It starts off as an idle thought of what to do at the beach on a cool cloudy day without your wet suit ….
Your mind starts to wander … and then you see some nice rounded rocks …. and you think… why not pile them up …
after all, a beautiful coastline could always do with a bit more interest, couldn’t it?
and then you do another … this time with a bit more thought in construction …
and then some more … even higher ….
you find some nice big rocks to use as backdrops …..
and then .. you are addicted…. you start doing them up the river too…
and you start getting really good at it …
and you just can’t stop ….
then along comes someone to copy your craze, but rather pathetically, as everyone knows that this rock is not going to work like that!
while other tourists appreciate all the hard work and stop to take pics …
and eventually much of the beach is covered in rock cairns … and it looks kind of weird, rather than beautiful ….
Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.
All images shot with Olympus OM-D cameras and the pro lenses.
Of course I did not create these cairns I don’t have that much OCD – otherwise I would carry a big tripod and a Canikon dSLR with big lenses – although there is nothing wrong with that!