View Beyond a View

View of a Balnarring property with glimpses of Westernport Bay and French Island in the background.


peaceful countryside
catching a glimpses of the sea
visual beauty


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

Spring Skies Over Hastings

Between many heavy rain showers, the Spring sunlight briefly appeared.
I was driving from work and near Hastings at the time.
This one of a few photos I took of Westernport Bay before the next down pour.


like royal icing
spread temptingly over
a glorious cake


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

Waterfront Cafe

This large cafe faces Westernport Bay near Hastings pier.
It used to be called Pelican Pantry and acted as a training cafe run by the council and Chisolm TAFE.
But with a new owner since July last year, it's now refreshed and renamed Waterfront Cafe.


a sign of change
refreshed and re-vitalised
a new wave


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

Crumbling Yesterdays

What seems to be part of an old pier in Port Phillip Bay at Point Nepean Quarantine Station.


crumbling yesterdays
secrets and sorrows
fading with the tides


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

Rocky Horror in Red

An entry in the annual Scarecrow Festival in the Mornington Peninsula hinterland.
This is part of Michael Leeworthy's contribution.
He is an artist at Red Hill.



eccentric art
all in the name of fun and
entertainment




Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

Rocky Horror in Yellow

The annual Scarecrow Festival is on again in the Mornington Peninsula hinterland.
This is part of Michael Leeworthy's huge entry in the festival
He is an artist at Red Hill.

scarecrow festival
time to unleash bizarre art
and celebrate fun




Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

Heaton's Shadows

Egyptian style monument symbolising a tragic loss of life.
Heaton`s monument is rendered sandstone and contains a single burial crypt.
It is one of the oldest structures on the former quarantine station site (circa 1856).
 It reflects the story of George Heaton, who helped construct elements of the quarantine station.
Heaton paid a substantial amount of money for the tomb to be built as his ultimate resting-place, but he was never buried in it.
 Folklore suggests that Heaton built the monument as a memorial to the victims of the Ticonderoga, a ship which lost 168 of its passengers to typhus and scarlet fever, and the first vessel to be quarantined at Point Nepean.
More details HERE and HERE.


in the shadows
mysteries of other lives 
lurk silently




Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Quarantine Station Beach

Scenic view of the beach area near the historic Point Nepean Quarantine Station.
In the background is Arthurs Seat mountain.


historic beach
a beach with many secrets
best forgotten


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

a soft Spring morning...

Beautiful soft Spring skies over Port Phillip Bay as viewed from the old Point Nepean Quarantine Station.


a soft Spring morning
when the world seems at peace
and smiling


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

Red Hill Village Sign

Collective sign for a gathering of small shops tucked away at Red Hill.
I love the rustic display board.
(If you are wondering why the sign is moved to the right of the photo,
there were some rather large rubbish bins that I chose not to include in the photo.)


enchanting shops
like a bright gathering of
village colour


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

Spring Waters at Seawinds

A touch of Spring blossom round the waters at Seawinds, the gardens at the top of Arthurs Seat mountain.

a patch of water
drifting with the seasons
and the wildlife



Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

Scarecrow Festival Again

One of this year's entries in the annual Scarecrow Festival.
The festival is celebrated on the Mornington Peninsula hinterland.
The above entry is at Arthurs Seat Trail Rides.



Scottish fantasy
wrestling with Nessy
in a scarecrow way




Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too