Autumn at the Beach
While the temperatures have dropped
and the locals shiver
early morning
and again at night
and the locals shiver
early morning
and again at night
the light is mellow
and evening comes in early
closing the day before six pm
Autumn at the beach
is still a wonderful place to be
is still a wonderful place to be
the seagulls think so....
the tourists know so...
the bird of paradise gloats
in its heaven
the pandanus fruit
looks edible...
and is
for goannas
and turkeys
looks edible...
and is
for goannas
and turkeys
Autumn at the beach
in Noosa
Queensland
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Post Script.
I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago.
As it is less than two weeks now
'til the winter solstice
I suppose this post should be called
Winter at the Beach...
But
it really makes no difference
It is still
wonderful...
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The bird of paradise gloats in its heaven'......very nice. Your words complement your pictures beautifully.
ReplyDelete(It's definitely winter and not autumn here!)
When we get to hit the beach the summer will be in full swing here. I have never actually been on the beach in autumn--it looks quiet and serene.
ReplyDeleteIf this is autumn then I wonder what it's like in the summer!! it looks so warm and peaceful and I love the light... I wish our English autumns were like that. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks RR for the comments,
ReplyDeletekeep warm then...do you have a cosy corner in the sun to write?
Happy Days
Hi Jelica
ReplyDeleteWhere do you go for a beach?
The beach is a lot less crowded, many of the locals aren't swimming only the tourists think it is warm enough...locals wear wetsuits to surf now!
And we also have quiet spells in between holiday periods. Many New Zealanders visit at this time to escape their cold winter.
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Hello there Polly
ReplyDeleteThis beach, called Main Beach can get very busy but it stretches for a long way up to the rock groyne that you can see and then there is another stretch equally as long. On top of that we have a gorgeous little beach at Little Cove plus the ones in the Nat park and then over hte headland we have beaches all th way down to Brisbane - about 100km....so it is never really crowded anywhere except maybe right in front of the surf club where these people are.
It usually has a wide stretch of sand without rocks. The high stormy seas took the sand a few weeks ago and the pumps will be returning it soon...its an ongoing cycle...
The beach looked just the same today...and guess what...the first whales have been seen....
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I can barely believe the beauty of it! This can't all just be in one place? You have cheated, have you?
ReplyDeleteMiraculous; if I were you I'd never leave. Everything is so splendidly larger than life, one would have to invent a different yardstick to measure it by.
Hello Friko
ReplyDeleteand welcome to ahazymoon home.
It's nice to meet you and I'll take your advice - I am never leaving, this spot is paradise...
The Queensland tourism board one year had the slogan:
"Queensland - beautiful one day,
perfect the next..."
and it is...
I will come by and visit you tomorrow...'til then...
Happy Days
hi delwyn, a beautiful picture across the sea and an especially lovely picture of the seagulls playing (and eating?) in the little stream making its way out to the sea. summer is arriving here. thanks for sharing it with us. stay warm!!! steven
ReplyDeleteYes it is.
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying your photography, Delwyn. It is quite lovely..... makes me smile. Thanks.xx
Hi Nat
ReplyDeleteI enjoy yours too because there is invariably something 'close to home'...
Happy Days
Hi Steven,
ReplyDeleteFunny that my winter can be making you feel like summer...I hope that your summer comes in a rush for your impending holidays...
My days are still lovely in the low to mid 20s...just cool early...
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Wonderful indeed. The second picture with it's light and color, sang to me.
ReplyDeleteOh Delwyn why hasn't anyone invented teletransport?! I want to be there NOW!
ReplyDeleteNoosa looks marvelous, that glimmering light on the water makes me swoon with sea-love.
It's a wonder I don't have webbed feet and gills, because I could live immersed in the water.
I love the ocean. And these photos are coming back with me to Italy. Bellissime!
Ciao and thanks for this marvelous post.
Lola xx
Hi Delwyn
ReplyDeleteHow splendid your autumn sea is!
It is shimmering like crystals!
O I admire the way you write.
It has a nice, wonderful ring. I love that. And I miss the sea so much! Thanks for sharing.
i have to admit, it doesn't look that autumny (autumnal?) there. i wish our autumn looked like that. especially the first picture. breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteWinter at the lake beach here in Minnesota is frozen and the locals and tourists drive out on the water to go ice fishing. Your beach looks much more inviting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photographs. Makes me wish I were there.
