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, April 30, 2014

a little grey...


autumn view of Port Phillip Bay from Safety Beach...


a little grey
a moody seascape 
touched with beauty


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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

music in red and blue...


these characters were so entertaining at the 2013 Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...


drumming some jazz
a quirky sound by
rippling seas


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Monday, April 28, 2014

stand up paddling...


a small paddleboarding business carries the boards for hire to the Dromana foreshore at weekends...

the yellow box
layered to store
water journeys





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Sunday, April 27, 2014

penguin sculpture...


part of a group of sculptures on display in the Montalto vineyards at Red Hill...


little penguin
delighted to be
noticed


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Saturday, April 26, 2014

abandoned?...


quietly waiting at Seawinds garden Arthurs Seat...


pieces of life
waiting to be
needed


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Friday, April 25, 2014

bird sculpture...


bird sculpture round a bird feeder at the Enchanted Maze Garden, Arthurs Seat...


enchantment of wings
a feeling of
inspiration


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Thursday, April 24, 2014

new vegetable garden...


sign at the Enchanted Maze Garden, Arthurs Seat...


a sign
touched with
fantasy


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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

sparkling...


last Good Friday morning waters at Balnarring beach...


morning waters
shimmering
between bursts of rain


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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Good Friday beach walk...


it may be raining a little and slightly chilly,
but still people walked the beach at Balnarring early last Good Friday morning...


all seasons
the soul feels at home
close to the sea


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Monday, April 21, 2014

sculpture in autumn vines...


one of many sculptures scattered through Montalto vineyards at Red Hill...


art in the vines
creates a world of
fantasy


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Saturday, April 19, 2014

side mirror beauty...


while waiting in the car (out of the rain) for hubby to return from the Dromana shops,
I noted this side mirror on the car next to me ...


humble side mirror
claims a shining moment
in the rain


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Friday, April 18, 2014

Prahran skies...


lots of construction happening near Prahran railway station, inner Melbourne...


sometimes
building new worlds means
messing with old ones


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Thursday, April 17, 2014

power of easter...


I know that this photo looks a little strange.
At the time, I was sitting in a train carriage and saw the sign of Happy Easter outside on the waiting bus.
In spite of the graffiti on the train window and the barrier beyond
and the limited view of the bus,
I wanted that sign.


easter and christmas
cut through and shine through
the clutter of life


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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Flinders coastline...


view of the Flinders coastline on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula...


where the coastline sweeps
rocky headlands clasp and soothe
the waves


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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

surfer girl...


surfer at West Head, Flinders...


surfing
feeling the song of the waves
inner music


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Monday, April 14, 2014

waiting to race...


waiting for a run to begin at an athletics carnival...


anticipation
can be nerve-wracking and
exciting


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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Saturday, April 12, 2014

waiting...


boat waiting on Rosebud beach...


buoyed on wheels
a boat waits for
a real journey


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Friday, April 11, 2014

burst of autumn skies...


skies over the athletics track at Casey Fields, Cranbourne...


filigree patch of 
sailing clouds framed in
smooth foam


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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Bayside links...


an informative sign by the roadway crossing the regions of Kingston and Bayside on Port Phillip Bay...


reaching
mountains and waters are meant
for crossing


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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

flight of seagulls...


flight of seagulls at West Head, Flinders...


a burst of wings
celebrating
autumn sea breezes



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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

shoe and key...


novel way of advertising a small business by the railway station at Moorabbin


walk this way
if you seek the key
to success


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Monday, April 7, 2014

between boat sheds...


sea view between boat sheds at Dromana beach...


a glimpse of blue seas
refreshes
grey spirits


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Sunday, April 6, 2014

community art...


a tiny rest area near the main road at Moorabbin, an inner suburb of Melbourne.
The low wall features a series of tiles - community art.



time and place
communal identity
through art



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Saturday, April 5, 2014

reflecting...


feathered wanderers in the waters at Rosebud beach...


reflecting
on being at peace
within


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Friday, April 4, 2014

Thursday, April 3, 2014

sea pilots...


Sign at Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula.
I do not really know why the name Queenscliffe is spelt both with and without an "e".
The ferry's name and the fort are spelt without an "e"
but the maritime museum and the region spell it with an "e".
According to the maritime museum's web page, the two spellings are historically based. ‘Queenscliff’ refers to the town and ‘Queenscliffe’ refers to the Borough which includes Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale.
However, places within Queenscliff seem to interchange between the two spellings.

NOTE: The name of the township 'Queenscliff' was first gazetted in June of 1853.
The 'Borough of Queenscliffe' was formed in May 1863.


sea pilots
quiet guardians of
the bay


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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

ferry wake...


wake from the Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry as it leaves Sorrento...


foamy white waves
momentary footprints
of sailors


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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

barefoot travellers...


barefoot travellers enjoying a brief return to summer warmth in Dromana...

feeling the warmth
of summer earths
briefly


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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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