looking west.
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We had limited time, so my longer zoom lens did all the “walking”.
My vantage point was almost the same as per “16A”, but the focal length was nearly 18 times greater.
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Chances are excellent that you have never heard of Civita – a southern Italian mountain village which sits within Calabria’s spectacular Raganello Gorge.
It is a very rewarding destination, both scenically and culturally…and there is adventure tourism” too, for climbers, kayakers and “white water” enthusiasts.
Civita is sometimes referred to as “the village of the Devil’s Bridge”.
The higher rim of the Raganello River’s gorge towers above Civita, but from village’s edge to Devil’s Bridge – which spans the river – it is still a long way down.
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You are looking at an alpine chough, flying overhead, just as we emerged from a “suprisingly” delicious lunch.
Not all “tourist venues with a view” serve bad food, and not all Bavarian restaurant fare is decidedly “meaty” and/or “stodgy”; our local trout, served very nearly atop the Jenner, was both lovely and light.
Comments closedThe featured image is a wide angle (24 mm) shot, taken from the summit of the Jenner (1874 metres ASL) in Berchtesgaden National Park.
Germany’s only alpine national park is a destination I would heartily recommend to almost anyone; even if you are neither “trekker” nor “mountain climber”.
It is a place where you can experience bona fide “alpine splendour” easily, safely, comfortably, with no risk of altitude sickness.
In order to reach the Jenner’s summit we only had to walk steeply for circa ten minutes; the Jennerbahn (cable car) had already whisked us most of the way up.
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The “14B” image involved the same telephoto lens as did “14A”.
Here, however the focal point is very much closer – water’s edge, just in front of me.
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Sometimes, when revisiting a long-favourite place, I intentionally limit my photographic options.
90 kilometres south of Adelaide, Second Valley is one such place – a geologically extraordinary and very beautiful coastal location on the eastern edge of the Fleurieu Peninsula.
If you have never been there, I suggest you now have a look at this December 2017 post; it will – virtually, at least – give you a “good look around”, and convey a sense of how some aspects of Second Valley are very old, whilst others are surprisingly young.
On the first day of April 2022, I opted to use a long telephoto lens, only.
Accordingly, even this post’s “landscape view” embraces just a very small portion of what a pair of naked human eyes would see when gazing at Second Valley’s sea cliffs.
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The previous post’s image was a wide-angle view of Aldinga Beach, taken from the beach itself, looking south, shortly before sunset on 20 January 2023.
This post’s “much closer view” was taken at 7. 51 pm on 21 January 2023.
I was standing on a stairway, above the beach, looking down and east, through a much longer (200 mm) lens.
The wind was more vigorous than it had been at the same hour on the previous day.
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Most of the time, the drive south from Adelaide to Aldinga takes one hour or a little less than that.
Aldinga’s coast is a lovely combination of firm sand, safe swimming, inviting coastal reefs (upon which one can walk at low tide) and big vistas of sea, sky, and obviously-ancient hills.
Aldinga also offers interesting bush, and very easy access to the rest of the Fleurieu Peninsula’s many delights.
We have based ourselves there many times, and have often walked along the pictured beach.
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This post’s “much closer view” involved almost the very same vantage point as the previous post’s “landscape” image.
You may recognise the particular bush which is present in both photos…but to very different effect.
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