Walking along Port Phillip Bay

Yesterday evening I spent several hours walking along the Port Phillip shoreline with my camera. I started from Brighton Beach and ended up in Mentone, a total trip of roughly 13 kilometers on the map, bit longer in practice as I did quite a lot of backtracking and walking on small windy paths. Most of the shoreline along the two is beaches, with some occasional cliffs as well. This was a continuation of an earlier walk when I covered the section between Elwood and Brighton.

It was a windy and cloudy day so beaches were not that packed. I spent way too much time taking funky fisheye shots with the new Tokina, but there were some more traditional photo opportunities along the trip as well. The highlight of the trip was perhaps HMAS Cerberus, a monitor class warship scuttled near Half Moon Bay. The ship is 69 meters long and lies in shallow water with the upper decks visible above water. It used to be a popular diving site as well, but unfortunately after a structural collapse in 1993 approaching the wreck is no longer permitted.

There were also quite a few birds along the shore, including a large group of black swans. Additionally, the steep cliffs offered some cool photo opportunities. I was hoping for some impressive sunset shots as well, but unfortunately it was bit too cloudy for truly great photos.

• 2013-01-27 Little Blue Lake