Drama on a wild beach

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A surf beach at my doorstep can never be taken for granted I tell myself. Go on, put on your shoes and step through the garden gate.

Keep walking, never stop I whisper to my inner self.

Stroll, walk, run forever breathe in the salt air and admire the magnificent ocean views, it is an ever-changing entertaining show.

And so with huge delight, I found myself walking a most rugged wild surf beach yesterday at my favourite time, the end of the day, which just happened to be the very special #Wednesdaywalk created and beautifully managed by the ever Mr Nice Guy tattoodjay@tattoodjay. Go check out this tag be inspired to walk and write a post for #Wednesdaywalk.

This beach today was a photographer's dream, was it by chance I wondered? I hoped I could do justice with my photos, skilfully capture the scenes I was looking at..

I saw multi coloured patchwork clouds filling the sky and very rough surf with big choppy waves sending in fast rushing water up the beach. The energy was superb.

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Nature is my muse softly urging me with its colours, stillness and force, one moment light here, light there, the next moment a few steps on only darkness and brightness. So many photos to capture, I cannot stop, I am completely bewitched.

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All depending on where I look, so many impressive twists and turns in the slide show. The light simmering on the crest of the wave catches my eye.

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Suddenly the golden gleam shines through that was a white light only a nanosecond before.

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Prolonging my pleasure I stole a sneak backward glance to see a total transformation created by a ray of the setting sun. I am lost for words, how can this be?

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Reluctantly I turn towards the sand path with a giggle as I slosh home with my very wet sandy shoes. Yes, a fast flowing rogue wave caught me unawares and no way did I have time to scramble up the sand dune.

In my haste to get away a small piece of a grass runner got caught in my shoe. I dragged coastal grass of the sand dune? Oh no! Definitely time for new walking shoes?

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There is a very proactive environmental group within the local council that spend a lot of time planting and nurturing the growing of grass on the sand dunes. Of course due to concerns with erosion this is a continuing project carried out on lots of beaches in Australia and elsewhere in the world.

To be more precise I looked the grass up for further information and this is what I found:-

A Stoloniferous grass that has long runners, some up to several metres long that colonize the forefront of coastal sand dunes. Spinifex is an important species in coastal re-vegetation as it binds and stabilises the sand dunes. Coastal grass

I am sure nature is my inspiration, my muse because while writing this post words and sentences flowed from my mind through my fingers, onto the keyboard and in my post.

I am an amateur photographer and proud to say the photos are all mine.*

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Regards to aldager@aldager and the Amazing Nature Community

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I love this fun tag you created barbara-orenya@barbara-orenya, I feel good a lot of the time in my life's adventures.

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I proudly belong to the #SilverBloggers community, if you are over 40 come along and join in. lizelle@lizelle is wonderful energetic founder

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