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Justin Hawkins

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Weekend trip away down the Fleurieu Peninsula. Was lucky enough to be within walking distance of the beach and the cockle train train line.

It is a nice throwback to my childhood to see the old “red hen” trains that I used to ride on daily.

More information on the Cockle Train and the trains in question here:

A table with pizza and a glass of beer on top. The view is under the table where a Samoyed dog is smiling at the camera. — He wanted pizza too [4284x4876 px]

Train tracks shot from a low angle. They look old and decrepit, rusty in colour with weeds growing in the trackbed. — Cockle train railway [6535x4610 px]

While the tracks look old and decommissioned, they are actually in daily use. I guess the very close proximity to the ocean (literally metres away) takes its toll.

Two seagulls on a beach. One is aggressively postured, the other in mid-stride. — Gulls [4366x2911 px]

A seagull on a beach — Gull [2119x2119 px]

A streetlight shot from below, with two sets of parallel wires running at 90 degrees to each other. — Light and wires [7008x4672 px]

A train, diesel locomotive/passenger end cars and a single passenger car between them. Shot directly from the side, with the ocean in the background and a green strip of grass in the foreground — Cockle train - diesel [6625x4417 px]

Yes, it was annoying that my FOV was not quite wide enough to capture the entire thing.

A diesel locomotive heading to the right of the scene, coastal dunes with greenery in the foreground. — Cockle train - diesel [5114x3409 px]

A diesel locomotive heading towards the camera, will go left of the viewer. The track is sandy with coastal greenery seen on the right. — Cockle train - diesel [2704x4056 px]

A diesel locomotive heading away from the camera, coastal greenery and a green hill on the right. — Cockle train - diesel [4419x2946 px]

A steam train heads towards the camera, it is around 100 metres away. — Cockle Train [5820x3880 px]

A steam train heads towards the camera, it is only a few metres away. It will exit to the left of the frame. — Cockle Train [7008x4672 px]

An ovular mushroom poking up through the grass — Fun guy [7008x4672 px]

A large black spider, with a large abdomen and chonky short black legs walks on sand. — I'm not sure I want to know what type of spider this is [1765x1177 px]

A steam locomotive heads right to left, ocean waves are in the background. A tree is on the right. — Cockle Train [5730x3820 px]

A low-angle shot of flowers and grass. Only a narrow depth of field is in focus, the front and rear of the image is out of focus — Field of flowers [7008x4672 px]

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