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)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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My Poetry Videos on TeacherTube + Google Video
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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14 comments:
Gemma,
I'm not a sailor, but I AM an avid lover of the sea. This photo pleased me immensely, made me feel calm and content. That is a precious gift on the heels of a week in Washington D.C. ! And your verse it ideal.
happy day!
Scenic indeed. I see you took the photo, too. Such an idealic setting and you say that in very few words.
http://judyidliketosay.blogspot.com/2011/04/great-form.html
Beautiful scenery! Love the cloudy sky!
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Have a nice Wednesday****
Terrific capture and gorgeous skies! Perfect for the M Day! Hope your week is going well, Gemma! Enjoy!
Sylvia
ABC Team
nice.
but I LOVE the Australia by night map!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Our favorite kind of spot! But I bet you knew that. Lovely marina. I wonder if we could pop our boat over there for lunch. Probably not ;>)
A gorgeous place and lovely words.
Love the great feeling I get from this photo. What a beautiful day, full of clean-smelling air!
nice to look at, but I weary of living in one :-)
Warm Aloha from Waikiki
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Lots of Ms in your post:-) The clouds seem to be overwhelming the marina.
Looks mighty good. Would love a flip on one of those. Thanks for the comment on my Cape Town blog. We have been to Melbourne (twice!)but not to Mornington Peninsula
Stunning!
http://fredamans.blogspot.com/2011/04/abc-wednesday-m-is-for-making-music.html
What a gorgeous shot! The skies are especially stunning!
What a marvelous marina! So beautiful...
Leslie
abcw team
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