Asia-Pacific
Newcastle and environs: Lake Macquarie- Belmont, Toronto, Warner Bay, Wangi Wangi; Catherine Hill Bay. New South Wales, Australia.
Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Images from a visit during August 2012. Weather was wild, windy and wet!
An annual visual arts event held along the coastal walk between Bondi and Tamarama
Hunter Valley- hot air balloon
Images from a hot air balloon ride in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Buderim, Maroochydore, Noosa, Doonan
Photographs from several visits to Buderim and surrounding areas.
Clydesdales horse drawn restaurant, Windsor
Dinner in an antique horse drawn carriage - Windsor New South Wales
A very wet visit to the Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales
Whales, forests, trees and shipwrecks of Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
Images from a trip to Lady Elliot Island in Queensland. Lady Eliot is the most southerly coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef. Images of beaches and birds, sea and sand, turtles and terrific scenery.
Shapes and shadows- the Blue Mountains Shapes and shadows change with each step, the wind whispering through the gently swaying trees. The stream swooshes, snakes and carves it's way through the sandstone, creating a canyon in its wake, with steep sides, micro climates and breathtaking beauty. The whispy-veil waterfall floats to the ground, moistening the air and feeding the flourishing greenery, yet the forest panorama is tinged with blue. The air is sweet and fresh, the light dappled through the growth. The clean crisp cry of a bird heard but not seen and then a bright red flash against the green. The rhythm of our steps and breath, get shorter as we ascend, our feet heavier, our hearts lighter. Two lyre birds are courting, a challenger chased off. He promises her riches and shiny wealth but she knows he's a liar and cannot believe a note he sings.
Heron Island, The Great Barrier Reef
Images from our trip to Heron Island. A magical place- of birds, turtles, hatchlings, shipwrecks, sea and sky.
Photos from a short trip to O'Reilly's in the Lamington National Park in Queensland.
Tasmania- Freycinet and Tasman National Park
#Australia, #Cape Hauy, #Cape Raoul, #Coles Bay, #Fortescue Bay, #Freycinet National Park, #Hobart, #Mount Wellington, #Port Arthur, #Stewart's Bay Lodge, #Tasman National Park, #Tasmania, #Wineglass Bay
Indian Pacific Railway- Western Australia
Images from a trip to Western Australia in 2011. #Indian Pacific Railway, #Broken Hill, #Cook, #Perth, #Fremantle, #Busselton, #Cape Leeuwin, #Jewel Caves, #Injidup, #Sugarlaof Rock, ##Beedlup, #Walpole, #Cape Howe, #Torrendip, #Kojonup, #York
Blue Mountains, Blackheath and Mount Tomah
#Blue Mountains, #Blackheath, #Glenella, #Mount Tomah, Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens
#El Questro, #The Kimberley, #Western Australia, #Pidgeonhole lookout, # Branco's lookout, #Chamberlain Gorge, #Moonshine Gorge, #El Questro Gorge, #Emma Gorge, #Zebedee Gorge, #Inspiredbylife
#Bungle Bungles, #West Australia, #Champagne Gorge, #Beehive Domes, #El Questro, #The Kimberley, #Purnululu National Park
Images from various walks in Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia; #Wilsonspromontory, #Victoria, #Fivemileroad, #Verekeroutlook, #Darbyriver, Tonguepoint, #Squeakybeach, #Darbysaddle, #Mtoberon, #Oberonbay, #Tidalriver, #Telegraphsaddle, #Telegraphjunction, #Millerslanding, #Sealerscove
Sculptures by the Sea is an annual Sydney event held on our doorstep along the Bondi to Tamarama coastline that draws thousands of visitors. #sculpturesbythesea, #Bronte, #Bondi, #Tamarama, #seascape
"For one weekend a year, Sydney Open unlocks the doors of the city’s most important, inspiring and intriguing buildings and spaces" http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/sydneyopen #opensydney
