Fishery Beach at the very bottom of the Fleurieu Peninsula faces south west onto Backstairs Passage, one of the most perilous waterways in Australia. If it’s not the 4 knot currents or claptopic seas then it’s the men in grey suits who prowl beneath the surface that make this part of our coastline unique. But […]
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I could not help myself when that golden colour fills the sky my local beach calls. Now in the middle of winter there is no one to be seen. No one on the jetty and no one on the beach. A few die-hard joggers in full track gear and hoodies dot the esplanade but otherwise […]
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We’ll thanks to the heavy cloud last night we missed the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the western horizon. It certainly would not have been a celestial spectacle. Just a curious thing to see and have talked about seeing. Tonight however the sky was clear and I wondered if it would be possible to […]
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What better way to acknowledge the winter solstice with a kind-of self portrait under the auspicious light of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is directly beneath the Moon while Venus is the same distance below again and a little to the left. Day by day Venus and Jupiter are getting closer and closer together. […]
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Henley Beach has put on its winter cloak with piles of dead seaweed washed ashore and piling up in massive dark drifts. Much of the finer sand has been scoured away leaving a course shellgrit underfoot though most will not feel it through their winter shoes. Soon enough there will be the unmistakable smell of […]
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