Robert's Ramblings

Bathing in the emerald green shallows of Stony Point this sealion, belly full of cuttlefish, is probably the most content creature on earth.

To us the Whyalla cuttlefish season is an extraordinary opportunity to swim with, observe, and simply be with one of our most amazing sea critters. To sealions, it’s a gastronomical smorgasbord with one item on the menu.

For now, belly full, I’d wager she is dreaming of more tomorrow.

#sealion #whyalla #stonypoint #aquatic #cuttlefish #dreaming #green #animals #pinnipeds #abstract

Well, more orange perhaps, but plenty of deep deep colour. This was the afterglow of tonight’s beautiful sunset on the Grange beach foreshore.

The inclement stormy weather of the last few weeks has turned our coastal waters into something akin to an insipid mocha. As a scuba diver I’ll just have to wait until water clarity returns.

In the meantime a beautiful evening on Grange beach with a fiery red, or orange sea will do just fine.

#Grange #seascape #sunset #goldenhour #aerial #southaustralia #sea #ocean #twilight

It does not matter if the beach is crowded or you have it all to yourself; all you need do is look out to sea and it you’ll have it all, in solitude, on your own.

#Whyalla #solitude #ocean #seascape #beach #coastline #blackandwhite #monochrome

It looks as if something exploded here in the salty shallows just off Torrens Island

One large mangrove might be to blame or possibly the outcome.

It is curious to note the perimeter of benthic disturbance encircling the entire group.

Perhaps it is indeed the fallout of the large mangrove; wind, waves and tide doing the rest.

#torrensisland #ocean #aerial #water #mangrove #solitary #abstract #patterns #sea #ocean

A beautiful pelican glides into view as I watch from the tranquil river bank. How strange it seems to me, this green brown waterway so far from the ocean.

In the river’s reflection I see another creature, a creature of dry, arid places. A desert dweller lurks here too in the most incongruous of realms; somewhere between reflection and imagination.

I am missing my ocean but the pelican is happy here in the backwaters of the River Murray; as long as he or she does not see the lurking scorpion.

#pelican #river #murray #loxton #katarapko #tranquil #waterfowl #birds #scorpion #reflection #water #animals #nature #southaustralia

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 into another world altogether.

The colours, rich and vibrant. The texture, almost tactile. The azure rivulets drawing attention to the rising tide which feeds them. The entire landscape, so natural and detached from the world I usually inhabit.

This little haven, Torrens Island, one of suburban Adelaide’s hidden treasures, is I place I can completely escape to, if only for a little while.

#abstract #aerial #barkerinlet #bog #landscape #life #mangroves #marshes #salt-marsh #sunset #torrensisland #goldenhour #creek