Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Near Queenscliff pier on the Bellarine Peninsula, Port Phillip Bay, I found this sign.
(See the map at the top of this blog)
Queenscliff is not far from the opening to Bass Strait.
The opening is known as The Rip, a dangerous stretch of water recording quite a number of shipwrecks since the 19th century.
~
This Way Thurs-Way #16
~
Sailor wanders seas
Splintered in errant waters
Division bell tolls
~
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ The bell appears openly (complete with ladder) by the road from the pier to the township of Queenscliff.
~
AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Queenscliff Bell
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Tasmania
A place of beauty in the Western Tiers
Tasmania
View near Blackwood Park Cottages, Mole Creek
New Landscapes
New Worlds
The Inner Light of the Spirit
The Spirit of Inner Light
Lady Gemma
 | My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Lady Gemma the Unique of Walk upon Water Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title |
LinkWithin
10 comments:
Yay! I would never dare touch it or come so near. Haha...you always find the greatest signages there Gemma. Thanks for joining in again this week.
Good thing that warning is posted there. I would be so tempted to ring that bell! LOL!
The temptation must be unbearable though, Gemma! :)
Oops, I guess I shouldn't have tried to ring that bell! Is there a good lawyer out there?
so this is a warning bell! Nice one and better tourists should obey that.
Thanks for the visit, Gemma.
I wonder how many people couldn't resist trying to ring that bell anyway.
I would like to know how often the bell is actually ran for the purpose stated? Are there many shipwrecks near that lovely spot?
Thanks for the visit and the lovely comment.
I'm sure the more they ban it, the more tempting it gets to ring that bell.
Great post.
Being located in the Midwest U.S., (among corn and soybean fields) we don't often think about shipwrecks, although a little north of us is the Great Lakes which have had their share. Very interesting post.
My hands will be itching to ring that bell!! :P
Post a Comment