moody summer morning...

View of Safety Beach and pier looking toward Dromana beach
and Arthurs Seat rising in the background...

a little extra...

Not really scenic, but it is important...

Old Dromana pier has a new 'attachment' 

and has been strengthened with a new lease on life...at least for awhile...

The attachment involves a lower level for fishermen, or even swimmers...

pier uplift...

Dromana pier is getting a little old, weathered and tired...
Over these summer holidays, yellow metals have been working on sections of the pier...
But access to the pier is still available up to the point where the metal monsters are activated...

it's just a phase...

I can't believe it was at this time 2 years ago,
Rosebud pier was getting a long anticipated make-over...
Even a couple of seagulls seemed to be taking a passing interest...

For a little longer, I have to delve into my archives for photos here...
I have an abcess - horribly painful - like an intrusion - on my ankle bone
and I'm supposed to keep off my foot...
This has been going on for many weeks...
Love seeing the doctor twice a week to get it dressed after school hours...very entertaining...
But I can only stay off the foot at weekends... Impossible as a teacher during the week...
So my photo collection is feeling rather frozen at the moment...
Little opportunity to get out PLUS it's stressful report time and marking...

Did I mention I have flu as well?

I'm sure all this excitement will pass eventually and life will level out into some kind of routine...

Meanwhile...

Sighhhhhhhhhh....

buffer pylon...

one of the Searoad ferry buffer pylons at Sorrento pier...
The ferry is a rather large car ferry that crosses between the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas...
These pylons act as a guide into the pier...


buffer pylons
silent guides and
guards


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Wednesday Waters

from the blocks...

view of Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento pier
with the Searoad ferry docking blocks in the foreground...


silent sentinels
guide and protect
sea travellers


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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

make over...

a section of the refurbished Mornington pier...


faithful old pier
tired beauty needed
a make over


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mussels and oysters...

sign by Mornington pier...


local sea foods
a fresh and healthy
delight


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Signs, Signs

water lovers...

 cormorants and terns on a small pier at Schnapper Point, Mornington...


where there's water fields
lovers of moody blues
gather


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Wednesday Waters

reflecting on past and future...

a view of the old fish shed (now a tourist information centre) and pier at Hastings...


by waters
memories archive and 
new ones evolve


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a symbol of distance...

new - as of early Spring last year - pier at Rosebud beach...


distance 
the sign of freedom
for the soul


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once a fishing village...

informative sign by Rosebud pier...


a fishing village
from cottages to
seaside tourist town



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Signs, Signs

glistening...

autumn skies over Dromana beach...


autumn waters
softly glistening
silence smiling


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SkyWatch Friday

a long pier...

a view of Port Phillip Bay from a cliff at Mornington...


a long pier
accommodating sightseers
and fishermen


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Wednesday Waters

slow Sunday morning...

shadows on Mornington pier with the caravel 'Notorious' in the background...
More views of the caravel and details of its background are in my recent post  HERE...


slow Sunday morning
crowds edge casually
to the caravel


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

dog and his umbrella...

this little dog was beside a boat moored at Mornington pier...
The boat was a caravel, on display for a few days...
The caravel was launched February 7, 2011 at Port Fairy in Victoria, Australia.


a little one
gazes at new worlds
by the sea


The red umbrella is just visible on the right...


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Ruby Tuesday Too

morning peace...

morning view of Rosebud beach and pier...


morning peace
when the world slows
and dreams


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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barely a ripple...

view of Port Phillip Bay waters round Mornington pier...


sheer
plain of
soft blues


RIP Birdman of Port City Daily (Portland, Maine)
May you sail softly on your new journey


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sleek and white...

boat at Dromana beach...


sleek and white
an elegant boat waitng 
for adventure


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