Around Port Melbourne

Swimming bird surprise

I was enjoying the tranquillity and looking at a reflection of a pole and all the lovely patterns on the water (above). Suddenly the curvy line of the pole was interrupted…

… with the appearance of this bird from under water. After a second of two, it dove back into the water (probably looking for food). It disappeared for over 5 seconds and then came out again. This action was repeated over and over…

Night lights

Beautiful lights reflection; looking towards Melbourne Port

A Hardworking Machine

This machine has been working day and night, and has been around the bay for a long time. It moves to a different location everyday.

Queen Victoria

Looking at the big cruise ship front on, it’s huge black reflection takes up a most of the sea…

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Seedlings

Seedlings, pen and watercolour, 2009

An old piece for this week’s Illustration Friday’s theme “propagate”

Blue, orange and white skies over Port Melbourne (Australia)

A bluish sunset

An orange sunrise

A white (maybe a little grey) cloudy day.

In the above photo, the pier is on the right, where the ship is. In the foreground, the poles (on the left) are for tying nets for beach tennis. The next photo is a close-up of the pergola…

It will probably look more inviting if the sky was blue…

Skywatch: the place to go for more sky photos

Baa’s adventure

When she finally settled in to a nice relaxing bath, Baa decided to make his move. Unfortunately, what he thought was food, turned out to be rather disappointing.

 
Pen and watercolour on paper, 2010

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Old man

A recent doodle…

Pen and ink on paper, Feb2010

This week’s submission to Creative Every Day.

The Queen Victoria came briefly (Melbourne, Australia)

…so did the Seabourne Odyssey.

Port Melbourne was quite busy with visitors from the boats, as well as Melbournians who came to see and photograph the Queen Victoria.

The Seabourne Odyssey (left) and the Queen Victoria (right) at Station Pier in Port Melbourne

The Seabourne Odyssey (length is 198 m/650 ft) looks small compared to the Queen Victoria (294 m/965 ft)

The Queen Victoria looks really huge from the side

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Mountain views (Part 3)

Muted colours of sunrise; views from a mountain top in Australia.

Related posts: Mountain views and Mountain Views (Part 2)

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Irish pub reflections

Photos taken in Ireland 2009.

 

This last one (below) is not a photo on reflection. It’s a sign in the pub, which is quite amusing.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

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Life is good…

… when you can take time-out and get absorbed in an interesting book.

Pen and ink on paper; Feb 2010

A quick sketch for Illustration Friday, with the theme adrift.
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Around potted plants

A couple of drawings from my sketch book, completed yesterday.

Pot plants and BBQ stove on the balcony

Indoor plants on a table with mirror

 

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Sunset at Port Melbourne

The beacon with Station pier in the background.

Lovely colours but the boat was too far away…

A nice boat…
When it got closer to the photographer, the colours of the sky had changed…

I am a bit late for Watery Wednesday, and a bit early for Skywatch…

Cheers from Port Melbourne

I was sharing a beer with my husband the other day, and playing with the camera… and the result is the top picture…

Click on the images to enlarge…

You may remember the ship in the middle of the above photo from my other posts. The Spirit of Tasmania is a passenger ferry, which goes to and fro Port Melbourne and Tasmania everyday.

Here is another look at the Spirit of Tasmania. This photo was taken from a nearby pub.

The Spirit of Tasmania (on the left) looks small compared to the cruise ship (on right).

Zooming in… this cruise ship (named The World) stopped here for 2 days in January.

That’s My World for now.

Coffee shots

Love it, but I only drink a cup a day. But when I have a camera with me, I can’t help but take a few shots.

Here are a few from my collection.

 

 

 

 

 

The last two below are hot chocolate.

Time to take a break from the computer and get a cup of coffee…

A smoke and a makeover

It has been a busy week. I have only got a quick sketch for Illustration Friday this week, based on the theme “muddy”.

I am also submitting this to Creative Every Day.