During the late  autumn early winter  months of 2025 winter  I spent some  time walking along back country  roads. The littoral zone along  the Encounter Coast was  pretty much off limits in this period,    due to the effects of the  toxic micro algae bloom (karenia mikimotoi) caused by marine heating since March.  

  I started photographing  the side of the  roads that I was walking along in the early morning and late afternoon poodlewalks. Prior to the late autumn rains these country roads were extremely dusty,  and some of the roadside vegetation was just hanging on.

Occasionally,  I photographed  the insignificant objects  lying on the ground that caught my eye:  eg., a bunch of dead leaves as  their colour  stood out from  the layers of dust. 

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I noticed this hanging bark whilst I was walking along Depledge Rd in Waitpinga on an early morning poodlewalk with Kayla. We have a routine  on this walk. We walk  along the road before sunrise,  then we return to the Forester  via  the bushland. We walk through the bushland is slow as I am  taking photos.  

The bark is on the roadside, hanging from a branch.  It is kind of  sculptural; a mobile if you like,  as it gentle  moves when there is an easterly wind blowing. I've  made a video of the movement. 

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This was made in 2011 on a poodlewalk along Jagger Rd in Waitpinga:

 You walk up a rise with farmland on either side. The road side vegetation is sparse.  

This picture was made whilst walking along Halls Creek Rd, Waitpinga  on a poodlewalk.   Halls Creek Rd is a part of the Heysen Trail 

Waitpinga is in South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula.   

This is another  local tree. It is  on the roadside of a country road in Waitpinga, South Australia that I often walk down.   The road is Baum Rd. 

The  picture was made in 2016 whilst I was on an early  morning  poodlewalk.

I discovered last night that Sophie Cunningham  has a tree of the day Instagram account.  Mary Macpherson   has a book of trees in New Zealand called Bent.  I am sure that there are other photographers photographing tree apart from Beth Moon.