I often come here on the way home from my day occupation. Perhaps not so often in these short winter days when I seem to leave and return during the in-between light of twilight. The little tidal creeks of Torrens Island in the last rays of sunset always make be feel like I have stepped […]
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Tidal ShadowsTidal creek mangroves cast elongated shadows across the low salty marsh of Garden Island in the last light of the day. These salty rivulets, now full during one of the highest tides of the season, will in a short time begin draining back out to sea.
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This place is so close and yet so hidden. Our secret garden guarded by sea on every side. One lone bridge keeps the curious away. This is a place you really need to make an effort for. Torrens Island is so close and yet so detached from awareness that most South Australians are not even […]
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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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