Back in the Nineties, I was a bit of an Acid Jazz freak. Dig was one of my favourite local groups. Recently they played at the Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues festival in Sydney. This is a video of them performing Dreamtime. I remember this song being a lot more 'pumped' ;-)
Stream of consciousness. Short clips of life in Sydney Australia, put to music.
This piece is a compilation of two trips I’ve taken with research missions. The Oceania project August of 07 is studying the transitory Humpback whale population in Hervey bay, Queensland, Australia. Having spent the winter in the Great Barrier reef, giving birth to their calves, they journey down the coast of Australia returning to the Antarctic for the summer. The vessel was the Moon Dancer, and a small group of us had paid to volunteer to help with the research undertaken by Trish and Wally Franklin PhD. Spanish dolphin EarthWatch expedition: Sept 06. The mission started in 1992, after the Toftevaag had been restored and refitted The first project was the study of a mass die-off of the striped dolphin off the coast of Spain. Recently they have focused on monitoring of cetacean populations that have been suffering a regression in the Mediterranean over the last few decades. The research site chosen is the Alboran Sea, the transition zone between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
This event was held on Sunday off Sydney’s Eastern beaches. The course drawn between the first two Surf Life Saving clubs in the world. Starting in front of Bondi Surf Club, runs out from Bondi, around McKenzies point and down the coast into Bronte Beach. A distance of 2.2 - 2.5km (depending on the positioning of the buoy off McKenzies point).
This event was held on Sunday off Sydney’s Eastern beaches. The course drawn between the first two Surf Life Saving clubs in the world. Starting in front of Bondi Surf Club, runs out from Bondi, around McKenzies point and down the coast into Bronte Beach. A distance of 2.2 - 2.5km (depending on the positioning of the buoy off McKenzies point).
Experience the colour movement and sounds of the Oz Day Car Show (wish I could bring you the smells too.) This year I got down to the annual antique car show and shot a bit of video, and made an effort not to get sunburnt.
Dan Kelly sings on Australia day 'Babysitters of the world unite.' Last year I had a clip taken of the Whitlam’s, this year it’s Dan Kelly. Lots of shot’s of Australians sprinkled throughout, and some sky divers.
While I was staying in Kaikoura, I spent a bit of time down at the seal colonies. Two seals have a bit of a disagreement.
While I was staying in Kaikoura, I spent a bit of time down at the seal colonies. This video is of the little guys frolicking in the water.
While I was staying in Kaikoura, I spent a bit of time down at the seal colonies. This guy (or could be a girl) was basking in the sun. Humans are required to give the seals about ten meters of personal space and all of these videos were shot with a 10x zoom.
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New Zealand Holiday 4: Seals having a snooze in the sun
While I was staying in Kaikoura, I spent a bit of time down at the seal colonies. Last of the seal videos and I’m struck by how much seals reminded me of dogs.
It’s not just about the seals. Kaidoura is also home to a bird nesting site. Lots of noisy seagulls and I took this video of some geese that walked past me while I was looking at the seals.
Some shots taken of a type of Parrot that lives in Australia. The sound track was some chopped up samples taken from one bird.
This is a video I took recently of a soccer game between Australia and Uruguay.
Some birds that have visited my place.
Spanish dolphin EarthWatch expedition: Sept 06 This is a montage (nice way of saying 'odds and ends') of footage taken on board the Toftevaag. I've laid a bit of music down to spice it up a bit. Some of this footage was shot fairly late in the trip, as evidenced by the flapping clothing decorating the deck.
Spanish dolphin EarthWatch expedition: Sept 06 Frustrated with the bad weather that was sweeping the Mediterranean, we ventured out into high seas in search of dolphins to catalogue, in the restored sailing ship, the Toftevaag. I was very happy to be back in port that afternoon. I was told that the colour of my face matched the colour of my hat.
Spanish dolphin EarthWatch expedition: Sept 06 We hadn't had a lot of luck with our sightings, until our second last day when we found that the dolphins seemed to be celebrating the passing of the storm. We spotted bottlenose, Striped, and here is some footage of some Pilot whales. These are actually members of the dolphin family, as are Killer whales.
Spanish dolphin EarthWatch expedition: Sept 06 We jumped in the Zodiac and got 'up close and personal' with the Pilot whales.
First in a series of three videos that I shot down in a local bay.