The Bird of Paradise was cool to see. I have only seen them in Flower shops. Beautiful beach. I so love a beach. We have some nice beaches in Ontario but not up at our cottage.Thanks for stopping by my site. I am assuming, hopefully not wrongly so, that the elk and stag are ferns?
ReplyDeleteThis year we are going to the Adriatic--the sea of my childhood and, totally subjectively, the best in the world (not that I've seen that many others but I am a true believer).
ReplyDeleteHello Tom
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see you again...
That photo was one of those you snap off when the light catches your eye. It was late in the day returning from a walk and the light low and soft...
Happy days
Lola
ReplyDeleteI think they have but only though the blog at this stage!
I love the country but the pull of the ocean is even stronger and I have to live by the water. This is such a safe and clean beach for swimming. One year Beloved and I swam the length every morning...
Happy days
Hi there sapphire
ReplyDeleteYes it was like that again yesterday - another sea post coming up!
I stayed on the coast at Noto out from Houdatsu Oshimitzu one time - quite a different sea coast there!
Thanks for the nice comments Sapphire.
Happy days
Hi Julie.
ReplyDeleteI googled babushka and it came up with the Russian dolls - seems they are called babushkas or that other m word you have...
Autumn is probably the best time of year though can be very wet as it has been this year. The last heavy falls gave some areas 1/4 of their annual rainfall in one day!
Happy days
Hello Grace
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the chatty part of my blog. It's nice to meet you.
After living here in this climate I could not go back to a colder winter.Even New Zealand summers are cold for me!
I will come and visit you later for a coffee after I have been to Body Balance class...do you have soy milk?
Happy days
Hi Lorac
ReplyDeleteyes they are...I often post one that I notice on my walks...
Strelizia are so vibrant and proud looking...great in floral arrangements with others in that family..
Happy days
Hi Jelica
ReplyDeletewell the places of our childhood do hold special memories and associations close to our hearts...
but you must one day see the beaches of Australia.. long pristine swathes of fine yellow sand...you can walk for miles and miles , or swim, or surf, or snorkel, or stand up paddle, or kayak, or surfski or jetski( oh how I hate those noisy things) or dive...or just sunbathe...and eat frozen ice...
Happy days
I always forget we're in different hemispeheres. Even Rio and Brazil are going into winter. your photos of the "deep blue" are magnficent: one with sparkling light on it, the others framed with arching branches. Doesn't look anywhere near 20 degrees! Hope you have a wet suit!
ReplyDeleteI have two Turkey Vultures that come to nest in the forest behind me every year. Later in the summer you can see the pair and their offspring, usually 2 or 3 young, all flying together. I would love to see a picture of those kites!
ReplyDeleteLorac
ReplyDeleteI often post our populous bush turkey who is a bit dorky...
so will now try to capture the Brahminy kites - it may be hard as they are across the river and swift flyers...
Happy Days
Margaret,
ReplyDeleteWell I don't surf and when I stand up paddle now a T shirt is sufficient in the middle of the day.
Low 20sC are 72 - 80*F so not cold.
The nights may drop as low as 6*C 44*F. which we think is very chilly... It's just what you are used to...
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Delwyn, your beach is so lovely! I can't get enough of hearing about Noosa, Queensland. To see the people on the beach in shorts and t-shirts two weeks before the winter solstice, and hear that the sun sets just before 6 - it's just amazing.
ReplyDeleteParticularly like the first photo Delwyn, it has a very nice symmetry and balance to it.
ReplyDeleteNights are getting cold...
Not a single insect
Now
Attacks the candle
- Shiki
Hi there Jennifer...
ReplyDeleteactually it's nearly 5.30pm and the sun has slipped away but still not dark. I wrote the post a couple of weeks ago...and I'm counting the short days that are left before days lengthen. We don't have long days even in the summer it is getting dark at 7pm, whereas NZ with daylight saving and further from the equator can be light at 9.30pm.
Set sail for the Sth Pacific my dear...
Happy Days
Hi Buddy
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat. I don't know that haiku - it's lovely, thank you for dropping it in...you are a sweetie...
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