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Australia Day 2015

An invisible suitcase of dreams. Australia Day began cool, cloudy and not beachy, or summery at all, but that did not dampen the spirits of the new citizens, their supporters or the other hundreds of people who turned up at Glenelg Beach for the Australia Day Ceremony. We’ve heard of this day’s overly nationalistic xenophobic

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Fire and rain

Smoke and eucalyptus, the twin smells of Australia The car’s thermometer read forty-four degrees (44°C). To open a door was to open an oven full of baking, or to stand before a giant hairdryer. We expect a few days like this each summer, when the choice of restaurant, coffee shop or bar is determined by

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#Glenelgbeach365

A year in pictures- my daily photo challenge.., The end of the year brings the end of my Instagram project #glenelgbeach365. Variations on a theme A photo ( on smartphone) of the beach every day for year, except when I’ve been away. Sometimes sunsets of unrivalled drama or beauty, very rarely a silky sunrise, or

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