To celebrate my 74th birthday I found myself driving north of Batemans Bay along a dirt road through tall trees. The plan was to visit one – maybe two – of the beaches at the far end of the shire in Murramarang National Park. I canvassed the idea of camping, but the thought of assembling […]
Eurobodalla beaches: Pedro Beach / Moruya Surf Beach
I Driving through bush after rain: muddy road, deep brown puddle-splash, old man banksias and swamp mahogany, and then a glimpse of ocean. Sky moody blue and grey, broken ocean slashed with white, sand-surface pocked, with loops of tideline shells and footprints, and scattered seaweed, golden red, black, translucent buff. Towards the south, platform welcoming […]
Protected: Strolling close to home: October
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Eurobodalla beaches: Malua Bay
Another one of those days with a commitment hiatus between a morning meeting and an evening salon 25 kilometres from home. What better way to fill it than a beach ramble, stocking one of the beach-gaps north of Moruya in my Eurobodalla beaches series? I first see the beach through raindrops (glorious raindrops!) as I […]
Protected: Gallery crawling
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Protected: Newcastle
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Eurobodalla beaches: Mosquito Bay
And no! Not one mosquito, just a chilly wind getting chillier, until by 6pm I’m at home tucked up under two doonahs after a beach walk and an afternoon of Scarlatti, Beethoven, Debussy and Schubert played by Tony Lee. Not to mention a stained glass window dedicated to a Croatian martyr and the life story […]
