Time and time again I am drawn to jetties.

Historically the role of jetties is quite clear in being a way for boats and ships to operate out of a beach with a gradually sloping sea bottom. I suspect that the re recreational thing just evolved from there. For most jetties now on our our South Australian coastline, their only role is recreational.

I think the thing that most people love about being on a jetty is the way it transports you to a place out over the water without losing the feeling of security of being on land.

When ever I visit someplace new and there is a jetty in sight the first thing I do is go for a stroll along the jetty, peer out to sea or across the water and then look back at scene I know I wont get any other way.

Yes, I love jetties.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 503, Autumn Grange Jetty’ 1/4 f/11 ISO160 15mm