little lighthouse...

lighthouse at McCrae on Port Phillip Bay...
It was erected in 1883 and decommissioned in 1994...


slim and white
lonely beauty of a
quiet tower


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday


My MEMES
Scenic Weekends - Links open tomorrow!
+
Monday Mellow Yellows

Twin Bay Constructions...

sign at McCrae...
The "twin bay" element of the sign refers to the fact that this company
will build on both sides of the Mornington Peninsula...
the Port Phillip Bay side and the Westernport Bay side...


some scenic style
inserted between
the business words


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends
+
Monday Mellow Yellows
Check out the last posts now!

restaurant by the bay...

water feature outside a restaurant on Port Phillip Bay at McCrae...


restaurant
graced with a sense of
the sea


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday


NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends
+
Monday Mellow Yellows
Check out the last posts now!

Ruby Nail & Spa...

sign at McCrae shopping centre...


ruby nails
the life blood of some
beauty


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too


NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends
+
Monday Mellow Yellows - Links opened yesterday!

odd little figure...

unusual feature in a front garden at McCrae...


a lone spirit
framed in oddly coloured
questions



Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows


NOTE - My Meme
Scenic Weekends (links opened Saturday)

canoe on a verandah?

canoe called Penguin on a verandah at McCrae...


lost
stranded in a sea of
bits and pieces


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too


NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends
+
Monday Mellow Yellows - Links opened yesterday!

fishy?...

feature on a home's front garden fence at McCrae...
The home is close to the beach...
Believe it or not - this is actually a mailbox...


fishy feature
domestic art
out of water


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows


NOTE - My Meme
Scenic Weekends (links opened Saturday)

Lighthouse in the Rain

Rainy view of the old McCrae lighthouse on the Mornington Peninsula.
This lighthouse guides sailors through the South Channel on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay.
The original McCrae Lighthouse was a timber structure built in 1854 and following years of service was dismantled in sections and transported by bullock wagon to the top of nearby Arthurs Seat to be used as a lookout. The present day lighthouse, built in England in 1874 by Chance Brothers & Co of Birmingham, was transported to Australia by sea and erected on this site in 1883.
More details HERE


lonely white lighthouse
do you yearn for diff'rent days
when someone lives there


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday
Nature Footstep Waters

NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends - Links open Saturday morning in Australia
+
Monday Mellow Yellows
Check out the last posts now!

A Winter Flowering

Who would believe that a tree would flower in winter!
But some wattles do - just like this one at McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula.


in the chilly months
a touch of blossoming sun's
like Winter relief


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows


NOTE - My Meme
Scenic Weekends - Links open Saturday morning in Australia (Friday in U.S.)
Post is available NOW if you wish to check it out!

Sunday Quiet

Quiet street in McCrae - on the Mornington Peninsula - bathed in soft morning shadows.


quiet Sunday street
gentle morning shadow worlds
like a silent peace


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2


NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends - Links opened yesterday!
+
Monday Mellow Yellows

Wintry Wet Hush

Wintry, wet street in McCrae - on the Mornington Peninsula.


a wintry wet hush
lingers round the empty street
as if the world sleeps


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday
Nature Footstep Waters

NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends - Links open Saturday morning in Australia
+
Monday Mellow Yellows
Check out the last posts now!

Colour in the Rain

Plant on the nature strip at McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula


a small piece of life
do you long to dance and sing
as you soak the rain


Linking to:
NatureFootstep Blo-Ma

NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends
+
Monday Mellow Yellows - Links opened yesterday!

Weeping Yellow

A closer view of the McCrae scene posted on today's Monday Mellow Yellows blog.
In this photo, the subdued yellows seem to weep like a willow.


willow-like branches
weeping for past warm colours
and soft warm breezes


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows


NOTE - My Meme
Scenic Weekends - Links open Saturday morning in Australia (Friday in U.S.)
Post is available NOW if you wish to check it out!

like looming warnings...

