AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Monday, June 30, 2014

once was yellow...


the yellow Information Centre in Dromana (2010)
before the walls were all painted grey with yellow and blue signs...

the sunny place
always welcomed
travellers




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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Arthurs Seat chair...


popular chair at the top of Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula...
Many tourists like to have their photos taken on this chair...

iconic seat
framing a view of
a memory



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Friday, June 27, 2014

candy light...


candy sunset light over the Dromana Hills...


streaks of candy
brighten
fading light


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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Les Misérables...


sign for a current stage show in Melbourne...


once a convict
earns the right to be
a man among men


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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

choppy seas...


choppy seas batter Dromana pier...


disgruntled waters
unleashing wells of
vicious power


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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

reds of the street...


reds feature in this street view of Mornington...


reds
add a touch of bright warmth to
a winter street


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Monday, June 23, 2014

community colours...


one of many community groups celebrating Australia Day earlier this year in Dromana...


community colours
represent
community spirit


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Sunday, June 22, 2014

like a little garden girl...


shadowy garden feature at the Enchanted Maze Garden, Arthurs Seat...


little garden girl
do you long for
spring colours


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Saturday, June 21, 2014

when paws fly...


a very large kite on display at the Kite Festival, Rosebud earlier this year...
Here it is slowing rising from the ground...


could it be
my paws are also
my wings


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Friday, June 20, 2014

winter morning in Melbourne...


view of yesterday's wintry morning sky over Melbourne near Flinders Street station...
The sun peeked out for just a short time...


the crowds have thinned
winter slows the pace of a
bustling city


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Thursday, June 19, 2014

recycling...


recycling sign on a bin in a Rosebud street...


turning
waste into
want


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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

soft shimmer..


soft shimmer of light on waters at Rosebud beach...


softly shimmering
catching a dream in
winking light


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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

reds gather...


reds gather round street musicians Hoodoo Mayhem
as they play in the recent Mornington Winter Jazz Festival in Mornington's main street...


rhythms of jazz
are music for
a weary street


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Monday, June 16, 2014

playing to street worlds...


one of many musicians participating in the recent Mornington Winter Jazz Festival...


rhythms of the street
are close to
the jazz of his mind


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Sunday, June 15, 2014

where shadows reach...


shadows on a boat shed door at Dromana beach...


where shadows reach
beyond their own
reality


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Saturday, June 14, 2014

shadowy dining area...


shadowy outdoor dining area in Mornington Main Street early on a Sunday morning...


early
Sunday morning shadows
wait for late warmth


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Friday, June 13, 2014

dark long shadows...


winter morning skies over the Hillview Community Reserve in Dromana...


crsip morning chill
but still the skies smile
with light


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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Mornington Winter Jazz Festival...


sign in Main Street for the Mornington Winter Jazz Festival last long weekend
- Queen's Birthday weekend...

a little jazz
can rock
the winter blues


another version of the sign outside the entrance to the Grand Hotel, Mornington...


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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

special art of grass...


grasses in Hillview Community Reserve wetlands, Dromana...


special art of grass
cast by the light and winds
on soft waters


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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

homely restaurant...


winter flowering geraniums outside the Counting House restaurant in Mornington...


homely restaurant
fringed with geranium reds
and the scents of lavendar


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Monday, June 9, 2014

network...


tight network of piers at Schnapper Point, Mornington...
the machinery in the background is a sign that the old larger pier there is still getting a make over...


water worlds
piers for the workers
and the dreamers


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Sunday, June 8, 2014

scenic greens...


view of the landscape round Point Nepean's old Quarantine Station...


trees live on
beyond
old tragedies


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Saturday, June 7, 2014

dwindling...


remains of an old pier at Balnarring beach...


old and weathered
mossy makeover
evolving art


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Friday, June 6, 2014

winter begins...


winter morning skies in the Dromana Hills...


soft winter morning
brushed sky waves of
grey-blue and white


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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Quarantine Station warning...


sign at the old Quarantine Station, Point Nepean...


beware
sometimes swimming 
is fraught with danger


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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

across the bay...


view from Point Nepean across Port Phillip Bay...


across the bay
other worlds and moments
share old secrets


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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

rowing...


rowing on the Yarra River in Melbourne...


rowing
combines physical rhythms 
and inner strength


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Monday, June 2, 2014

winged museum exhibit...


interesting exhibit at Melbourne Museum...
with so many reflections in this glass case, it was difficult to get a clear shot...


world of wings
tantalises
the imagination


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Sunday, June 1, 2014

from Point Nepean...


view of Port Phillip Bay from Point Nepean...


a tragic place 
shipwrecked souls
cry for mercy


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  • A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
  • Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
  • Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
  • Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
  • Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
  • Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman

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