The experience of sunrise is greatly enhanced by full immersion in cold ocean water. It is not possible to feel anything other than fully alive when greeting the day in this manner. Indeed, in late August at Apollo Bay it is not possible to feel anything much at all after a lengthy ocean swim, apart … Continue reading Autumn at the Bay – dawn plonkers, crested terns, surf
Images from recent days in Apollo Bay doing stuff that requires only time - all within walking distance of home. The New Holland Honeyeater and the House Sparrow These birds literally flew between my camera lens and the surf break I was trying to focus on. They landed on cliff-top scrub that was just below … Continue reading Native birds, big surf, surfers, Minnie Turns 15, pandemic lockdown Bread
In these difficult times we need the facts. But we don't need them 24 hours a day. I offer these images hoping they might provide an agreeable distraction and an opportunity to be pleasantly lost in your own thoughts of other things and other places, even if only briefly, upon contemplating the scenes below. These … Continue reading Hopetoun Falls in the Otways, and Autumn Surf at Apollo Bay
I have long wanted to see the aurora australis (southern lights) from my home coast, but living in Victoria as I do, it seems I could be waiting for a while. Gazing south from some coastal vantage point on a moonless clear night and seeing the southern sky lighting up on cue with dancing curtains … Continue reading Chasing the Southern Lights
APOLLO BAY TRAINING FOR A FEW OCEAN RACES 3.65KMS OF THE LORNE 5000 LAST YEAR'S LORNE 5000 THE SEAL SIGHTING THE TIMELESS SERENITY OF OCEAN SWIMMING
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