Travel & destination coverage for Southern Ocean Lodge, on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. A remote luxury wilderness lodge positioned on the secluded sea cliffs of the Southern Ocean.
Documentary, landscape, nature & interiors photographic work.
Above: driving through the iconic Australian landscape of Kangaroo Island
Above: Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, over Hanson Bay
Above: the Great Room and fireplace of Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, designed by Kangaroo Island born Max Pritchard
Above left: my Leather Bag with one of the many Khai Liew pieces of furniture / Above right: a native yakka
Above left: Southern Ocean Lodge in the late afternoon / Above right: interior of the Great Room
Above left: limestone form / Above right: interior of the Great Room
Above left: a must for the landscape, my Blundstones / Above right: bedside table details, including some sprigs of native rosemary collected on a coastal walk
Above left: en route to the Kangas and Kanapes experience, where you see a mob of kangaroos in the late afternoon
Above left: The Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, shorter, stockier and thicker coats than mainland species / Above right: iconic gumtrees of Kangaroo Island, also available as a print within my shop, titled ‘Eucalyptus’
Above left: gum trees os Kangaroo Island / Above right: me, in the reflection of the landscape
Above: secluded Southern Ocean Lodge on sunset, over Hanson Bay
Above left: coastal heath grasses in the sunlight / Above right: the Great Room with the fire
Above: the terrace on dusk overlooking the suites, gently nestled within the coastal landscape
Above left: the terrace on dusk overlooking the suites, gently nestled within the coastal landscape / Above right: the clifftop where Southern Ocean Lodge is nestled above Hanson Bay. This is also part of my photographic print collection titled ‘Undertow’.
Above left: salt haze and fog on dusk over Hanson Bay / Above right: the terrace on dusk overlooking Hanson Bay
Above: dawn at Southern Ocean Lodge, on the rugged clifftops over Hanson Bay
Above: one of my new photographic prints titled ‘Southern Ocean’, available in my print shop
Above: Limited edition photographic print titled ‘Dawn’
Above: as dawn breaks and the warm tones gently break through and light up the sky and the Southern Sea
Above: as the sun comes up and illuminates the salt haze and the heavy fog over the sea cliffs
Above: sunrise breaking through the coastal grasses, illuminates the salt haze and the fog over the landscape
Above left: the terrace of Southern Ocean Lodge bathed in fog and morning light / Above right: a coastal landscape detail
Above left: the iconic gum trees which populate the island / Above right: looking out to Hanson Bay from the Great Room
Above left: the Great Room, featuring Khai Liew lamps / Above right: Limestone wall created by Kangaroo Island resident and stone mason Scott Wilson, each piece hand carved and positioned
Above left: comfort details at every turn reflecting the islands colour palette / Above right: Gum trees, the colours of the island
Above left: limestone on the coastal walk / Above right: the dining room of Southern Ocean Lodge
Above left: creme fraiche parfait, McLaren Vale apple spiced sourdough streusel prepared by chef Asher Blackford/ Above right: the dining room and the limestone wall, artwork by Janine Mackintosh
Above left: sand and rock, in a gentle colour palette which is reflected within the interior / Above right: reading and relaxing nooks within the Great Room
Above left: the terrace, bathed in electric blues / Above right: ‘Southern Mist’ cocktail
Above: a corridor of Eucalyptus Trees
Above left: the thriving koalas of Kangaroo Island, resting in the fork of a eucalyptus tree, also available a photographic print in my print shop, titled ‘Koala’ / Above right: native Yakka
Above: the Kangaroo Island Coastal Walking Track, winding through the wilderness of the island’s remote south west coast within Flinders Chase National Park
Above: the rugged landscape of Flinders Chase National Park
Above left: coastal landscape native, Pomaderris / Above right: a New Zealand fur seal taking in the landscape at Admirals Arch, a rock formation from the pounding waves of the Southern Ocean, within Flinders Chase National Park
Above left: the many inlets on the 15km coastal walk within Flinders Chase National Park / Above right: the coastal heath landscape
Above: the Coastal Walking Track, through a variety of terrains, from the fringes of the limestone cliffs, to dense eucalypt forests
Above: the Coastal Walking Track, through a variety of terrains, from the fringes of the limestone cliffs, to dense eucalypt forests
Above left: coastal heath landscape / Above right: detail of the native flora
Above: the rugged coastline with its many inlets
Above: Remarkable Rocks, granite boulders within Flinders Chase National Park
Above: Remarkable Rocks, granite boulders within Flinders Chase National Park
Above: Remarkable Rocks, granite boulders within Flinders Chase National Park
Above: the view from Remarkable Rocks of the vista
Above: sunrise over the walking track within the sand dunes of Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, on a private and exclusive beach experience, to be alone with the seals
Above left: a mother and pup sea lion / Above right: a sea lion pup coming out of the ocean
Above left: an exhausted mother sea lion, returning to the beach after three days at sea, calling out for her pup / Above right: a pup and mother sea lion
Above left: the bbq breakfast among the sand dunes / Above right: writer Alice, enjoying the gourmet breakfast
Above: the road back to Southern Ocean Lodge, lined with red dirt and trees
Above left: sea cliffs overlooking the most brilliant turquoise water / Above right: my diary with a shot list and some native cuttings
Above left: Short Beaked Echidna at Southern Ocean Lodge / Above right: me, while shooting the landscape and lodge, shot by Rhi Taylor
Above: the sunlit boardwalk through the coastal heath
Above: Southern Ocean Lodge on sunset, before leaving
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