the Portsea Camp...

sign at a popular seaside camping area at Portsea...
The Portsea Camp has an incredible history...
See HERE (limestone house to barracks)
and HERE (camp for school excursions and disadvantaged children today)...


by the sea
tasting lifestyles
of other worlds



Linking to:
Signs, Signs

testing the waters...

young one at Dromana beach...


testing the waters
 a tender age treading
new footsteps


Linking to:
Wednesday Waters

lazing in the sun...

man enjoying summer at Dromana beach...


sun and sea
lazy summer days
adrenalin pause


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

glass sculptures...

glass sculptures at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


a little glass
flushed with yellow, green and blue
fragile fantasy


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

morning shadow art...

shadow shapes on Beleura Hospital at Mornington...


sunlight
crafts a little dark art
playfully


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

beyond the Christmas table...

a summer view yesterday of Port Phillip Bay
just beyond the Christmas table at Portsea Hotel, Portsea...


Christmas
fleeting glimpse of
sparkling souls


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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Australian Christmas ...

today, Christmas day, the skies were blue, the sun was warm
and there was a whisper of a  cooling sea breeze...
This was a beautiful, Australian Christmas day at Portsea, over looking Port Phillip Bay...


beautiful sea views
an Australian Christmas
summer perfection


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

the Salvos...

The Salvos have just opened a large shop in Dromana...


familiar red shield
graces a familiar
red sign


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Signs, Signs

little buzz about...

becoming a typical scene at Dromana beach...


cool summer waters
tempt the heated
soul


Linking to:
Wednesday Waters

Cabaret Cathedral...

Cabaret Cathedral is an amazing artwork structure
created from shipping containers and covered in 3D art...
The height represents a 4 storey building and it seats 240 people...
This structure has been erected on the Rye foreshore as part of the Christmas holidays attractions
on the Mornington Peninsula...

baroque fantasy
summer cabaret of
musical colour


M.O.E. stands for Ministry of Entertainment...


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

some beach flowers...

yellow flowers near Safety Beach...


 golden flowers
earth's sunshne on
grey days


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Monday Mellow Yellows

recycled tree?...

walkway at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


in the stillness of greens
shadows cast
a special soft light


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

enchanted summer...

the summer gardens at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat are bursting with life...


burst of summer
colours erupt and skies
glaze with heat


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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parade of umbrellas...

skies over Portsea Hotel at Portsea...


folded shades
inviting the sunshine to
light the hungry soul


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

children's maze...

sign at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...
Sadly, there are a couple of spelling errors...
Corrections;
children's maze
challenge
NOTE:
The snakes and ladders game requires walking from one place to another...
Hence, it is a giant challenge...
The snakes are not giant size...


other worlds
trip into the colours of
the imagination


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

gently tumbling waters...

waters gently tumbling over rocks at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


gently falling
waters sing the melody
rocks hold the base



Linking to:
Wednesday Waters

topiary sleigh...

once again, this year, the Enchanted Adventure Garden at Arthurs Seat
has presents piled in their topiary presentation of Santa's sleigh and reindeer...
It is impossible to photograph the whole display effectively...
But below is reindeer leading the sleigh...


green sleigh and deer
stirring the Christmas
whimsy


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

two tone car...

car parked in the main street of Dromana...
I have seldom seen a car in this colour combination...
Perhaps the car celebrates Australia's sporting colours of green and gold?...


green and gold
colours of Australia
in action


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows