Ballara Photography Tours

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Ballara Art & Lifestyle Retreat invites you to participate in a unique and personal creative experience, expanding your skills and interest in photography in a spectacular rural and coastal setting. Your base is the beautiful historic homestead of Ballara Art & Lifestyle Retreat in the small agricultural town of Warooka, on the Southern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.

 

Your guide is a true local and enthusiastic hobby photographer Steph Ball who, alongside Award-Winning photographer Karen Waller, offer unique and relaxed small group photography tours. All Ballara tours operate out of a residential setting that provides time and space for questions, learning, personal assignments and goals, and sharing with the facilitators and other participants. 

 

Photographers and hobby photographers of all levels are welcome - Ballara Photography Tours are designed to suit you.

 

Yorke Peninsula is remarkable not only in its geography and history but also in its shape, which makes it island-like, as it is surrounded on three sides by oceans and was once connected to Kangaroo Island. Colloquially it is referred to as “the only leg Australia has to stand on”. The well serviced town of Warooka, situated in the centre of the ‘foot’, is only 5km to the nearest beach (voted as one of the top 5 beaches in Australia) and less than 50km to the coast in any direction. The island-like climate provides cooling sea breezes in Summer, however the nickname of ‘Windy Hill’ gives a hint to Warooka’s reputation!

 

Ballara is an easy 2 1/2 - 3 hour drive from Adelaide and Adelaide International Airport. Interstate guests can hire a car from the usual car hire companies at Adelaide Airport, and in some instances it may be possible to arrange collection.

 

Photography opportunities include

Beach/coastal scenery, farmland (including secret, exclusive access areas), rural scenes, windmills, shearing sheds, stone ruins, farm activities (depending on season) e.g. harvest, shearing, wildflowers (July - September), salt lakes, sunrise/sunset over land and sea, and 

portrait session with local characters may be arranged. Our 'dark sky' environment offers particular, spectacular Astrophotography opportunities.  

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Tour Highlights

Coastal views, beaches, lighthouses, jetties, rural landscape, the spectacular Dhilba Guuranda - Innes National Park, local history, unique locations and ruins / dwellings on private property.

 

A message from Steph:

As a local, I invite you to explore the beauty of this unique regional landscape through tailored photography tours that showcase Southern Yorke Peninsula's hidden gems. As a passionate hobby photographer, I have travelled through stunning locations like Lake Eyre and the Kimberley, and I am excited to share our remarkable, but lesser-known environment with you. Join me in discovering the many extraordinary sights that await, and let's capture the essence of this beautiful region together.

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With accommodation in beautiful Ballara Homestead, the Tour package includes:

5 days, 4 nights
- All-inclusive accommodation, meals, tours
- Small group of up to 6 individuals (1xQ, 1xD, 2xS)
- Relaxed environment in historic homestead
- Camera and editing tips with accomplished photographers

 

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