The beautiful fan worm Sabellastarte australiensis looks all the world like a miniature palm tree in an exquisite coral and ascidian garden. Just a tiny part of the greater landscape under Edithburgh Jetty.
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Somewhere on that Horizon
Out there, to the west, silhouette by a shrouded sunset, four ships make their way south. I have no idea what cargo they carry, the souls on board or the nations they herald from. Life at sea is not as hard as it once was and a little part of me anchored to dry land […]
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That’s How The Light Gets In
Recently I took a little detour on my way home from the ‘day job’. There are a few places I like to go at Outer Harbor giving access to some beautiful seascapes and at times breathtaking bird life. On this moody evening the wildlife had made itself scarce, probably moving east to the protection of […]
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Fiery Nights
Fiery sheets of rain fall in the western horizon but none of it reaches the water below while the ocean is calm even as storm clouds loom overhead. I loved the incongruity of this scene tonight as people played and swam in the warm shallows while small boats lingered out at sea. What a beautiful […]
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Diesel Homecoming
It’s late and the choppy seas are just a lingering tell of the heady afternoon sea breeze now gone. No point in having sail up anymore, it will just slow us down. It’s motoring from here, and another diesel homecoming.
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