Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Gentle Autumn surf at Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Watery Wednesday #142
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Sparkling Autumn surf
Blue waters silvered with light
Gentle energy
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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)
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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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16 comments:
Hoe lovely beach, I would love to lay there and enjoy the sun:)
looks beautiful :)
I love walking on the beach :)
Wonderful stars from the sun reflecting in the water. Great shot!
Hope you have a nice week:-)
Beautiful sunshine on the water.
Beautiful glittery water and the sand looks soft and nice!
I love the lines and tracks in the sand! The surf looks so inviting! I would love to go for a walk in it...
Beautiful! I love the sun reflections that look like little stars!
"Gentle" is my kind of surf, and this photo is beautiful, as always, Gemma.
(I hope your arm is better.)
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Beautiful photo of the sea... lovely the way the sun sparkles like diamonds on the water...
I'd love to get a tan in that beautiful beach! My WW entry is up too! Thanks and see you around.
Beautiful glittering waters.
Regards.
" Regina "
I like the sparkling light.
Oh what a lucky girl you are, even in a wounded state...hope things are healing up for you. thought I would chat a moment while my groomings are drying...yes, my shop/studio is full and always a project in the making, but that's how I roll, never a dull moment!!!
Back to the grind, have a great day friend...HUGS!!!
s
beautiful sparkling water.
"take your shoes off" thats what comes to mind :)
Beautiful picture AND poem!
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