Ningaloo beach
the Loggerhead turtle
swishing sand
Lorraine Haig
a woman waits
for the sun to cool . . .
Oodnadatta dusk
Gregory Piko
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Boxing Day
a patchwork of coloured sails
on the harbour
Keitha Keyes
Merri Merri Creek
unrolling his prayer mat
under a river red gum
Louise Hopewell
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gannets banking
through a flash of light
ocean sunrise
Danny Carney
desert sunrise
a cockatoo’s wings
ignite
Ewan Rourke
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a sudden cloud
darkens the sea
moonbirds returning
Judith E.P. Johnson
last light
a silver sky swallows
a silver gull
M. Faz
eventide—
a murmur of pigeons
folds the night
Madhuri Pillai
heralding the moon
a soft glow behind the ridge
Simon Hanson
beachcombing
mother’s wrinkled hands
in a wave
Nathan Sidney
a rhythmic slow
graceful flight
herons into the sky
Maree Myhill
rainlight
silver gulls cluster
on a grey swell
Lyn Reeves
seagulls gather
on the abandoned trawler
drifting clouds
Regina Piroska
harbour ferry
the language
of the colours blue
Robyn Cairns
coastal rosemary
a crimson rosella
winging bluish light
Mira Walker
beachside village
eager dogs lead their owners
pavement to sand
Beverley George
wet fiddlehead
in my palm
the rescue pup’s nose
Desi Cochrane
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