This whale tow boat is one of the sights to see at Albany's Whale World.
The water in front of the flensing deck at the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station was too shallow for the whale chasers, so they would tie whale carcasses to a buoy a few hundred metres offshore. Tow boats such as the one shown below were then used to tow whale carcasses the last few hundred metres to shore.

an old whale tow boat

Whale World, Albany, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @34mm, 1/1000 sec, f/6.3, ISO125

This is the final resting place of one of the whalechasers used at the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station in Albany in the 1970s. It's now one of the attractions at Whale World, where you can explore the various nooks and crannies of the boat.

Cheynes IV whalechaser

Whale World, Albany, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/200 sec, f/6.3, ISO200

The Cheynes IV was originally built in 1948 in Norway, and used for whaling in South Africa for a number of years. In 1970, the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company bought it, renamed it the Cheynes IV, and used it for whaling off Albany until the closure of the station in 1978. It was towed to its current location at Whale World in 1981.

Here's another one from the Red Bull Air Race qualifying in Perth. This is Kirby Chambliss in his Edge 540, banking hard after passing through the start/finish gate.

Kirby Chambliss

Red Bull Air Race qualifying

Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200mm f/4L @280mm (1.4x teleconverter), 1/200 sec, f/14, ISO100

The Red Bull Air Race took place in Perth last weekend. I spent some time on the river bank in South Perth on Saturday, shooting the action during the qualifying rounds.

I hired a 1.4x teleconverter for the day, to give me a longer reach, and definitely found it useful. At only $15 per day, the cost of hiring the teleconverter was definitely worthwhile!

The planes are great to watch, hurtling at over 300 km/h just a few metres above the river.

Here's a couple of my photos from Saturday.

Nicolas Ivanoff executing a half-cuban turn

Red Bull Air Race qualifying

Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200mm f/4L @280mm (1.4x teleconverter), 1/200 sec, f/13, ISO100

Nicolas Ivanoff

Red Bull Air Race qualifying

Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200mm f/4L @280mm (1.4x teleconverter), 1/200 sec, f/8, ISO100

The HMAS Vampire is a decommissioned destroyer at the Australian National Maritime Museum, in Sydney. As one of the museum's exhibitions, visitors to the museum can wander around the 120m long HMAS Vampire.

The HMAS Vampire was launched in October 1965, commissioned in June 1959, and spent most of her career in South East Asia, and was eventually gifted to the museum in 1986.

HMAS Vampire

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 17-85mm IS @17mm, 1/400 sec, f/5, ISO100

A wide-angle lens can be great for capturing cars from interesting angles. With this particular photo, I wanted to capture the mud on the side of the car, as well as the dark and threatening sky overhead.
Holding the camera low down, with the 10-22mm lens, allowed me to capture the car, road, and plenty of interesting sky.

dirty car

central Tasmania
Canon EOS 350D, 10-22mm @14mm, 1/200 sec, f/8, ISO100

A row of Tuk-Tuks queued up on the side of Thawiwong Road in Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand.

Tuk-Tuks queued up

Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand
Canon EOS 350D, 100mm f/2.8 macro @100mm, 1/100 sec, f/9, ISO100