New Trawlers

Contrasts

Leaning Trawlers

Stranded

Shallow Marker

Nusa Heart

I-15

Granite Creek Canoe

Tanah Lot

Hamelin Bay Cliffs

New Trawlers

Newly built fishing trawlers, Benoa Harbour, Bali

New built fishing trawlers in Benoa Harbour, Bali, are slightly reminiscent of paddle steamers with their balustraded decks and big curved prows.  Made of fibreglass and looking like wood these boats only have the classic maroon anti-fouling paint on their hulls.

Contrasts

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The trawlers in Benoa Harbour, Bali, are moored together in clumps of colours and nationalities, Taiwanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Indonesian.  The harbour is a painters palette of jumbled hues; blocks of green, maroon and blue, trims of red, white and navy. One group of trawlers was just plain white with a little accent in the [...]

Leaning Trawlers

Benoa Harbour: boats are tied so closely together that some decks are on a precariously slippery lean.

Benoa Harbour is a crazy mix of bright colours on the trawlers of mixed Asian nationalities.  The boats are tied so closely together that some decks are on a precariously slippery lean and the hulls show the wear and tear of the tough lives the fishermen lead.

Stranded

A trawler purposely stranded on the tidal flats of Benoa Harbour during low tide for hull maintenance.

Trawlers are routinely stranded on the tidal flats of Benoa Harbour during low tide chiefly for hull maintenance purposes.

Shallow Marker

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This wreck has been a feature of Benoa Harbour for many years and shows where shallow water is during low tide.  It’s also useful as an anchor during high tide while low tide provides an excellent opportunity for hull maintenance.

Nusa Heart

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This sandcastle heart was found on a Nusa Dua beach, Bali, at sunset.  Nusa Dua has some great hotels, is reknowned for it’s crazy water sports and is not far from Benoa Harbour where tourists can catch a ferry to nearby Lembongan Island.

I-15

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Somewhere along Insterstate 15 which I followed during my roadtrip in 2010 from Las Vegas to Yellowstone National Park.  The I-15 is the fourth longest north/south highway in the United States and runs from San Diego to the Canadian border.

Granite Creek Canoe

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Granite Creek Station is a small family run ranch just outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA.  The cabin was located at the base of a  mountain complete with it’s own pond and canoe.

Tanah Lot

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Tanah Lot is a temple on a rock formation accessible only at low tide near the village of Beraban not far north of the Kuta shopping district. It’s a stunning place to visit, especially at sunset and hawkers around the island will tell you it’s one of Bali’s must see destinations.  The spirituality of the place can be [...]

Hamelin Bay Cliffs

Hamelin Bay, Western Australia

White limestone cliffs of Hamelin Bay, Western Australia.