AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

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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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

silky ripples...


a view of Dromana beach and pier on a still Christmas morning...


silky ripples
a soft touch of
Christmas morning


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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

beach chairs...


more and more beach chairs seem to be a source of advertising...
This photo was taken at Dromana beach...


beach chairs
practical ways to 
advertise


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Monday, December 29, 2014

here come the beach crowds...


the weather is getting more reliably warm...and the beach crowds are coming to Dromana beach...
(I know the horizon is angled,, but when I edit and straighten it, so much clarity is lost...
and the crowding needs clarity...)


summer
cramped with beach crowds and
summer colours


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Sunday, December 28, 2014

tree identity...


shadows on a beach box at Dromana beach...


a tree
shaping a shadowy
personality


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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014

early Christmas morning...


Christmas morning skies at Dromana beach...


special skies
celebrate
a special day


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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Christmas banner...


one of many Christmas banners in the main street of Rosebud...


a blue Christmas
means happiness by
sea and sands


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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

from channel to bay...


in the foreground, a view of the channel into Martha Cove marina
with Port Phillip Bay in the bakground...


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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Australian Coat of Arms...


Australian Coat of Arms on display at Melbourne Museum.
The shield is divided into emblems of each state in Australia...


coat of arms
symbolising elements
of a common soul


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Monday, December 22, 2014

helmet...


yellow helmeted bike rider in the 2014 Westernport Festival at Hastings earlier this year...


young bike rider
sporting the colours of
challenge



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Sunday, December 21, 2014

succumbed...


an old fruit tree that has finally succumbed to the whims of the winds...
But the birds still love it...

lifeless
but for some
beauty never fades


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Saturday, December 20, 2014

pieces of progress?....


corner of the new The Nepean resort in Dromana with the Telstra tower rising on the left...


intruders
re-inventing
old landscapes


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Friday, December 19, 2014

sky foam and silhouettes...


summer morning skies yesterday over the Dromana Hills...


morning silhouettes
dramatise
foamy skies


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Thursday, December 18, 2014

eco adventures...


sign on a boat moored at Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula...


eco adventures
sailing the wonder of
waters


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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

shallow waters...


a view from Rye beach of Port Phillip Bay...


near the shore
shallow waters
creep


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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

cute graphics...


a rather humble but appealing sign for Sorrento Pre-School...


give the little ones
the joy of
simplicity


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Monday, December 15, 2014

recycled...


one of the entrants in the 2014 Scarecrow Festival in the Mornington Peninsula hinterland...
This one was displayed outside the Enchanted Adventure Garden at Arthurs Seat...


scraps
together sing
a song of beauty


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Sunday, December 14, 2014

walkway by a sea wall...


sea wall walkway at Rye...


weathered sea wall
you have survived many
wild moments


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Saturday, December 13, 2014

little pond...


little pond on a farm at Red Hill...


little pond
happy not to dream of
growing up


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Friday, December 12, 2014

swirling fluff...


skies over the Dromana Hills...


swirling fluff
signals of
heavenly peace


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Thursday, December 11, 2014

table tennis or chess or checkers...


part of an outdoor opportunity to play games on the Hastings foreshore...


outdoor action
energise mind and body
by the sea


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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

tall masts...


boats moored at Hastings...


tall masts and lines
naked bones of
sailors


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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

terrarium...


Chrissy gift from one of my Year 9 students...


terrarium
sporting a spiral
of red


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Monday, December 8, 2014

pedestal...


bird bath in my neighbour's front garden...


pedestal
mini oasis on
a hot day


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Sunday, December 7, 2014

once an outdoor hotplate...


what was once an outdoor hotplate in my garden...


the vines
shadow the essence of
other memories


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Saturday, December 6, 2014

tucked in...


duck swimming at Hillview Community Wetlands in Dromana...


tucked cosily
into a watery
eiderdown


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Friday, December 5, 2014

creating...


skies over the Dromana Hills...


creating
a cotton puff canvas of
threads unravelling


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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Sandalwood House...


sign at Red Hill...


Sandalwood House
environmental incense 
for the spirit


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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

swimming characters...


swimming characters at the Enchanted Adventure Garden at Arthurs Seat...


swimming characters
exploring some meanings
of life


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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

alien shape...


sculpture in red at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


alien shape
poised to dance with
shadows


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Monday, December 1, 2014

umbrella and pram...


we're moving in to beach umbrella weather at Dromana beach...


beach umbrella
small competition for
the sun


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Sunday, November 30, 2014

did you say something?...


shadows meet reflections round seagulls at Dromana beach...


seagull brigade
a feature of
a summer beach


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Saturday, November 29, 2014

on sparkling waters...


boat on Port Phillip Bay offshore from Sorrento...


on sparkling waters
marking the path of
adventure 



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Friday, November 28, 2014

pieces of progress...


the emerging The Nepean resort by St Mark's Anglican Church in Dromana...


progress
reinvents 
old beauty


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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Witches in Britches...


Witches in Britches is a theatre restaurant In Melbourne opposite Flagstaff Gardens...


on good days
witches have a quirky
sense of humour


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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

waltz of waters...


waters at London Bridge Ocean Beach at Portsea...


waltz of waters
partnering the song of
the wind


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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Shilo...


stern of a boat moored at Hastings...


Shilo
a name reflecting
musical journeys


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Monday, November 24, 2014

the yellow of Flinders Street station...


a view of Flinders Street station in Melbourne...


iconic yellow
sunrise on the street
permanently



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Sunday, November 23, 2014

neat garden beds...


shadows in a Melbourne park...


neatly boxed
flowers framed
in grass


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Saturday, November 22, 2014

a gardener's stash...


survival kit owned by a gardener at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


survival kit
a hat and coffee makes
gardening a dream


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Friday, November 21, 2014

grisly skies and a pool of light...


grisly skies and a pool of light near a bit of rainbow in the Dromana Hills yesterday...


grisly skies
broken by a tiny pool
of rainbow light



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Thursday, November 20, 2014

attention ducks...


one of many fun signs at Boneo Maze and Wetlands, Boneo...


warning
humans can threaten
wildlife


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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

low and grey...


a view of Dromana beach...


fickle weather
spring moods
at play


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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

lone muscovy...


lone muscovy duck swimming in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


solitude
the beauty of swimming
alone




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Monday, November 17, 2014

the watchers...


beach boxes at Dromana beach...


the watchers
brightening the beach
in all seasons


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Sunday, November 16, 2014

where there's warmth...


one of many beach boxes at Dromana beach...


where there's warmth
and sunny light
there's shadow prints


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Saturday, November 15, 2014

shadow pools...


shadowy walkway at the Enchanted Adventure Garden at Arthurs Seat...


shadow pools
manicured footprints
of trees


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Friday, November 14, 2014

like an eruption of feathers...


feathery spread of spring clouds in the Dromana Hills...


burst of feathers
grace the sky with
cloudy wings


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  • Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
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