Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ During a break in cold and rainy days, it is good to rug up and wander Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Ruby Tuesday meme
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Red jumper means warmth
Waves invite a space to dream
Wintry spirits sing
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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)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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SONGS ABOUT AUSTRALIA
- Damien Leith - his citizenship ceremony in Tenterfield + he sings "Tenterfield Saddler" - Australia Day 2007
- "I Still Call Australia Home" - Peter Allen's beautiful song sung by the Outback Singers - absolutely stunning!
- "I Am Australian" - delightful Australian images synchronise with a song of the Australian spirit - The Seekers
- "Great Southern Land" - the deepest wells of the Australian spirit - Icehouse (1989)
Australian Photography, Painting & Music Links
- Tia Kane Art - Chinese art through Australian eyes
- Kieran Murphy - Amazing 19yr old (2008) guitarist - Melbourne = "The Chase"
- Ian Wallace - Award winning photographer from Tasmania
- Lindsay Buckland - Music - Eclipse of the Common Sense - Melbourne, Australia
- Andonis - Heroic Mosaic Art - Melbourne Australia
- Michelle Wrighton - Pet Portrait Artist - Perth, Western Australia
- David Webb's Nature Photography - Queensland
- Robert Todonai - Painter of Australian Life & Landscapes - Western Australia
General Interest Australian Websites
- Australia's Weirdest Wineries
- Mornington Peninsula Tourism
- HaikuOz
- Unusual Facts About Australia ~ Some serious, mysterious and fun
- Desert Art - Broken Hill NSW
- The True Blue Roo Poo Company - Funny gifts from Down Under
- Scribbly Gum
- Truly Australia - Travel Australia
- ABC Rural Australia
- ABC Northern Tasmania
- Australian Snapshots
- Message Stick - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Online
Archive of Blog Quotes
- A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
- Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
- Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
- The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
- Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
- Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman
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15 comments:
it's lassie times two. those are the sweetest dogs. the fellow seems to be in a good spot for contemplating, looking out to the ocean. hope all is well.
Beautiful picture. I'm sure the dogs love the breeze too.
Are they your dogs? They're beautiful!
I love the ocean! I grew up beside the Atlantic Ocean so, yes! I believe I CAN smell the air. (Or wish I could anyway!)
For animal or human, a perfect day to be out. Nice shot!
i can smell the sea!
I hope you are ready to welcome your summer while we are about to say goodbye. :)
beautiful capture
I love the dogs
Your photo shares never cease to impress us visitors. Love this one.
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Have a great day.
Oh, I could stare at that lovely water for hours as well.
dogs wait patiently
for master’s contemplation
beside wintry sea
Love the dogs. I have a collie many years ago Loved her.
My ruby Link for you
I think the dogs appreciate the fresh breeze and the walked too. Happy Tuesday!
Something red, yellow & blue
It looks like you spent some time at the coast, I enjoyed all your beach pictures, like the boatsheds and the seagulls. I would love to take a wxalk there!
...and the two lassie dogs let off sopping wet fur ;-)
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