We watched as the base of the setting sun touched the horizon. In two minutes It will be gone. You can’t measure the diameter of the sun as it appears in the sky but you can measure the angle it makes with your point of view, about one half a degree. So with a little […]
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Dreaming of a Golden Christmas
Nothing could be further from the traditional ‘White Christmas’ than basking in golden twilight on an Australian beach in 35 degrees C. Well yes I could get creative and go further however the contrast between these two worlds literally poles apart yet sharing the same festive season is profound. All through my childhood Christmas time […]
Read MoreGazing Out To Sea
With another extraordinary year racing towards the finishing line there is nothing more calming to me than looking out across the ocean to the distant horizon. Gazing out to sea washes away cares and worry and brings back to mind things that really matter. The next few days will be fun and crazy and a […]
Read MoreBeached Sargassum
Far away from the legendary Sargasso Sea this solitary clump of sargassum weed washes back and forth in the gentle surf of Henley Beach. Unlike the huge floating rafts of the Atlantic Ocean, this form of sargassum lives a benthic life attached to the rocky reef off our local coast. On any dive here ‘bubble […]
Read MoreBelow The Boardwalk
Below the boardwalk the sand is little bit cooler. Below the boardwalk the sun is a little more bearable. Below the boardwalk the shadows are a little less harsh. Ablaze in the not so soft glow of twilight, Henley Beach Jetty is none of the above when camera turns evening into day. Photo: Robert Rath, […]
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