Second Valley is a place where the shape of the coast does most of the talking. From the ground the cliffs feel abrupt. From above, their relationship with the sea becomes much clearer.
Looking down
A drone changes the scale. Headlands become shapes, rock shelves become lines and the water reveals its depth through changing colour. What feels rugged at eye level becomes almost graphic from above.
Back at water level
The remains of an old jetty bring the human scale back into the scene. Timber, rock and shallow water sit together quietly, a small intervention against a coastline that feels much older.
Second Valley works photographically because it can be read at several scales. It is a bay, a cliff, a pattern of rock and water, and a place where people have left small marks along the edge of something much larger.
Related photography: Explore Australia from Above and the South Australia collection.
Continue along the South Australian coast to Rapid Bay’s jetty, hills and sea, or explore the coastal landscape from above.
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