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Coming to a screen near you

23/4/2021

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PictureThe finale ... members of the audience and performers join Kutcha Edwards in his powerful 'We Sing'.
By Laura Brearley
 
IF YOU want to see and hear …
 
Uncle Kutcha Edwards’ powerful performance of his anthemic ‘We Sing’, accompanied by Daniel J Marquez 
 
The musical and poetic communion of Catherine Watson and Mark Finsterer in their breathtaking rendition of ‘Bernadette’s Beach’
 
The toe-tapping Celtic interpretation of Inverloch by multi-talented musicians Lyndal Chambers and Brian ‘Strat’ Strating     ​


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Groves Estate, Jam Jerrup

26/3/2021

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By Aleta Groves        
          
The place I love is where peacocks roam free and each day you see their beautiful courtship ritual, the male with his spectacular fanned iridescent train impressing the hens. Where the quirky guinea fowl hunt and aren’t afraid to sing their fearsome song to keep the predators away and the fine fluffy silkies chat away trying to navigate their way through their beautiful puffy crest.

This is the place where unusual friendships have blossomed. A striking highland cow, with her flowing black locks and majestic horns can be seen cavorting with an obstinate, braying
Mediterranean micro donkey. And a fearless Jersey cow, and a group of shy but curious Alpacas befriend an orphan Angus calf.
 
It is a place you hear a symphony of sound from the whistle of the cavies to the bellow of the deer. It is music to my ears. This is our Farm the Groves Estate.
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Cleeland Bight Dog Beach, Cape Woolamai

26/3/2021

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By Sally Lewer Ahern    

Like cookie cutter indents, dog paw prints on the beach skitter every which way. Large, small, and in-between prints in erratic circles indicate doggy games. It’s zany, unfettered joy, a game of canine ‘chasey.’ They claw the malleable sand recklessly, digging holes and flinging sand helter-skelter.

They don’t give a toss about sticky sand on their snouts, or that they’ll be banished outside when they get home. That’s all in the future. This is here and now. They’re living in the moment, and they’ve got it down pat. A quick swim to cool off, a woof, or two, at a seagull – real, or imagined - and then it’s the vigorous body shake, the flinging of a sticky mix of sea and sand.

Finally, a tired canine sidles up to his human, his long, pink tongue lolling floppily from his mouth.

He’s pooped, but his face says it was all worth it.

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Rhyll, Millowl

26/3/2021

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Photos, virtual tours by Barney Meyer
By Barney Meyer

This sunrise epitomises the beauty of Phillip Island for me, encompassing a 180° view at low tide, revealing the deeper channels as well as the wreck of the Minah.

Capturing views from exactly the same location at different times and seasons reveals the changing phases of the ocean, sky and land. These aerial images comprise many frames captured with a drone, which are then seamlessly stitched together.

In these scenes I captured the Phases of Rhyll: Cloudy, Sunset, Evening and Dawn, allowing the viewer to switch between the views and maintain the same viewing direction. Dawn, January 4th 2019 was the start of the horrific bushfires in Eastern Victoria.

View this sequence of 360° panoramas here: https://www.hiddenmelbourne.com.au/aerialviews/phasesofrhyll/
This link shows Rhyll during a beautiful moonrise. Note the oil rig offshore from Cowes https://www.hiddenmelbourne.com.au/aerialviews/rhyll-vic-sunset-gigapixel/
Recently I created a complete “walkabout” of Phillip Island by air
https://www.hiddenmelbourne.com.au/aerial-tour-phillip-island-2020/
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Wonthaggi Cemetery

11/3/2021

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Photo: Malcolm Brodie
The Harper of Lyra

By Malcolm Brodie

A Returned Man's Remembrance at a First World War Grave in Wonthaggi Cemetery
​Vega
observed
through an atmosphere of departure
above the beach,
a graven eye painted in moisture, upon the curving pillar
of a harp
whose long fingernailed player, in all probability blind, continues eternally at his art
dripping melodies to earth from within eruptive fireballs of Lyra
plucking at strings
amidst uproar of the banqueting hall, lists of guests tossing kisses and fruit.

