a touch of gold

Dromana Primary School favours the green and gold colours often worn by Australian sporting teams...


a touch of gold
 a sign sporting hope for
tomorrow's world


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

shadowy sands...

shadowy entrance to Somers beach on Westernport Bay...


foot printed sands
sculpture the shapes
of shadows


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

gentle morning...

View of Martha Cove marina looking down the channel entering Port Phillip Bay...


gentle morning
etched with white signs of
sailing adventures 


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

uneasy connections...

view of a Dromana street with the emerging The Nepean Resort on the left -
right close by old St Marks Anglican Church...


uneasy connections
lifestyle spars with
sacred old worlds


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SkyWatch Friday

visitor information...

visitor information sign at Dromana beach...


information
dressed in the colours of
sea worlds


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

beach under autumn skies...

Autumn view of Dromana beach...


autumn skies
soften the memories of 
a summer beach


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

petrol and dreams...

Dromana petrol station gets an injection of beauty from the rising Arthurs Seat mountain behind...


a basic need
travelling dreams depend on
petrol


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Ruby Tuesday Too

wheels in yellow...

one of many cars on display at the recent Westernport Festival at Hastings...


sunny and shining
some wheels carry
their own light


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

boardwalk shadows...

View of the Hastings boardwalk on Westernport Bay with the old fishing shed in the background...


boardwalk shadows
signs for guiding 
footsteps


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

beach of tragedy...

View of the beach area near the old Point Nepean Quarantine Station 
on the far southern end of the peninsula...


tragic world
where souls beached for new life
and found death


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

waiting for wings...

A rather large dog kite slowly filling with air before rising and dominating the sky...
This photo was taken at the recent annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...


waiting for
some friendly winds 
to offer wings



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SkyWatch Friday

Georgianna McHaffie

Cruises offered by Georgianna McHaffie are unique.
Georgianna is full of old world charm and grace with brass lamps, an open fire, gilt edged paintings, solid wooden panelling and brass rails. On typical journeys, the boat carries 150 people.


cruising in style
feeling the ambience of
worlds within worlds


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Signs, Signs

small wetlands...

The Balnarring Community Wetlands represents a small string of wetlands near the village shopping area. Balnarring Primary School, also nearby, helps to care for these wetlands.


a small oasis
for many birds in
a cluttered world


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

vintage beauty...

A view of vintage cars on display at the recent Westernport Festival at Hastings...


old glory on wheels
reminiscent of
precious other worlds 


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Ruby Tuesday Too

yellow kite...

yellow kite at the recent annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...


cute yellow face
flying high with
a smile


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Monday Mellow Yellows

pelican duty...

Pelicans waiting for stray gifts from nearby fishermen who are scaling fish at Hastings on Westernport Bay...


patient pelicans
alert to the chance of
stray gifts


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

kites and people...

kites and people enjoying some surprise end of summer warmth and a gentle sea breeze
at the annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore last weekend...


where there are kites
there are people
dreaming


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

a sky of kites...

Skies last Saturday when kite fliers were giving their kites a test run
before the Kite Festival itself on Sunday on Rosebud foreshore...


flying colours
teased by the sun and
the flippant winds


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SkyWatch Friday

growling grass frog...

An informative, interesting sign in the Balnarring Community Wetlands...


growling grass frog
hoping for
a future


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Signs, Signs

kites and sails...

strange to see kites and sails together - viewed from Rosebud beach...
The kites were preparing for last weekend's annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...


kites and sails
loving the gifts of
the winds


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

kite dog...

large kite dog preparing to lift from the ground on the Rosebud foreshore last weekend.
The green shape held by the man on the right is a caterpillar kite.
This was part of the annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore.


giant kite dog
big cheeky paws and
little red tongue


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Ruby Tuesday Too

kite flying time again...

kites at the last weekend annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...
The main event is on the Sunday, but I also like to go on the Saturday
when kite flyers are "warming up" and there are less people.


magic of kites
setting fantasy worlds
free



both the above photos were taken on the Saturday...

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Monday Mellow Yellows

wetlands entrance...

Entrance walkway to the Balbirooroo and ephemeral Pun Pun wetlands at Balnarring...
Together they are known as the Balnarring Community Wetlands.


dense with green
a tiny sanctuary for
wetland wildlife



Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Secret Harbour

A view of the evolving Secret Harbour - the next stage in the Martha Cove marina development.


wetlands to channels
after shaping and dredging
new worlds for boats


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

early morning stillness...

Soft, early morning skies at Hastings on Westernport Bay...


reflections
early morning
mysteries


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday