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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Friday, October 31, 2014

coastline spring skies...


a view of the Port Phillip Bay coastline round Dromana as seen from Arthurs Seat...


from a distance
the bumps on the journey 
seem so small


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Thursday, October 30, 2014

didya...


fun sign on an old shed on a farm at Red Hill...
(Translation: Did you bring your beer along)


some Aussi lingo
sounds so strange to
other ears


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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

beyond the rocks...


view of Rye beach...


beyond the rocks
an arc of sand and waters
and a mountain


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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

overlooking the harbour...


outdoor area at Queenscliff, overlooking Queenscliff Harbour on the Bellarine Peninsula...


outdoor dining
tasting fine foods and scenting
the salts of the sea


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Monday, October 27, 2014

walking the bike...


walking the bike in Flagstaff Gardens in the heart of Melbourne...


walking the bike
letting the wheels
amble


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Sunday, October 26, 2014

arch of wisteria...


arch of wisteria near the entrance to Ashcombe Maze and Lavender Gardens at Shoreham...


wisteria
mobiles of
lilac grapes


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Friday, October 24, 2014

crown and a cape...


spring skies over the Dromana Hills...


line of grey clouds
crowned with a flowing cape
of white


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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Melbourne City Marina...


Melbourne City Marina sign at Docklands...
Casual short term berthing is available...


marina worlds
always soften
any landscape


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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

the art of grasses...


reflections in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


curving grasses
shaping special
wetland art


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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

red seat...


red seat outside Michael Leeworthy's Art Gallery and home at Red Hill...


invitation
to sit beneath the trees
and dream on art


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Monday, October 20, 2014

yarn bombing...


an example of yarn bombing round a tree at Red Hill...


rainbow of colour
loving 
a tree


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Sunday, October 19, 2014

a wave of shadows...


shadow patterns near the water feature at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...


a gentle wave
strangely mystical
near water


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Saturday, October 18, 2014

protector...


protector on a horse grazing at Bittern...


it feeels nice
snugly protected from
surprise wings


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Friday, October 17, 2014

harbour in spring...


spring skies over boats moored at Queenscliff Harbour on the Bellarine Peninsula...


harbour in spring
inviting sails to
enjoy the winds


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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Chopstix...


sign on a car parked at Sorrento...
Chopstix is a Pan Asian dining experience that originated at Lorne on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and now is open at Sorrento...


funky dining
spiced with an Asian
experience


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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

string of beach huts...


beach huts at the southern end of Rye beach...


string of beach huts
tucked into
a sheltered cove


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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

a little red truck...


view of the main street through Dromana...


a little red truck
feeling important in
its own space


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Monday, October 13, 2014

is he waving?...


not exactly what you would expect to find on top of a boat in a front yard...
But there it was at Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula...


scarecrow man
do you welcome or
intimidate




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Sunday, October 12, 2014

shadows near lights...


light feature near the little arched entrance to Dromana Hub shopping centre...


shadows near lights
carving memories of
night duty


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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Som Thai shadow...


shadow of a Dromana restaurant sign - Som Thai - on a table cloth... as viewed through the window...


a white canvas
temptation to etch
some shadows 


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Friday, October 10, 2014

over the towers...


billowing cloud over the towers at the top of Arthurs Seat - October 2009...


piercing
like sharp needles injecting
 the air waves


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Thursday, October 9, 2014

BWS...


sign on the side of Woolworths supermarket at Rosebud...


abbreviated
symbol of
a liquor world


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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

frothy ripples...


Port Phillip Bay waters coming in to shore at Portsea...


frothy ripples
sliding in to rest after
deep journeys


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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

window views...


window views of a Dromana shop...


trinkets and treasures
a touch of
the mystical


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Monday, October 6, 2014

butterfly and flower...


butterfly and flower near Dromana beach...



tiny wings
brief joy
of flight


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Sunday, October 5, 2014

shadows of a gun...


shadows round the old gun on display outside Fort Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula...


shadows of a gun
such shadows
should not be


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Saturday, October 4, 2014

a streak of white cloud...


a view of Seawinds at Arthurs Seat...


a streak of white cloud
anxious to create
new weather patterns



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Friday, October 3, 2014

a grey spring morning...


recent skies over the Dromana Hills...


a grey spring morning
cooling the warmth of
blossoming hope


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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Merricks Wood...


name of a farm at Balnarring...


Merricks Wood
a grove of trees leads to
a secret valley


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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

slightly grizzly...


view of Port Phillip Bay from the back of Portsea Hotel...


slightly grizzly
waters feeling a little
peaky


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  • 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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