Images taken while walking the Hollyford Track, in Fiordland, New Zealand. #queensland, #hollyfordtrack, #newzealand, #fiordlandnationalpark, ##pykelodge, #lakealabaster, #lakemckerrow, #martinsbay, #longreef, #milfordsound, #inspiredbylife, #inspiredbylifephotography, #jackhochfeldphotography
#therouteburntrack, #ultimatehikes, #fiordlandnationalpark, #thedivide, #lakemackenzie, #routeburnfalls, #routeburnroad, #milfordsound, #glenorchy, #amisfieldwinery, #newzealand, #inspiredbylife, #jackhochfeldphotography
On 14 September 2016, the residents of Sydney turned out in force in the eastern suburbs of Sydney to watch the Supermoon rise over the sea. The view from Bronte was poor with clouds and the landmass blocking the view. Nontheless, residents went about their activities and enjoyed the evening. #supermoon, #bronte, #surfing, #jackhochfeldphotography, #inspiredbylife
Blue Mountains- September 2017
#bluemountains #wentworthfalls #katoomba #leura #blackheath #springwood #newaouthwales #australia #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography #jackhochfeldphotography
Images from a trip to Stradbroke Island, Queensland #stradbrokeisland #straddie #queensland #australia #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography #jackhochfeld October 2017
A possum took refuge in the base of our neighbour's tree. #possum #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography #bronte
An annual event in Sydney. Sculptures line the coastal path between Bondi and Tamarama. #sculpturebythesea #sculthuresbythesea #bondi #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography
Annually Muagamarra is open to the public for six weekends during the wildflower season. Near Berowra Waters, Sydney. #muogammarra #muogamarranaturereserve #wildflowers #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylife #insipredbylifephotography
Hidden- Rookwood cemetary sculpture walk
Hidden is an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition that takes place in the gardens of the oldest section of Rookwood cemetery. The cemetary was established in 1868. #rookwood #rookwoodcemetary #hidden #sydney #art #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography
#floweringgum #bronte #sydney #inspiredbylife #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylifephotography
Walked the Queen Charlotte Track on the northern end of South Island in New Zealand. #queencharlottetrack #marlboroughsound #newzealand #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylifephotography
Snow monkeys at Jigokudani Yaen-koen, Japan
#japan #snowmonkeys #macaque #jigokudani #nagano #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylifephotography #inspiredbylife
#tongariro, #rotorua, #newzealand, #tramping, #jackhochfeldphotography, #inspiredbylfe
Images from a recent trip to Japan, the first in the series. #tokyo, #ginza, #yoyogipark, #uenopark, #imperial palace, #tsukijifishmarket, #hamarikyugardens, #omotesando, #meijishrine, #shibuyapedestriancrossing, #uenopark, #birds, #jackhochfeldphotography, #inspiredbylifephotography
Second in a series of images from a recent trip to Kyoto and Hiroshima. #kyoto #hiroshima #miyajima #kinkakujigoldenpavillion #karesansuizengarden #nijo-jocastle #gion #imperialpalacegardens #japan #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography
Images from our trip to Hokkaido in Japan. #kushiro #red-crownedcranes #otowabridge #setsuririver #whooperswan #akan #tanchono #itohsanctuary #tsurivillage #akan #lakemashu #mtiou #mallards #sunayu #redfox #lakekussharo #yoroushi #laketofutsu #koshimizu #stellar'ssea-eagle #shiretoko #oshinkoshin #abashiri #hokkaido #japan #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography
The last in a series of images from our trip to Japan. #hakone #kamakura #mtfuji #kubotaicchiku #lakeashi #kotokujitemple #hokokuji #jackhochfeldphotography #inspiredbylife #inspiredbylifephotography
Images from a hiking trip with my walking group to the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales.
Images from a short trip to Tasmania where we met up with our friends the Joffes from Melbourne!
