That was pretty quick - claimed the WA Student Assistance Payment for young Bugalugs on Tuesday and it's just come through #WesternAustralia #WA #WASAP #ServiceWA

Tug boat coming back to the port.
Kinjarling Albany
#WesternAustralia

We are back on Menang Noongar boodja in Kinjarling Albany in Western Australia for a few days.

During the #bushwalk near the Gravity Discovery Centre that @leece mentioned a couple of days ago, I managed to grab a few shots of some of our local wildlife, and a couple of very nice landscapes and still-lifes.

So here comes the #photography.

Nigella Lawson marvels over ‘heavenly’ Australian lunch spot in rave review hours after landing: ‘My recipe for joy… my cure for jet lag’ https://www.diningandcooking.com/2053931/nigella-lawson-marvels-over-heavenly-australian-lunch-spot-in-rave-review-hours-after-landing-my-recipe-for-joy-my-cure-for-jet-lag/ #Australia #AustralianWine #dailymail #earth #femail #instagram #NigellaLawson #WesternAustralia #Wine #WineFromAustralia #WineOfAustralia

Wooo, polls closed here in WA. Let's go my fellow Sandgropers #WesternAustralia #auspol #ausvotes

Got some to tide me over while I wait in line for democracy. #AustraliaVotes #DemocracySausage #WesternAustralia #Perth

Now this, Australia, is the Democracy Sausage as God intended. None of your stingy piece of bread Eastern States crap

So continuing with my ramble about the Gingin trip we had to take some astrophotos. So you're sitting in the siding, next an open paddock as your photos stack, and suddenly a loud noise starts up and continues for quite some time.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/272712152

It sounded like a fox to me, I've never heard one that close before, so see what you think.

A couple of Gingin policemen helpfully drove over with all their spotties on high beam, but turned them off apologetically when they realised we were not the droids they were looking for and then got very interested, and received a quick course in astronomy.

So things can be quite eventful when you're just sitting around, getting those frames stacked.

Here's a couple of photos that @rdm took of me on the last night, where we just set up behind our accomodation just to do a little. You can see I have Sandqvist 149 there, and the other photo I'm sharing with you today.

For your viewing pleasure I fed it into nova.astrometry.net so you can see what's what. But the simple answer is the Tarantula Nebula and friends. I accidentally stopped part way through - even the new long press required isn't foolproof, but with the new mega stack function I was able to start it again and squish the two sessions together so it turned out very nicely.

#DwarfII #DwarfIII
#WesternAustralia
#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy

We'll be at May Day in Walyalup (Fremantle) on Sunday, come see us there! It'll be a great day with free coffee, heaps of groups including RAFFWU, Walyalup Action, and others, as well as a march from 12pm.

CORAL BAY, WA / KM 36,979

Leaving Exmouth behind, we follow the coast south to Coral Bay. We bypass the touristy town, its caravan parks, and its reef excursions for a more secluded spot. Sand dunes surround the area. A hidden track through soft sand leads us to a secret beach. We have the whole place to ourselves and get to swim with sea turtles.