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I used the WD Phonecam to capture a series of pics that I made into this panorama of the scene that greeted me 

 

 

This is some content created on my beach walk Sunday 27th May. Would have taken more but the batteries on the digicam decided to die suddenly. So this was all I got. This first one is your garden variety panorama pic. Nothing spectacular. The wrong time of the day for that kind of thing. It was interesting to note how the recent rains have greened up the dune vegetation considerably in the last few weeks. And the winter seaweed has started to arrive also. As always here on WD, you can Click The Pic to view the larger version.

 

 

 

The next item below is a short one minute video of a duck that was swimming about and "fishing" amongst the seaweed in the shallows a bit further along the beach. I’ve seen these ducks swimming at this beach many times, but this was the first time I had a digicam with me to capture the action.  You can click HERE to view a map of the area showing the exact spots where this all took place. 

 

 

 

 

These are some pics of my coffee bush that I call George C Bush.  I figure that my George is a least as smart as the other one. And I know he makes less mistakes and causes less misery in the world. Anyway, I’ve had him for nearly two years and he’s tripled in size during that time.  I don’t know what varietal of coffee bush he is. All I know is he’s definitely from the coffea-arabica species ,the other species being coffea-canephora (robusta). Will have to wait a few more years until he fruits. 

 

      

 

I came across this fellow on my Sunday beach walk. A dead adult CAPE FUR SEAL washed up on the beach. I could not tell if it’s head was missing or just buried under the sand. There were no obvious injuries that I could see. Seemed to be fairly much intact. Was a long way from the water. Looked "fresh" so I reckon it washed up on the high tide the night before. It was a long way up the sand, only 4-5m from the highest tide mark on this beach.

 

            

 

Was a lot bigger than I thought they were. I’d estimate the body to be 120cm long, with another 30-40cm for the "feet" at the back. Very round and big in the body. I couldn’t have wrapped my arms around it. Estimate weight at 80-100kg.  I’ve seen these seals washed up these beaches before, but mostly younger ones about 1/3 the size of this specimen. I tried to include my foot in one picture for scale. Somehow it was bigger in real life than came out in the photo.

 

These fur seals breed just a few km’s from this very spot on the aptly named SEAL ROCKS off the coast of PHILLIP ISLAND.  This is the largest fur seal colony in the southern hemisphere. In fact you can just see Seal Rocks on the horizon of the photos that have the open water in them. The rest of the land on the horizon is Phillip Island. 

 

You can CLICK HERE to view a map of the area and marker pins showing the exact locations of the dead seal in these photos and Seal Rocks where I guarantee this fellow was living happily on until recently. 

 

 

 

Just a couple of quick "panoroma" pics I took with the trusty

phonecam on my sunny sunny Sunday afternoon beach walk.

 

  

 

A fairly low tide today (0.83m).

I’ve seen this beach at tides under 0.20m and as high as 3.40m

Needless to say, completely different animals…

 

 

 

So I’m out doing regular Saturday afternoon things about town and walking back to the WD Mobile with my bounty from the hardware mega-store.  I turn a corner and THIS jumps out at me. If you think this picture is scary, then let me tell you it’s NOTHING compared to being in the presence of this… this… THING.  

 

 

 

And this is not a small sign. It’s a good 4-5m high and 10-12m across. But you want to know the SCARIEST part of all… There’s another one, just like it, facing the other direction, presumably to scare the same highway commuters as they return home each night. As if they didn’t have enough to deal with already.

 

You can click HERE to view the actual location of WSB in Google Maps.  So you’ll know where NOT to go. You can see it just above the centre, above the redish dirt, and the white walking path. That’s it, casting it’s evil shadow as it points out towards the unsuspecting traffic.  And if you’re feeling extra brave you can click on the image above to view the GIANT version. Go on.. I dare you.  

 

Another awesome day for an afternoon beach walk and to snap some

phonecam pics to slowly simmer over the electronic stove,

into a panorama pic for the WD readers to view.

 

 

Hope you enjoy it. As always, click to view larger version.

The same stretch of coast line, but a different beach to last weeks pics. 

 

 

While everyone else has been enjoying substantial rainfalls over the last few days, it’s been dry, mild and fine here at WD. So what better to do than load up the iPod and hit the beach for a big sunny afternoon walk. And why not take some fancy phone-cam photo’s along the way I thought.

 

         

 

You can see these photos in their original full glory, and many more of mine just like them over HERE.  Don’t forget you can navigate from photo to photo by clicking the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons that appear in the top section of each photo when you mouse-over the image.

 

 

Just a quick sunrise snap out the side window this morning, timed to a certain level of perfection at 92km/h. And another pic taken just minutes after, only a few km’s further down the same road.

 

     

 

Not bad for B.C. (before coffee)

 

       
 

You Decide…