Images from a walking trip to Larapinta, Northern Territory, Australia. Six days of hiking in a harsh and ancient landscape in central Australia, near Alice Spings- mostly extremely hot during the day, freezing at night. Hardly any wildlife to be seen, a handful of rockwallabys, very few birds, no lizards, but an army of flies. #larapinta #alicesprings #centralaustralia #northernterritory
Blue Mountains- September 2019
Images from a September 2019 hiking trip to the Blue Mountains with my walking group.
Ariel's Walk, The Sphinx to Brooklyn
Images from a four day hike from the Sphinx to Brooklyn, that included Mount Kuringai, Berowra, Cowan and Brooklyn. On the third day we substituted a walk from Hornsby to Thornleigh instead of Berowra to Cowan as the heat and the smoke from the NSW fires made conditions uncomfortable.
Images taken while walking the Overland Track in Cradle Mountain- Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania.
Hiking in the Central Coast NSW in August 2020. Stayed at Waterline in North Avoca.
A pair of powerful owls and their chicks had been spotted in Centennial Park. Sally wanted to see them.
Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road
Images from a trip to Melbourne, Heron and Wilson Islands, Australia in 2005
I ages from a trip to Heron and Wilson Islands, Queensland, Australia in 2006
Darwin to Uluru, via Cairns: all species limited selection
Images from a birding to trip to the Northern Territory of Australia, with Sally and our bird guide Laurie Ross. The original intention was to travel from Darwin to Uluru, but Covid lockdowns prevented us from reaching Alice and going onward to Uluru. We diverted instead to Cairns in Queensland. We covered close to 6 500 kilometres in two weeks and identified 258 different species, 87 of them new to us. I have included a limited selection of the species I photographed, but will create a larger portfolio selection, showing a wider variety of shots and poses. I am most grateful to Laurie for every aspect of the trip and dedicate this collection to him.
Darwin to Uluru via Cairns all species and full collection
This portfolio shows a wider selection of images, a greater variety of shots and poses, including those shown in the original, similarly titled portfolio. It would not have been possible to create these images without the contribution of Laurie Ross.
Spent a week at Turon Gates. The weather changed daily and the same view from the balcony changed, hour by hour- mist, cloud, stormy skies, sun. I've tried to capture the changing view of the same landscape.
Birding in northern Queensland
Images from a trip to Cairns, the Atherton tablelands, and the Cape York Peninsula, including Musgrave, Lockhart River and Kutani-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park in Queensland in May 2022. Laurie Ross, owner and bird-photography guide at Tracks Birding and Photography Tours is one of Australia's leading bird finders and photographers. He is responsible for finding the birds and putting me in the best position to capture an image. I acknowledge his huge contribution to this set of images.
Images from a birding trip with Ian (Sav) Saville of Wrybill Birding to South Island, New Zealand. We started in Christchurch and emerged 12 days later in Queenstown. #wrybillbirding #birds #southisland
Images from a hiking trip to the Blue Mountains in February 2023. We stayed at Ellengowan in Leura.
Images from a weekend at Pumphouse Point, Lake St Clair, Tasmania at the end of the Overland Track, taken in March 2023 and a few images from Coles Bay, Tasmania from a few weeks previously.
Adelaide to Perth across the Nullarbor
Images, mainly of birds, from a trip with Laurie Ross of Tracks Birding. Starting in Adelaide (in South Australia) we travelled to Port Augusta, Ceduna, Nullarbor roadhouse, Norseman, Stirling Ranges Retreat, Cheynes Beach, Margaret River and finally Perth in Western Australia. We covered 4 689.5 kms, over 14 days, somewhat more than the 2 683 kms direct route suggested by Google Maps. While I pressed the shutter, Laurie found the birds and put us in a position to take a photograph and I took plenty! Laurie, thank you!
Photos from a hike in January 2024 with members of our bushwalking group on the Three Capes Track in Tasmania.