Day 278... Rapid Bay

Nestled between a long sandy beach and towering cliffs, Rapid Bay is 105 kilometres south of Adelaide and reached by a steeply descending road from the main Normanville-Cape Jervis Road.

Rapid Bay is well known for its very long jetty. While the original jetty built in 1940 is closed to the public, a new jetty (opened in early 2009) is now available for use. Take a stroll along the jetty and enjoy fishing or the beautiful views.

Day 278... Operation Steel Wool

Break the monotony. Do something strange and extravaganti - Emerson

Day 277... Carrickalinga

Carrickalinga

Postcode: 5204

Carrickalinga is a small coastal town about 60 km south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula overlooking the Gulf St. Vincent.

Day 276... not to play

The last few days I have taken a couple of landscape shots and as the sun was shining I thought I would continue with the landscapes, so I hopped in the car and hit the road...

First location... Waterfall Gully, the sun was shining, the water was falling but no pictures taken... no parking spaces

Second location... I headed for the hills on Greenhill Road, plenty of beautiful landscapes but no pictures taken... no where to pull over and I was driving so no out the window shots

Third locations... still in the hills this time on Montacute Road, plenty of trees, a creek and plenty of places to stop and then...

I found this burnt out car... something that you don't see everyday so even though it is not the sharpest focus, it is still my photo of the day

Day 275... generations

This large mural on the corner of Frome Street and Rundle Street was first painted in the 80's and then was redone, with several artists contributing to it to give a sightly new futuristic theme in the 1998. Carol Ruff and Barbary O'Brien painted the original mural in 1984. The theme of the piece was the link between the older and younger generation through play. The new version includes symbol-isms of Adelaide heritage such as the Mt Lofty towers and up dated graffitied canvas school bags that so many Adelaide's school kids use. In the newer version the old man's ice cream has melted to show there has been a space of time.

I have always loved this mural and I thought light trails would add to the fun of the shot, unfortunately I couldn't include the top of the shot as it was over exposed and I did not really notice until I was home, hence the pano crop on it...

Day 274... seeking

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. ~Raymond Inmon

Day 273... a wonderful world

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Day 272... thrilled

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. 

Terri Guillemets



Day 271... Hello Cocky

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Scientific name: Cacatua galerita

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large white parrot. It has a dark grey-black bill, a distinctive sulphur-yellow crest and a yellow wash on the underside of the wings

Day 270... puzzled

If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.
J. B. Yeats


This rose is actually a lovely pink colour and it was it's colour that caught my attention as I walked to work this morning but once loaded on to the computer, I had a desire to take away the colour and fell in love with the detail that appeared    

Day 269... thinking

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am happy with this shot, I am happy with my shots for the last few days but I am a little frustrated...

we have had wonderful sunny days the last few days, I have been on days off and had hoped that I would be able to get out and about and capture some landscapes of my hometown and surrounds...

but instead I have been busy doing everything else and have captured close ups instead.

My next few days off we are heading to the coast so hopefully that will be the change I need

Day 268... growing

“You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom”
Janet Erskine Stuart

Day 267... living

“Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
Hans Christian Andersen

Day 266...

“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.” Bernard Manning