Unique Coastline

Shadowy rock feature at Rye Back Beach on Westernport Bay.


Rugged green mossed rock
Like a small rising coastline
Like a micro world


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

I've Got a Friend!

Kookaburra on my verandah with my dragon in the background


Just me and my friend
Just waiting for my food
Just being so cute


Linking to:
Weekend in Black and White

 

Soft Morning

Soft flurries of light
A touch of dark morning wings
Like a silken mood


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday
Himmelsk

 

It's Big!

This sign at the Rosebud Retravision store is noticeable!

Just some bold big font
Dressed in primary colours
Sign with attitude

Linking to:
Signs, Signs

Moonlit Sanctuary Wetlands

Moonlit Sanctuary at Pearcedale - 50minutes south-east of  Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula
A special feature of this sanctuary must be the lantern lit evening tours enjoying the nocturnal activity of the wildlife.


Fine sanctuary
Special wetlands for wildlife
Home for endangered


Linking to:
NatureFootstep Waters
Outdoor Wednesday
Water World Wednesday

A Galah!

Stepped out of the car at the Dromana shopping mall and found this little character.
A pinky red and grey galah!


Pink and grey galah
Just strutting in his own world
That's all that matters




Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday 2

Boat Out of Water

My neighbour's boat parked on his front lawn while it awaited a new engine.
The boat name fascinates me.
I think it is a play with the expression Yarra happening, but the last part seems to have been lost in the execution.
The Yarra is the river that runs through Melbourne.


Boat without water
As if lost in the desert
Body without soul


Linking to:
Blue Monday

Walkers Through the Shadows

Walkers on a windy morning at Rosebud


Early morning walk
Sun shadows and gutsy winds
Exhilerating


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Reflection Activ

Front window of the Pinnacle Physiotherapy gym in Dromana on the foreshores of Port Phillip Bay


Gentle active  health
Cool physiotherapy
Skies and seas nearby


Linking to:
Weekend Reflections

Rain Loves My World

The rain still hovers round Mornington at Schnapper Point


Muttering grey skies
Feeling very disgruntled
It must be Monday


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday
Himmelsk

 

Chew

This sign is propped on a pole right outside the little shop at Rosebud BP petrol station


Chew your way to fresh
Sign suggests that a fresh mouth
Means a fresh new day


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

Rocky Bridge

A view from the cliff of the rocky London Bridge formation at London Bridge Ocean Beach, Portsea


A view with a bridge
The art of wind and water
Talents of Nature


Linking to:
NatureFootstep Waters
Outdoor Wednesday
Water World Wednesday

Universal Red

This sign seems to glow in the Mornington Main Street

Coca Cola drink
Universal language sign
Addictive fluid

Linking to: Ruby Tuesday 2

Accidental Blues

Bike riders are a common sight on my Mornington Peninsula.
But this was an accidental photograph in Dromana's main street.
I was intending to to zoom in on the bent figure on the window, but, in the process,  my finger accidentally clicked the camera button and this is the result.
I have a photo of unintentional blues - blue poles and a rider all decked out in blue!


A couple of poles
A passing rider and bike
Blues of the moment


Linking to: Blue Monday

Garden Gift Shop Shadows

More shadows at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens gift shop.
This feature is just outside the entrance.
The stripey shadows are created by the thin wooden beams across the skylight roofline.
On hot days, the beams support a screen which rolls across the skylight to break the glare.

Tight shadowy lines
Confusing reality
In magical ways


Another view.

Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Shining Beauty

Some shining beauty parked at the Arthurs Seat look-out, highest point on the Mornington Peninsula


Quietly shining
Glory of metal beauty
Wild power at rest


Linking to:
Weekend in Black and White

Silvered Skies and Seas

Strange morning over Port Phillip Bay


Moody silver greys
Like frustrated emotions
Indecisive day


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday
Himmelsk

 

Tooradin Coach Route

A sign at the entrance to Tooradin on Sawtells Inlet.
It is a commemorative plaque marking the site of the Tooradin Coach Route which passed through here in the 1800s.
The sign reads:
In the late 1800's the coach route to South Gippsland after leaving Tooradin at times ran along Corduroy Road laid along the water's edge because the ground elsewhere was too marshy and the bush too dense for safe passage.
Corduroy named after Corduroy Cloth was the road building technique used by the pioneers. The supply of crushed rock and other permanent road building materials was quite limited so they used timber from the surrounding heavy bush. Logs were cut and laid together across the road's width providing a solid but very bumpy surface.
A section of corduroy construction is laid at the base of this marker.


(The base of the marker seems to be covered with plants!
But could the sign refer to the "props" of the marker?)


Old travelling days
Lively challenging journey
Thrill seeking moments


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

Waters at Tooradin Village

A view of Sawtells Inlet flowing into Westernport Bay at Tooradin Village
Love how the sign is missing the "l" in village!


A small waterway
Popular with fisherman
Magical village


Linking to:
NatureFootstep Waters
Outdoor Wednesday
Water World Wednesday

Tides are for Dining

Tides Bar and Grill is on the South Gippsland Highway near Sawtells Inlet at Tooradin, Westernport Bay


Roof like curling tides
Architectural design
Like soothing motion


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday 2

Lazing Around

Big Ted lazing around outside a little shop at Tooradin on Westernport Bay


It's me and my chair
I'm far from framed by the blues
I'm a cool big guy


Linking to:
Blue Monday

Tooradin Village Magic

A view of the entrance to Tooradin which sits on Sawtells Inlet (featured above).
The popular fishing inlet flows into Westernport Bay.
I like how the shadows seem to add a fringe to the border on this viewing deck outside a nearby cafe.
This little village was an event region for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.


Tooradin Village
Magic gateway to Gippsland
Fishing paradise


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Grey Worlds Darkly Framed

A grey morning at Dromana beach framed in silhouette shapes


Erratic branches
Dark intruders on grey worlds
Eerie still drama


Linking to:
Weekend in Black and White

Night Skies at Dawn

Dawn lights over Port Phillip Bay as viewed from the Dromana Hills


Murmurs of lighting
Sky etchings and earth glimmers
Like dawn's fantasy


NOTE: I am amused how many think that this is a sunset, even thought the word "dawn" appears twice in this post.
I guess seeing twinkling street lights can be deceiving.

Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday
Himmelsk