Tom dinning
Registrant*
Welcome to Darwin.
You don't have to visit. Most people don't. If you do you might wonder why I have lived here for 30 years.
Love. The love of a woman can make you do things that are almost intolerable.
That's how I feel about Darwin. I would leave here right now if it wasn't for the love of the 2 women in my life: Christine and Nevayah.
his thread is the photographer in me seeking out what Darwin is and how it might appear to someone who asks me: "What's Darwin like?"
To start, Darwin is dominated by water.
Darwin is situated on a small and narrow peninsula. On one side is the Arafura Sea, on the other, Darwin Harbour.
In addition, the coast is predominantly mangrove, subjected to 7m tides which can expose the mudflats and sands 3km from high to low tide.
Then there is the rain. 2.5m a year in 6 months.
The one thing we are not short of is water.
This is what the coast looks like, well, to me at least.
_D3S3619 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
_D3S3714 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
On most mornings and evenings you could find a photographer doing his/her thing.
Being on a peninsula we have the misfortune to have sunrise and sunset over water. Its a big attraction.
_D3S3244 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
But at no time is it a good idea to swim in this water. It contains the most deadly organisms on the planet.
_D3S4599 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
You don't have to visit. Most people don't. If you do you might wonder why I have lived here for 30 years.
Love. The love of a woman can make you do things that are almost intolerable.
That's how I feel about Darwin. I would leave here right now if it wasn't for the love of the 2 women in my life: Christine and Nevayah.
his thread is the photographer in me seeking out what Darwin is and how it might appear to someone who asks me: "What's Darwin like?"
To start, Darwin is dominated by water.
Darwin is situated on a small and narrow peninsula. On one side is the Arafura Sea, on the other, Darwin Harbour.
In addition, the coast is predominantly mangrove, subjected to 7m tides which can expose the mudflats and sands 3km from high to low tide.
Then there is the rain. 2.5m a year in 6 months.
The one thing we are not short of is water.
This is what the coast looks like, well, to me at least.
_D3S3619 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
_D3S3714 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
On most mornings and evenings you could find a photographer doing his/her thing.
Being on a peninsula we have the misfortune to have sunrise and sunset over water. Its a big attraction.
_D3S3244 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr
But at no time is it a good idea to swim in this water. It contains the most deadly organisms on the planet.
_D3S4599 by Tom Dinning, on Flickr