kiwibird: A day in the life.......ctd

Friday, 17 January 2014

A day in the life.......ctd

Last Sunday we went for a drive down the coast to Normanville. A very small beach, and quite deserted, but beautiful. Then we drove back along the coast until we came to Aldinga Beach, again quite deserted, just a few cars parked on the beach, and one or two people in the water. It was a lovely day too.

We continued our drive until we came to Willunga Beach, also deserted. Where were all the people on this gorgeous sunny day before the heatwave started. Willunga was once a thriving small port, for fishing boats, wheat exports, and slate exports from the local mine. Now all that remains are the wooden posts in the centre of the photograph, on the sea shore, where once there was a wooden jetty.

Sunset on Sunday was very red, certainly a very good prediction of the heatwave that was going to hit South Australia.

A man walking on the rocky shore.

And as I turned away from the sunset, there was the moon, nearly full, right behind me.

The holiday houses, often larger than a family home, lined up along the road by the sea shore, all closed up. They are rarely used, obviously there are people who have money to spare.

The pole on the left of the photograph is a stobie pole, which is a concrete pole, very ugly, used to carry electricity wires. Most new housing developments now have underground cables, but stobie poles still abound in Australia. I thought this may be a useful piece of information for people who live in the northern part of this world. I think Mr Stobie invented them.

What do you do when the temperature is in the 40s. You take the children ice skating at the local Ice Skating Rink. So cool. And disco lights too.

Scott, Jay and Jespa all dressed up for the coldness of the rink, although Scott wore his shorts. A little bit incongruous I know. I hope he did not fall over. A bit hard on the knees.