shadowy tunnels...

one of many shadowy tunnels at Fort Nepean, Point Nepean...
The first shot fired by the British Empire in World War I
was fired here just beyond Portsea on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula...

narrow light
coursing a labyrinth of
dark secrets

 


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from The Rip...

a view of The Rip area at Point Nepean
where waters from Bass Strait on the left enter Port Phillip Bay...


a wild place
where waters jostle
for identity


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a walk with ghosts...

shadowy walkway at the Point Nepean Quarantine Station by Port Phillip Bay...


by the sea
ghosts of colonial days
wander


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pipes...

boiler room pipes for the communal showers at the old Point Nepean Quarantine station...


pipe connections
disinfecting and destroying
multi-purpose


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scenic greens...

view of the landscape round Point Nepean's old Quarantine Station...


trees live on
beyond
old tragedies


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Quarantine Station warning...

sign at the old Quarantine Station, Point Nepean...


beware
sometimes swimming 
is fraught with danger


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across the bay...

view from Point Nepean across Port Phillip Bay...


across the bay
other worlds and moments
share old secrets


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from Point Nepean...

view of Port Phillip Bay from Point Nepean...


a tragic place 
shipwrecked souls
cry for mercy


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placid waters now...

Small beach at Point Nepean with a view across Port Phillip Bay


placid waters now
bury yesterday's tales
of tragedies


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Slipping Coastline

Rugged coastline at Point Nepean, the furthest point south on the Mornington Peninsula.
The waters of Bass Strait are on the right.
The land is slowly slipping in to the sea.


fading coastline
Mother Nature gives her earth
new dimension




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Coherent

Sign at Point Nepean, on the far end of the Mornington Peninsula, explaining a war machine that was once once sited there.

Metal war relics 
Can there be coherent love
Of killing machines

   
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April is National Poetry Month
Today's Prompt - Coherent

Haiku Challenge #5 ~ Acrostic

Surrogate spirit
Eternal changing faces
Angel by my soul

Day 5 – February 5th – Theme: 'Ur' Choice - Form: Acrostic Haiku

Haiku Challenge #4 ~ Opposite Emotions

The ride of our lives
Joy and grief spice the moment
Learn and keep riding

Day 4 – February 4th – Theme: Opposite Emotions

Haiku Challenge #2 ~ Mother

Caring and sharing
Steadying life's carousel
Art of a mother

Day 2 – February 2nd – Theme or Word: Mother

Point Nepean Transporter

This piece of machinery looks like a tractor!
But it is used to haul open carriages for those who don't wish to walk the hilly 6km stretch ~ at Point Nepean on the far southern end of the peninsula.
The whole is called a "transporter"!
So here, do we see a window or a door?

Unique travel mode
Open to fresh air and views
Recycled tractor.


A view of the rocky headland and transporter as it nears the end of its journey.
I walked the whole distance once - one way.
On this day, I chose to take the transporter between points of interest.
Fortunately it has several stopping areas and runs half hourly.



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Blue Waters of Point Nepean

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Blues on blues - waters at Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula
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Multi tones of blue
Rippling and swirling waters
Enchanting magic
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Symphony of Waves

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Bass Strait waters tumbling in to Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula
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Restless open seas
Transform into foamy crests
Crumbling into shore
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Wheels Friday #18 ~ Quarantine Wheels

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Part of the old disinfecting area at the Quarantine Station, Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ The tracks were for trolleys rolling in items to this chamber for disinfecting
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Quarantine Station
Old wheels with blurry secrets
Disturbing moments
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Wheels Friday #18 ~ Quarantine Wheels
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Old Disinfectant

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A disinfecting chamber used in the early days of settlement for the luggage of new arrivals to Australia at Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula
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Tragic history
Old quarantine leverage
Fear of new settlers

Humbling cleansing joke
Remedy for strange disease
Humiliating
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Last Connections

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ An old phone at Point Nepean - right at the end of the Mornington Peninsula
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We thought World War II belonged in Dad’s strange, smudgy past.
But a trip to defences at Point Nepean, in the far south of Australia, shattered our crystal reverie.
Here was the spot where he once manned a cannon, watching.
And here was the very phone where he made his last call to Melbourne!
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