Nature sleeps through winter unperturbed by the world around it. The silence, the stillness, and the monochromatic visual surrounds all combine to reduce sensory input and provide an overwhelming feeling of calm when travelling through a winter forest. The sense of quiet comes from the high porosity of loosely packed crystals of freshly fallen snow which trap sound waves. Asahi-dake, Hokkaido, Japan
Anyone see a croc? When fishing in the red rock and white sand, of Bathurst Island you always have to be on the lookout for salt water crocodiles. The Tiwi Islands are part of the Northern Territory of Australia, 80 km to the north of Darwin where the Arafura Sea joins the Timor Sea. They are inhabited by the Tiwi people, as they have been since before European settlement in Australia. The Tiwi are an Indigenous Australian people, culturally and linguistically distinct from those of Arnhem Land on the mainland just across the water. Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia.
A cold wet shot of the Routeburn swing suspension bridge. The bridge, about 100 feet long, spans the fast moving Routeburn river seen here in rising floodwaters . We were lucky to get out after over 200mm of rain in 24 hours. The hikers who left the next day were stranded for 3 days when the bridge went under. The Routburn track is usually completed by starting on the Queenstown side of the Southern Alps, at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu, and finishing on the Te Anau side, at the Divide. The track covers two National Parks; the Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Parks. South Island, New Zealand
