Those poor unsuspecting photons never stood a chance as I pointed the trap away from the golden sunset. For thousands of years those photons had been bouncing their way from the heart of the sun towards its surface and finally they thought they were free from that fiery womb. For the last nine minutes of […]
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A big woolly blanket being pulled up from the south leaves a window of twilight sneaking in from the north. It’s easy to imagine those last vestiges of light disappearing as Henley Beach gets tucked in for the night. Soon it will be bed time for all. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Putting Henley Beach To Bed’ […]
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How often have you sat on a beach gazing out into the ocean. Perhaps counting the waves in sets, perhaps looking for a breaking fin beyond the break, perhaps watching surfers shred it all to pieces. Now try turning it all upside down and imagine gazing on those waves from a completely different world. Better […]
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The days are getting longer now and the sun setting a little later which means more time in the evening to get down to the beach. There are more people out walking, more people out running and more people just hanging around on the jetty enjoying the evening. Even though winter is not quite over […]
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The way this teddybear star (Anthenea australiae) has latched onto that bed of mussels has a kind of possession quality. It’s as if she’s saying ‘Hands off,… My mussels!’ No sooner had I uttered that phrase and I was whisked away into a Sydney dentists office and to his the characters in his marine aquarium. […]
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