out and about...

 at last... out and about...
This morning, on the way home from yet another doctor's appointment...
I decided to stop by the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...
It was too lovely a winter's day to let slide by...
Above is the entrance to the reserve from the small carpark...
The wetlands are just beyond to the right...


the approach to the wetlands...


the lovely reflections in the wetlands...


more reflections...


a wetland identity...


let's bathe in the sunshine...

a Muscovy moment...

Muscovy duck at Hillview Community Reserve wetlands, Dromana...


a kind of beauty
maybe short of elegance
but dramatic


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Ruby Tuesday Too

on hot bright days...

summer view of Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


on hot bright days
even the ducks scramble for
dark secrets


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Scenic Weekends



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swirling whites...

spring skies over Hillview Community Reserve, Dromana - at this time last year...
This year, on the south-east coast, it's still quite a different story - a story of greys...
Yet the west coast seems to be bathed in daily sunshine... Sighhhh...


swirling whites
dancing the joys 
of spring


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SkyWatch Friday

winter wetlands...

view of Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana on a winter's day...


limp sunshine
shadows and reflections
on placid waters


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Wednesday Waters

a pause...

a view of Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


reflections
a pause in time for
revisions


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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active clouds...

skies over Dromana...


active clouds
curling and swirling
wind-swept mission


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SkyWatch Friday

a magical mix...

a view of wetlands at Hillview Community Reserve, Dromana...


grasses and waters
a magical mix in
the wetlands


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Wednesday Waters

a small wetlands...

a view of Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...

small wetlands
stimulating local
comunities

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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

am I beautiful?...

Muscovy duck at Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


in still waters
I hope to see
the beauty in me


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Wednesday Waters

waters and grasses...

a view of Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


waters and grasses
weave
a holy place


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Wednesday Waters

mirrored greens...

view of the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


in stillness
greened with beauty
there is peace


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Water World Wednesday

my ripples...

duck at Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


a sense of pride
unique
water art


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Water World Wednesday

just slowly swimming...

duck at Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


just slowly swimming
enjoying the ripples
in my life


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Water World Wednesday

Dona Nobis Pacem

There can never be
too much peace...






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mixing shadows and reflections...

late winter shadows and reflections in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


late winter wander
shadowy reflections
spring dreaming


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

light on the wetlands...

view of the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


light on the wetlands
plays with colours
and shapes


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

damaging...

so sad that such a sign needs to hang around a small wetlands...
sadder still, the sign appears to have been vandalised
- pulled out of the ground and propped against a tree trunk...
This sign is in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


damaging
earth treasures means
ruining our own


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  Signs, Signs

swimming coot...

coot swimming in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlandfs, Dromana...


swimming coot
blithely enjoying
winter beauty


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Water World Wednesday