Mandjoogoordap (Mandurah)

Mandurah estuary, early morning. (This is an adjusted copy of the original photograph, uploaded following some very useful criticism from Pam J. To see what the fuss was about, please look below in the comments. Ain't the Ipernity community wonderful?)

Considered as an alternative submission to the Color Wheel project - Black, but dismissed as not being black enough!

The children's hand prints are on a sea-container painted in the colours of the Aboriginal flag during NAIDOC celebrations. NAIDOC is the week which recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the original Australians. Submitted to the Color Wheel project - Yellow.

Lake Clifton, Western Australia. Taken 2002; scanned 2014.

Mandurah marina, sunset. (Perhaps better on black. Press Z.) (Harbour sunset for the "Another Link in the Chain" group.)

Western foreshore, Mandurah, early morning Best when seen large.

Silver Sands, Mandurah, WA

Mandurah, WA

The Dawesville Cut, Western Australia.

Moreton Bay Fig tree at the entrance to the estuary in Mandurah.

Submitted for the 10-Week Project: Shapes - Circle/Round Soundtrack to Life: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY Different war; different age; but the result remains the same: trauma and loss.

Centre of a roundabout, Dolphin Quay, Mandurah, WA. Mandurah - or Mandjoogoordap, to give the place its Noongar name - is a city on the Indian Ocean. It was once a fishing village and holiday destination; now it is a populous city, though primarily a dormitory for working in Perth, Fremantle and FIFO. The sculpture represents both the old and the new, as it is located just outside a large marina which is used by recreational fishing boats which go out to the ocean or inland to the Peel Inlet, a body of shallow water some 130 sq km (50 sq miles) in area. It is my home and the closest I'll ever get to paradise.

On Mandurah foreshore.