A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

A quiet recording of the large wetland region that comprises the Aldinga Washpool. In the early afternoon, a light breeze prevails amongst the sunny and clear conditions. The asynchronous 'plonk' of banjo frogs can be heard sounding in the distance  whilst a pair of egrets and other smaller water birds can be heard in the middle distance. Out towards the shallow dunes and the ocean, the faint thrum of the surf and the sputter of a boat passing, whilst a small plane drones in the distance.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/ALD001.html

FKISM: Aldinga Washpool - October 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This church ruin sits on an apex of Hancock Road along the boundary of Inman and Back Valley. At an elevation of about 200 metres, to the south the view looks over rolling paddocks, Range Road and the southern edge of the Fleurieu. Patches of remnant vegetation surround the ruin, which was the region's churches from 1856 to 1910.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/INV004.html

FKISM: Pioneer Congregational Church ruin, Inman Valley - July 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This is one of two AudioMoth recordings that were made on Lady Bay reef over a week in late December 2022. The AudioMoths were deployed with the intention of observing the soundscape of two underwater locations and were configured to record for 1-minute at 10-minute intervals over a 24-hour period for the week.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/LYB013.html

FKISM: 6 hours of underwater actvity in a seagrass meadow, Lady Bay Reef - December 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

A typical Sunday lunchtime soundscape in the seated area under the verandah of the Country Kitchen bakery on the main street of Myponga. With a cornish pasty consumed, I positioned the recorder beneath my beanie to record the sound of customers coming and going through the screen door, whilst a fellow seated patron periodically rustles a paper bag containing a disintegrating meat pie. 	

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/MYP015.html

FKISM: Country Kitchen bakery, Myponga - July 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

It's the last day of school holidays in July and families have descended on the Victor Harbor foreshore, where the horse-drawn carriage to Granite Island (Nulcoowarra) operates and the fairground is in full-swing. From this position - a park bench just across from the fair - families pass by as the shouts of children, thumping music and clanging of the fairground's rides can be heard in the distance, along with the croak of little ravens and seagulls.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/VHR002.html

FKISM: Foreshore fairground, Victor Harbor - July 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This is one of two AudioMoth recordings that were made on Lady Bay reef over a week in late December 2022. The AudioMoths were deployed with the intention of observing the soundscape of two underwater locations and were configured to record for 1-minute at 10-minute intervals over a 24-hour period for the week.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/LYB014.html

FKISM: 6 hours of underwater activity in Lady Bay reef - December 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

Recorded at the entrance to the Nulcoowarra (Granite Island) causeway, as waves crash on the shore and seagulls jostle for dominance. People pass bay and a bell chimes in the distance - an indication that the horse-drawn carriage is about to depart and take passengers across to the island. Before its departure, snippets of conversation are heard.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/VHR003.html

FKISM: Granite Island causeway w/ horse-drawn carriage, Victor Harbor - July 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

Mid-summer evening ambience at the creek 'beach'. With the creek low and motionless, no cascade can be heard. Crickets chirp around the area, whilst wind rushes through the reeds. The birdlife remains subdued, only occasionally calling out.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA003.html

FKISM: Carrickalinga Creek ‘Beach’, Yankalilla - January 2021

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

8pm at the creek 'beach'. A quiet ambience of crickets and a breeze through reeds is occasionally broken by galahs passing overhead.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA003.html

FKISM: Carrickalinga Creek ‘Beach’ at night (~8pm) - January 2021

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

Late night (10pm) at the creek 'beach'. Only the ambience of crickets and the distance drone of traffic from the main road fills the air.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA003.html

FKISM: Carrickalinga Creek ‘Beach’ at night (~10pm) - January 2021

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

Following recent heavy rain in the area, the creek is flowing in full force. There has been so much rain, that since my last visit to the site, the creek's course has shifted significantly, cutting a sharp turn across one section of the sand and pushing the elevated section back towards the main banks. The cascade over the rocks can be heard clearly in the distance, whilst in the foreground the passage of the water making its way around the new course.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA003.html

FKISM: Carrickalinga Creek ‘Beach’, Yankalilla - June 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

The waters from the creek wind their way around the 'beach' and a gentle cascade can be heard in the distance. An array of birdlife sounds out throughout this recording, whilst a few rainbow lorikeets boisterously pass overhead at the 2:05 mark.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA003.html

FKISM: Carrickalinga Creek ‘Beach’, Yankalilla - April 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

