Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Eerie Skies and Seas
Grim, threatening skies viewed from Safety Beach over Port Phillip Bay created an interesting streak of light blue on dark waters.
Threatening heavens
Eerie blues mask the waters
Atmospheric world
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Hastings Jetty Fish Shed
The Hastings Jetty Fish Shed has been an icon in the Hastings area on Westernport Bay since the 1860's.
At first, residents feared it would simply be closed.
But now the sign says that it has been re-located in a more commercial precinct.
So sad!
The fish here were just brilliant! Awesome to enjoy right by the sea!
Here is a view of the back of the shed with pelican Pantry on the right and a little of the pier visible on the left.
As for the jetty, it was announced in November 2011 that it will be rebuilt largely in its current form with the addition of a floating pontoon. See HERE for details!
Len Bryant is one of the last living links to the fishing past of Hastings.
For details see HERE!
Delight of fresh fish
Feeling close to the sea worlds
Link is now broken
Here is a view of the shed from the area behind the Pelican Pantry cafe.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Disappearing?
I took this photo of Dromana beach last weekend after lots of wind and heavy rain.
When I saw these markings on the sand, identifying the reach of the water line, I was horrified.
I am sure our beach is once again shrinking in size.
Enjoy the beach now
Tomorrow it may not be
Just yesterday's dream
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Jet Propelled
A young boy took a rest from riding his bike along the coastal walk and viewed the scene from the Safety Beach sands.
A small young rider
Still enjoys an Autumn beach
A dream is timeless
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Like little toy boxes...
Some boat sheds at Safety Beach
Like strange games with paint
Like bright little toy boxes
Like brazen cocoons
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Crested Pigeon
Crested pigeon wandering near the sands of Hastings on Westernport Bay.
Colourful pigeon
Strange to sea it in beach worlds
A lone wanderer
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Wetland Dreaming
A view of wetlands near the Hastings board walk on Westernport Bay
Stillness and quiet
Wetlands locked while time passes
Yesterday today
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Unique Lightning
A recent storm created this unusual lightning pattern
Surreal kind of storm
Strange patterns of purple glow
Mystery of night
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Another Era Ends
Dromana Post Office - recently next to St Mark's Church on the Nepean Highway in Dromana - has been re-invented with new faces since being opened in 1858 - almost 20 years before Dromana pier opened in 1872.
But now it has actually been relocated -temporarily, joining the many little shops in the Dromana Hub shopping centre.
In the meantime a 3 storey construction begins on this site. It will house apartments, two shops and a cafe and the post office will be back here at street level with another new face!
Time waits for no one
But the messages move on
Dealing with progress
How it was...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
To Swim or Not To Swim
Seagull on the Dromana beach doing some thinking or veging.
Seagull's own beach world
Life's big questions are loaded
Not for me today
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunny Door
A colourful boat shed with a sunny door at Dromana beach
Whimsical boat shed
Furling curl of a wild wave
Large sunny door smiles
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Fishing on Dromana Pier
Fishing on Dromana pier overlooking Port Phillip Bay is a popular past time - even in the winter time.
The pier was built in 1862 and then extended in 1873.
It is the second longest pier in Port Phillip Bay - exceeded only by Port Melbourne's Station Pier opened in 1854.
Originally, the pier was used by a large fishing fleet and local producers, as no road transport to Melbourne markets was available.
The navy's “explosive and munitions research branch“ used the pier to load and unload munitions from their vessels.
Evidence can still be found under the sands!
Legendary pier
Laden with colourful tales
Still creating more
The old wooden pier was superseded in 1960 by the new concrete one seen today!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
White Feathered Unknown
A character doing some dreaming in small wetlands near my home in the Dromana Hills.
(I have tried to find out what this bird is but still don't know!)
Lord of the wetlands
Wanders a lonely journey
Always attracts space
P.S. It appears that this is a white Muscovy duck! It is most unusual to see a Muscovy in the chilly climes - apart from summer - of the Mornington Peninsula.
They are more farm ducks than creek/wetland ducks.
Most unusual to see them in Australia when they originate in the more tropical areas of Brazil and Mexico.
For more details of another sighting in Australia outside Brisbane Queensland, see HERE!
There is even a wartime story about a Muscovy Duck called Corporal Haggis who fought in World War 2.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Kites in the Clouds
Cloud patterns make an interesting canvas for kite flying at the Rosebud Kite Festival by Port Phillip Bay.
NOTE: The crowds of people are kept back by barriers round the immediate flying area! Hence this apparent space.
A flock of kite wings
A stampede of public joy
A troop of raised eyes
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Rosebud Kite Festival Signs
Signs for the Rosebud Kite Festival - a feature on the Mornington Peninsula in March each year.
Like a rainbow kite
Icon for a festival
Colourful winged art
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Flying Without Wings
Flying a kite on the Rosebud foreshore with the Spirit of Tasmania - which travels between Melbourne and Devonport, Tasmania - in the background.
Flying on the earth
Flying beside bay waters
Flying in spirit
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Joy of Kites
Rosebud Kite Festival is held in March each year on the Rosebud foreshore.
It is now in its 8th year.
For just a weekend
Colourful art in the sky
A spirit with wings
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Monday, March 12, 2012
March is Kite Festival Season
Rosebud Kite Festival - held on the Rosebud foreshore of Port Phillip Bay - is now in its 8th year.
Joy of kite flying
Like giving the spirit wings
Like feeling freedom
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Street Without the Buzz
Shadowy main street of Dromana, early on a Sunday morning.
It rarely looks like this!
It should look busy
Traffic bumper to bumper
Hollow sweet silence
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