​He was our grim or ribald reminder of the uselessness of printed prayers
those read to us
out of a manual of worship
as we stood coveside dry weeping at graves from our Dead Sea discharging souls
skulls underground sound boxes of the heart, and the music is ours

​Lyra, 'The Harp', a northern constellation seen from Gallipoli, containing 'Vega' the northern hemisphere's brightest star.

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South Gippsland coast

11/3/2021

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By Vasy Petros

A Perfect Place

Land's misty hues of colour
Sea's hypnotic blue
Sky billowing peace and wonder
A poetic solitude
Along the rugged Bunurong
Killy's rise to Inverloch
A quilt of farm and rolling hills
Bass stretches out beyond
Sun descends upon the inlet
Grassy knolls and coastal dunes
Day's tapestry unravels
Threads of yellow, red and blue
Time flows seamless on the Tarwin
From bank to bank
A satin sheet pulled taut
Under Night's thick cover
The Sun rests and bids farewell
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Andersons Inlet, collage by Vasy Petros
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Rock platform, collage by Vasy Petros
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Tarwin river bank, collage by Vasy Petros
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​Summerlands, Millowl

11/3/2021

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By Tricia Storr

Standing at the Southpoint lookout, Summerlands, Pacific Gulls swoop and glide on thermals.  In winter, a form of wild energy is made by the sea which is mesmerising to watch and hear as the waves roar when they smash into rugged rocks with powerful fury, leaving a wash of white as they recede. The sea is grey and it's hard to distinguish where the sky begins on the horizon.
 
In summer, an atmosphere of calmness lifts the spirit. The sun shines, the sea is blue and the fury has been left behind. Instead, the waves sound like a musical rhythm as they reach the coastline. Peregrin Falcons fly high in the sky above and Cape Barren Geese nibble on the green cliffs. No matter the season, this place is therapeutic for the heart and soul.
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A generous community

26/2/2021

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By Laura Brearley
 
THE Coastal Connections Concert at the Wonthaggi Arts Centre last weekend was the first live performance staged at the Arts Centre since the COVID era began, almost a year ago.
 
Mayor Brett Tessari launched seven new films that were a result of creative collaborations in the Coastal Connections project. The films, by videographer Terry Melvin, feature images of the natural world in Bass Coast intertwined by interviews with community members describing their special blue and green places.

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​Bass Hills

25/2/2021

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By Lynne Cook
 
The Bass Hills are an incredibly, re-juvenating place for a country drive. With three hundred and sixty degree panoramic views of Mornington Peninsula, the Dandenongs and Wilsons Promontory, the vista includes sea, bay, rolling hills, farm-lands, hamlets and islands.
 
After tree clearing of the Bass Hills in the 1800s for fuel, building materials and bark-tanning to supply the surrounding countryside and Melbourne, the hills remained bald and lacking appeal for most of the twentieth century. With Landcare and the farmers’ help with re-planting of trees, the hills and gullies are now re-gaining their aesthetic beauty, albeit different to the original natural bushland. Today the sky-line is once again boasting ‘trees’ and ‘tree-lines’.
 
Sitting atop the hills looking out over the view, especially at sunset, is a great place to unwind, re-group and catch your breath before resuming the challenges of daily life refreshed from your country drive.
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​Cape Paterson

25/2/2021

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By San Muller
 
A place unseen
Where I can dream
The ocean’s blue
It makes me new
 
The briny sea
Panacea to me
Double rainbows soar
While the oceans roar
 
There’s a secret place
Where I have no face
Covid’s taken it away
When I go to play
 
Rain on the roof
Is living proof
That time moves on
Winter’s soon gone
 
The briny sea
Panacea to me
Double rainbows soar
While the oceans roar
 
There’s a secret place
Where I have no face
Covid’s taken it away
When I go to play
 
Rich with orgone too
Painted many a hue
Oh, to be lulled to sleep
By the ocean deep
 
There’s a secret place
Where I have no face
Covid’s taken it away
When I go to play
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