A warm late Spring evening at Middle Farm. A hazy light has descended over the dirt track running alongside the Carrickalinga Creek. On my way to this location I had encountered a huge Red Belly Blacksnake sunning itself on the hardened earth. Having almost not seen it up until I came to a halt about a metre from it, it regarded my presence casually before gracefully slinking away into dry grass; almost as if it were levitating slightly above the ground. A remarkable sight.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA012.html

FKISM: Creek track, Middle Farm (Yankalilla) - November 2020

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This sequence of excerpts from a continuous 13-hour recording represents one of my first attempts at summarising a long duration audio recording as a 'time-compression' of a given site. This was made prior to my use of AudioMoths, which allow greater compactness and configuration, though do compromise fidelity and spatial possibilities (AudioMoths are mono by default.) The site is in a clearing of Middle Farm, close to the footbridge that runs over Carrickalinga Creek and connects to the adjoining property of Mulberry Farm.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA013.html

FKISM: Overnight recording, near footbridge, Middle Farm (Yankalilla) - March 2021

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This is one of two AudioMoth recordings that were made on the banks of, and within Carrickalinga Creek over a week in July 2022.The AudioMoths were deployed with the intention of observing the soundscape of two locations and were configured to record for 1-minute at 5-minute intervals over a 24-hour period for the week.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA014.html

FKISM: Frog choruses on Carrickalinga Creek, Yankalilla - July 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

This is one of two AudioMoth recordings that were made on the banks of, and within Carrickalinga Creek over a week in July 2022.The AudioMoths were deployed with the intention of observing the soundscape of two locations and were configured to record for 1-minute at 5-minute intervals over a 24-hour period for the week.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA015.html

FKISM: Underwater bioacoustic activity in Carrickalinga Creek, Yankalilla - July 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

With the Middle Farm dam fuller than usual following continual Winter rains, the frogs have descended on the water en masse for their breeding season. Two varieties of frog can be heard in this recording - the dominant sound is that of Southern Brown Tree frogs, whereas the lower 'guiro' sound is the Painted (Burrowing) frog.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA018.html

FKISM: Frogs in Middle Farm dam, Yankalilla - June 2023

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

Late night in mid-Spring on Middle Farm with the recorder placed on the verandah of the residence. There is still a little water retained in the property's dam and this is where frogs (Southern Brown Tree Frog and Painted Burrowing Frog) collectively sound out into the night ambience. This recording is particularly interesting in the way that the clusters of voices initially dominate the centre of the listening field, before gradually shifting outward widely and isolate to smaller clusters heard in the distance.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA016.html

FKISM: Distant frog chorus and night ambience, Middle Farm, Yankalilla - October 2022

A Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map site:

~ Short version of field note: 

With my ambisonic recording position on a tree branch at about eye-level, I had intended to record the sound of the tall reeds on the banks of the Carrickalinga Creek. In this area, the reeds are dense and having been dried out by the recent summer, are papery and coarse. In the breeze they rustle and scrape together with even the slightest of movement. As I was approaching the area, along with the breeze, I heard a stirring of activity amongst the reeds.
It was a pair of fairy wrens in a courting ritual, whisking through the reeds, settling on stiff fronds, calling out to each other with short clicks.

Read more at the Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map.
URL: https://tristanlouthrobins.com/fleurieu_soundmap/sites/YKA017.html

FKISM: Fairy wrens and echidna, Carrickalinga Creek reed bank, Yankalilla - April 2023

Tristan Louth-Robins is a South Australian artist working principally in the medium of sound art and field recording. Ideas of sound and its signification are key elements in Louth-Robins' practice, traversing the space between the visual and aural his work is realised through the mediums of recordings, installation, visual art and performance. He is interested in sound and its associative implications - including its relationship to objects, technology, urban space, memory and the natural world. 


Since 2005, Louth-Robins has presented work in Australia and internationally as a solo artist, whilst also collaborating with artists, writers, researchers, musicians and performers. 

Working across a vast array of activities encompassing composition, sound design, installation art, field recording and workshops, his work has been featured in events such as the Adelaide Festival of Arts (2006), The National Regional Arts Festival (2012), Mildura-Wentworth Arts Festival (2013), Fairfax Festival (2013) and Adelaide Fringe Festival (2014); and selected works exhibited at galleries including The Australian Experimental Art Foundation (2009), SASA Gallery (2012, 2015), Light Square Gallery (2012) and FELT Space (2015). His audio works have been broadcast on radio including Radio National, Classic FM, The BBC (UK), Acoustic Frontiers (USA) and RBB (Germany).

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