Bill Hatcher Photography

Cockatoo Island

Are adventure photographers inherently selfish people? Maybe we are. For the last few weeks I have been enjoying climbing, hiking, paddling and biking all over New South Wales, Australia, but you don't see any photographic proof of that here. Did I make any photos while I was out, a few, but most of the time my hands were full of sweaty bike bars or trying to

Photo of the week: Murrumbidgee River

Sea kayaking upstream on the Murrimbigee River past a big red gum tree lining the bank near Gundagai, New South Wales. In places the strong river currents would grab the bow of the boat. Going upstream was a practice of eddy hopping to avoid fighting the strong currents in the main stream. Paddling down stream was much easier, you just needed to watchful and not wrap the boat on submerged logs. Photo was made using my Nikon D-3s with the 24-70 2.8 at 24 mm.

 

 

Murray River after the floods

I just returned from my second visit to the Murray River in Victoria. The Murray is Australia's longest river and the level of the river is just dropping now after many months of flooding.I wanted to see for myself what the river looks like after the flood. Many areas are still not accessable by road so a boat is the best way to view the river. The photos here are of the river red gum trees that line the banks of the Murray below Barmah. It was remarakable to see the tangled root systems of these tough old trees.