Rivulets of seawater snake their way in from Barker Inlet through woodlands of white mangrove bringing life to the boggy marshlands of Torrens Island. The colours are surreal with the greens and yellows of magrove canopy yielding to the vibrant crimson of red samphire salt-marsh. So much beauty so close to home.
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A gorgeous sunset this evening and golden afterglow across the horizon was all ours from the Garden Island dolphin sanctuary. Alas we saw no dolphins but the mosquitoes were more than happy to entertain us once the sun was gone. The mangroves, the yachts, the power station and the industrial skyline, a disharmonious collection of […]
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It’s only a few minutes before the sun will vanish below an ocean horizon but still the sky looks burned. Above the clouds and to the west a traveller peers out from their window seat, stares into the deepening untainted azure sky and and marvels a different beauty.
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Driving home one foggy evening recently I was amazed how all around me the steam and smoke rising from the myriad of factories in and around Port Adelaide seemed to just fill a low horizontal plane across the sky. It was as if someone had placed a gigantic piece of glass over it all and […]
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