Drifting through life

Welcome back to Sunday Selections! This once-a- week-meme was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, as a way to showcase some of the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs. The rules are very simple:- 1. post photos of your choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title 2. link back to me, River , somewhere in your post 3. leave me a comment so that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted.   Andrew often joins in as well, as does Jackie K at Working Through It . I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week I'm showing views from Semaphore Beach.  I went out there on January 25th, the day before Australia Day, hoping to see some kite flying .  There weren't any kites which was a little disappointing, but I did spot....... a parachutist   and a shark-spotter helicopter. an abandoned tent in the dunes....somebody...

this is what it used to look like, back in the 60s...... (googled image) It's not very clear, in the foreground there are swings, the building to the right is the stage where beauty pageants were held, beautiful baby competitions and sometimes concerts too. it faces the main beach, what you see here is the back. Beyond that is the kiosk and change rooms. The kiosk was accessed from the front with stairs leading up to it and on the right were showers and change cubicles, toilets too, for the girls, on the left of the kiosk, the same set up for the boys. You'll notice they're both up fairly high off the sand, this is because the tide would frequently come so far in the sand would be completely covered right up to the retaining wall. Along the section between kiosk and stage, right along the retaining wall, would be rows of beach towels, sometimes as many as three rows, with teenagers sunbaking. Back in those days we were aware of sunburn and the radio station would bro...

It's Sunday Selections time again! Time to post photos that have been languishing away in your files, photos that you may have forgotten about. This concept comes to us via Kim of Frog Ponds Rock fame and it's been going for over a year now! Won't you join us? The rules are easy, just post your photos on a Sunday, link back to Kim somewhere in your post. then head on over to Frog Ponds Rock and add your name to the linky list before leaving Kim a comment. While you're there have a look at what others have posted for  their selections. This week I bring you a few more beach photos. This is BILL, a miniature steam train that runs paying passengers between the Semaphore Foreshore and Fort Glanville Conservation Park at Semaphore Park during the summer months. Once he gets to Fort Glanville there is a short break while the train is turned around for the reverse trip and passengers are allowed to get off and stretch their legs. I don't remember m...