This picture of two eucalypts standing at the Tugwell Rd entrance to  Halls Creek Rd  in Waitpinga was made on an early morning winter.  I   was on a  poodlewalk  with Kayla: 

I also photographed these trees  with  a Rolleiflex SL66 in both colour and black and white.  

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This  picture of  the corner of Francis and Pitkin Streets was made whilst I was on  an exploratory poodlewalk in Waitpinga. Pitkin Rd runs off Waitpinga Rd. This is  the  road you take to go to both Newland Head Conservation Park and the surf beaches---Waitpinga Beach  and Parsons Beach.

I was looking for different places close to the studio  to walk as I was bored walking along  the usual  back country country roads.    Both Pitkin and its side road--Francis Rd--  are no through roads,  as they just  lead to various farms or properties.  

The light has changed dramatically--I discovered that there is very little time between sunlight on the trees and no lighting on the cusp of autumn and winter.   I had taken a film camera and tripod with me, but I  wanted softer light. so  I went walking.  When I returned there  was no  time to set up  the camera and tripod. The soft light just vanished--there one minute, gone the next.

This picture was made in the early autumn along the Heysen Trail  in Waitpinga whilst I was on a poodlewalk. 

It was made just after  I'd finished  this photo session and we were returning to the Forester. 

I made this photograph on the fly whilst I was scoping  for another picture to re-photograph.    I was  on an early morning poodlewalk with Kayla  on the Heysen Trail in Waitpinga  at the time. 

 It is digital black and white. The soft light in the clearing caught my eye. 

This picture of roadside vegetation was made on an early  morning poodlewalk on a dusty road in Waitpinga with Kayla:

I have avoided walking in the bush or the country roads this summer because of the brown snakes. 

This picture was made whilst I was on a photocamp at Lake Boga:

I was exploring the edge lands along the Little Murray River on the Pantal Island side of the river. 

A dead tree in the wetlands near American River on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.  Whilst  there on a brief holiday I returned to  areas that I knew from previous visits as well as  quickly  exploring new ones.  

The wetlands near American River   were an area that I'd previously visited. It had pretty much dried out,  and sadly, many of the trees were dead. 

This photography a roadside tree  on Jagger Rd in Waitpinga is  from the archives. It was made whilst I was on a poodlewalk, or more accurately, I'd scoped the tree  whilst walking with the poodles in the afternoon, and I came back  latter to photograph it with the 5x4 Linhof Technika IV. 

I was interested in  photographing the roadside vegetation at that stage, as  this vegetation  was part of the remnants of the native bush in the predominantly agricultural  landscapes.   I'd noticed  that the roadside vegetation was slowly disappearing.

This picture was made whilst I was walking the poodles in the  Kuitpo Forest  after they had been clipped at the Mt Barker Dog Grooming Salon.  We pass the Kuitpo  Forest  on our way back to Encounter Bay,  and it is a good afternoon walking area for the poodles.  

The picture was made in 2015. I haven't made any film images in Kuitpo  Forest   since then--just digital ones.  

Made whilst on a recent  poodlewalk around the Inman River in Victor Harbor with Suzanne. 

 The Inman is one of the two rivers that flow through Victor Harbor. The other one is the Hindmarsh River.