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Rottnest Island Beach

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Well, one of them. It's an Island, so there are beaches all around. These photos are from the one right near where the ferry dropped us off and then picked us up again. As we sat under a tree eating lunch, I noticed the weathervane..... it has a Quokka on it! R and I walked along behind some of the accommodation buildings, then turned to the beach and walked back along the sand and rocks to the pier where we'd wait for the ferry. lo and behold! there were pelicans . They followed us most of the way back to the pier. Halfway along, I turned back and took this postcard shot. Then I started seeing smaller things. like this coral and that coral and a pretty shell . I saw piles of seaweed .... and smaller pieces of a different type of seaweed . do you all know those round blobs of sea jelly that get washed up on shore? They're clear, mostly, but the one I saw wasn't... it had a face! something was embedded in it and I ju...

Sunday Selections #128

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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. 4. hop on over to The Elephant’s Child to see more of her wonderful photos. Kath and Andrew often join in as well. The original purpose of Sunday Selections was to show off old pictures that have been languishing in your files and never being seen. But I've lost track of what I've shown, so this week you're seeing new stuff.  A visit to Mandurah, south of Fremantle in Western Australia. I visited the waterfront at Mandurah with my brother R and his lovely partne...