Saturday I was able to escape from the house and go for a dive at a location in South Australia called ‘The Bluff’ near Victor Harbor. There is a small little jetty, more of a landing really, with a few entry options including a rocky wave entry into the surge, a climb down the jetty […]
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I had never imagined swans, black swans, as being anything other than freshwater birds so imagine my surprise exploring a spit of land off Pelican Point, Outer Harbour called Section Bank and coming across hundreds of black swans on a mission paddling their way east. Their destination perhaps might be Grey Point or even further […]
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In the distance it is raining. There is no doubt about that. Will it stay out there on this serene ocean or is it a portent of calm before storm. How odd the direction the rain is falling both towards the north east and the south east. There must be strange winds blowing out there […]
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Ripples of ocean swirl into the nooks and crannies of a sand bank rapidly vanishing under a rising tide. The patterns arising leave in their wake the simple ripples of stones thrown into water, instead complex patterns of superposition, construction and cancellation play out in chaotic beauty. A few almost solitary sea birds most likely […]
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I first set foot on Achill Island, County Mayo a couple of years ago. At the time I was only a little aware of its significance in the life of Ireland’s beloved pirate queen, Gráinne Ní Mháillem (Grace O’Malley). In the last few months my awareness of this incredible woman and her place in sixteenth […]
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