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Washed Up Jellyfish Along Eastern Beach

July 26, 2018 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Seth and I went to Eastern Beach. We’d had two separate periods of windy weather in the past 2 weeks  – which coincided with the days that Sethy and I went to test out the Gopro. Both times we had gone to the beach on sunny days following these storms.

There was a lot of Jellyfish both times. The first had about 30 dead bodies scattered along the beach leading up to the promenade. Yesterday, though, there were hundreds. You could also see many more floating in the water nearby in some sections.

I have no idea why they died, although I suspect the stormy weather was related. I thought it was noteworthy and tried to photograph any different species that I saw.

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Experimenting With The Gopro At Eastern Beach

July 18, 2018 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

On the weekend, Seth and I went to Eastern Beach to test out the Gopro. We had started at Rippleside, because often you can get interesting creatures along that walk, but the conditions weren’t right. We did see some crabs near Rippleside and had fun with them, but I was wanting to experiment on other sea life.]

Eastern beach itself was a bit of a letdown. Partially because it was getting later in the afternoon, but I suspect the time of year had something to do with it. We were lucky enough to see, and film, a jellyfish but couldn’t find much other sea life swimming. Previously we have found fish and stingrays.

Instead, I let Seth put the Gopro under the promenade himself. We couldn’t see the footage until we got home, which was annoying, but was surprised at the variety of sealife that had made homes on the wooden and metal supports around the walkway. I haven’t tried to identify anything, as uni takes up a lot of my free time. However, I thought it was worth documenting regardless. Looking forward to experimenting more with the camera before the really hot weather hits.

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Black Shouldered Kite Near Rippleside

July 15, 2018 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Seth and I were walking from St Helens Park to Eastern Beach to test out my Gopro. We hadn’t seen much along the (new) path between St Helens and Rippleside. Then we saw a kite in the distance.

Awesome! I didn’t bother trying to get a photo as it was too far away. Minutes later, it was directly over us. Yes! I snapped as many photos as I could before it flew away.

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Plants At The You Yangs

April 11, 2018 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

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Goats At The You Yangs!

April 9, 2018 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

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Was so awesome to get decent views. I’m starting to fall for the You Yangs.

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