House at McCrae - on the Mornington Peninsula - bathed in early morning stormy light and shadow.


like looming warnings
early morning stormy tones
like darkening light


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2


NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends - Links opened yesterday!
+
Monday Mellow Yellows

Lighthouse and Masts

McCrae lighthouse framed by the masts of yachts at McCrae Yacht Club.
In the background (on the right) is the rising slope of the mountain Arthurs Seat.
History details of the McCrae lighthouse appear HERE on my Mornington Peninsula Daily blog.


Tall masts and lighthouse
Like spears rising to salute
God of metal light


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday
Himmelsk


NOTE
My new meme is Scenic Weekends - Links open Saturday morning in Australia
+
My new meme Monday Mellow Yellows
Check out last week's posts now!

I Saw a Strange Garden Feature

After many days of rain, last Sunday there appeared a little sun.
I decided to go for a walk not far from home because the grey clouds still seemed to be hanging around.
In McCrae, just south of my home in Dromana, I found this odd feature in a front garden.
It looks like some kind of old farming equipment.
If anyone knows what it's called I'd be glad to know.

Proud old equipment
Usefulness turned into art
Curious treasure


I Saw Sunday is hosted by Susannah

McCrae Lighthouse

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ This is McCrae lighthouse near McCrae Yacht Club.
It is right next to the Nepean Highway on the Mornington Peninsula.
As you drive along the road, it seems strange to see this mass of power lines and power pole and traffic lights right near a lighthouse.
~
SOOC Saturday #9
~

Tall silvered lighthouse
Buried in a chaos of wires
Like mixed messages
~


SOOC Saturday is hosted by Amy @ Marvelous Mommy

Buzz of Summer Camping Holidays

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia tends to be a holiday playground. Campers, complete with tents, boats and jet skis, are a feature of January summer holidays. They literally pack the Port Phillip Bay coastline of the normally quiet beachside villages of Rosebud, McCrae and Dromana. Some have been doing this summer holiday trek for years and enjoy meeting up with familiar holiday faces.
This photo and following ones are taken early morning around the McCrae beach area.
~
That's My World Tuesday #XII
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ One of the short walks from the camping area to McCrae beach
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ It is amazing what people bring for camping. Here is a tablecloth and centre piece bowl of flowers. I also saw an orange velvet two-seater lounge chair and a canary in a small cage. I would have loved shots of these, but people were close around in pyjamas and dressing gowns.
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Some tents are dressed up with decoration
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Some tents are dressed for different reasons
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Some campers like to have their own personalised gateway
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ There are some interesting tent styles
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Most seem to revel in the squish of summer holidays beach camping style
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ I am sure that there must be a story behind this
~

Bustling beach camping
Late mornings and early nights
Summer holidays
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Left lonely on the beach
~

Not Autumn Leaves

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring new leaves, Balnarring, Mornington Peninsula
~
Manic Monday prompt ~ Leaf
~

Until Autumn days
A leaf is just some green shape ~
Many leaves make shade
~
But some are rebels ~
Some Spring leaves are pinky red
And then change to green
~
And some unique leaves
Wax in pearl grey wonderlands
Throughout the seasons
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Grey leafed plant at McCrae, Mornington Peninsula
~

Lighthouse Mania

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ McCrae lighthouse, Mornington Peninsula
~
Photo Story prompt
~

A wet, cold, early Saturday morning is
NOT
The best time to decide to wander
Armed with a camera
~
But then
There are those who are
Stubborn
Crazy
Desperate to collect
More pics
Somewhere
Anywhere
~
And I love lighthouses
~
McCrae lighthouse is
A lonely
Unlit
Abandoned
Light
Standing a little forlornly
Right beside a coastal highway
Right beside a yacht club
Right beside a very muddy track to
The glories of wet
Sticky sand
~
So I took the chicken way out
And snapped my pics
From the safety of
A very empty
Sealed
Road
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Another view of the McCrae lighthouse
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Forlorn looking Nepean Highway near McCrae lighthouse
~

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Light BY the lighthouse
~
And not even
The grey of chilled early morning could
Dampen my warped sense of humour ~
A light BESIDE the lighthouse?
Chuckle
Chuckle
Snap!
~

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek