hanging low...

spring morning skies over Dromana beach...


hanging low
teasing mix of
sunlight and rain


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festival signs...

main scarecrow festival sign at Red Hill village...
I could only photograph the sign from an angle because it was in the carpark
 and I was right next to a car...

scarecrows
eccentric mimics of
character


This is artist Michael Leeworthy's entry in the scarecrow festival...



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mini fountain...

mini fountain in the grounds of Coolart homestead at Somers...

tiny dancing spray
celebrates the energy
of life




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Borris...

Another entry in the 2016 Scarecrow Festival...
Meet Borris... created by Maureen and Lawrence Marshall...
Big Borris represents the Red Hill Agricultural Society...


I may seem locked
but I am chained to
the good life


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Ruby Tuesday Too

King Kanga...

It's Scarecrow Festival season, and this is the Red Hill Scouts entry...King Kanga Kyak Krow...
Such a wonderful sight,
driving along the streets of the Mornington Peninsula hinterland... all these eccentric, colourful characters...


scarecrow play time
community revels in
joys of fantasy




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Monday Mellow Yellows

spring shadow art...

view of a walkway by Coolart homestead at Somers yesterday...


spring shadow art
creeps cautiously through
waking worlds


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Coolart wetlands today...

Today's view of a nesting area for ibises at Coolart wetlands, Somers
and the first day of real sunshine in weeks...
Compared with previous years at this time,
I felt the nesting island seemed smaller and the ibises fewer...
Perhaps all the rain and cool winds have reduced nesting numbers here...


seasonal nesting
instinctive urge to
nurture new life


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a pale spring...

spring skies over Churchill Island looking across Westernport Bay...


a pale spring
clouds trudge in
ambivalent warmth


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SkyWatch Friday

cannon in a garden...

historic cannon in the garden of the Churchill Island Heritage Farm...
The cannon is believed to have been given to Samuel Amess
by his friend and neighbour from nearby Cape Woolamai - Captain John Cleeland.
Perhaps it was his [Cleeland's] sea going experience which led him to extend hospitality to Lt. James Waddell of the Confederate raider the Shenandoah when she visited Melbourne in 1865. The vessel had sailed 44,000 miles in an epic raiding voyage during which she touched port only twice. Obviously impressed by the warm welcome afforded by Cleeland, Lt Waddell responded by leaving a cannon and some cannon balls. Today the cannon can be seen in front of the Churchill Island homestead.
- more on the Cleeland family HERE...

ammunition
archived curiosity
sea connections


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rocks and greens...

 coastline at Mornington...


rocks and greens
where land meets
the seas


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Wednesday Waters

little red boat...

a view of the boat harbour at Hastings...


little red boat
raised above
corroding salts


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Ruby Tuesday Too

Will Power...

in the midst of all our grey, rainy spring days,
I found this bright pool of yellow in the Balnarring shopping centre carpark...
The name made me smile...


yellow trailer
treks around a constant smile
of sunshine


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

a nesting gathering...

ibises gathering for nesting at the Coolart wetlands, Somers - this time last year...


the spring season
a time to shape
new beginnings


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Coolart last year...

view of the old Coolart homestead at Somers, this time last year...
(The weather was sunny in those days...)
Re the history of the homestead,
in 1895, Frederick Sheppard Grimwade bought the estate
and built the imposing homestead as the family's country retreat.


a mansion
rambling elegance
an escape place


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struggling spring skies...

view from Churchill Island looking back to Phillip Island...


struggling spring skies
sprinkled with fickle warmth
and light rain


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SkyWatch Friday

sign on a rock...

memorial plaque on a rock at Queenscliff Lighthouse Reserve above Queenscliff beach...
The sign commemorates the sea voyage of Paul Caffyn in 1981...
He made the first solo attempt to circumnavigate Australia by sea kayak...
Paul left this area 28th December, 1981 and on 23rd December 1982,
returned to this same beach after completing the 17,400km voyage.
(The Dreamtime Voyage title represents a nod to our aboriginal peoples and their Dreaming culture)

solo achievement
spirit of adventure
inspirational


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Queenscliff beach view...

view of Queenscliff beach from Queenscliff Lighthouse Reserve...
The pier in the foreground is extraordinarily long, and is used by pilot boats and fisherman...
The next pier is the old passenger terminal pier...
In the background, the Searoad ferry is just visible, heading to a pier near the tower on the left...


a bay view
laden with history
and progress


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Ocean View Kiosk...

little kiosk near the beach by Fort Queenscliff in Queenscliff Lighthouse Reserve at Queenscliff...
The kiosk only opens in the summer months...


cute little structure
refreshment by the sea
compact delights


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Ruby Tuesday Too

ferry docking...

view of the Searoad ferry pier at Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula...
The white rails in the right foreground are part of the ferry deck...


locked to the pier
a ramp for cars
to embark


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Monday Mellow Yellows

last stop...

Stony Point is the last station on the short Frankston to Stony Point railway line...
The line ends right by the ocean side of the Mornington Peninsula...


tiny station
leads to  a wide world
of sky and sea


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

a little misty...

sea misty view of the old passenger terminal on Queenscliff South Pier...
The Searoad ferry pier is round the headland near the tower on the left...


a misty spring day
when colours from yesterday
blur


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