There are four distinct non-interbreeding types of Blue Bottles. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. This guy arrived with an easterly wind on the beach at Mystery Bay, his pneumatophore was at least 15cm long.

Sunrise hits the top of the gums next to my driveway as I wait in the shadows. A lovely warm morning ahead of a glorious south coast day. Off to the Narooma Rotary market this morning and a swim at Mystery Bay this afternoon.

Winds are said to increase as will cloud, maybe even a thunderstorm later. I’m working hard on breathing in the negative ions while watching the constant movement of the waves.

Glasshouse Rock in the distance on a warming day. The clouds on the horizon will burn off ahead of possible storms tonight. The south coast of New South Wales keeps you on your toes.

I’m on Walbunga / Yuin country and this body of water is the Wagonga Inlet. Wagonga means “stinging nettles grow”, and I wore gloves when I rid my front yard of some.

The Sapphire Coast isn’t named after an aspiration. It’s like a different ocean sits on the south coast of New South Wales.

A tinny sleeps on the shore of the Wagonga Inlet. The weather has improved for me, but the locals like the rain more than these clear days after a long dry spell.

The sunrise making the rocks at 1080 Beach glow, it warms both my skin and heart. More south coast of New South Wales serenity. A little cool, but a clear day.

We don’t seem to have Noisy Miners around here, but the Rainbow Lorikeets are just as bossy. They move on the bigger King Parrots when I leave seed on fence posts for them.

I did geology for my final years of high school, and the south coast of New South Wales lets me show off my rock skills, so if you want get rather bored, you could stroll with me.

On a grey, cool day, I thought I’d give you a wave. Not an ocean wave, but a seal or two wave.

I think I’ll stop looking at my weather app. Last night it said a cool day and cloud cover all day for my part of the world, but the Sapphire Coast delivered a stunning (correctly forecast), cool, clear sunrise.

Poole’s Beach is longer than what is shown on a map. At low tide, it takes 40’ to walk the length of rocky outcrops interspersed with sandy stretches. Yesterday afternoon I was walking the length and spotted the rainy change coming up the coast. It was over Bermagui at this point

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The bad weather forecast hasn’t made it to the south coast of New South Wales yet. Just me and another empty beach with lovely clouds.

The days ahead are forecast to be drab, so I made sure to get up early this morning to catch a Mystery Bay sunrise. And I highly recommend you search out why the mystery is in the name.

Today is a bit bland, warm, but a grey blanket of cloud. Yesterday arvo I went for a lovely stroll on Bullengella Beach, then up on the southern headland did some whale watching. Lots of action as evidently a bit of a breeze makes them playful. Life on the far south coast of NSW.

My lawn needs a mow, but the grass seeds have attracted a Crimson Rosella.

I’ve upset ‘X’ again. It thinks my slice of paradise is not real. I went outside just now to test the temp, not as cool as forecast, but a charming sunrise through the gums. Sapphire Coast of New South Wales.

In the hinterland behind Tilba, on the dirt roads, time seems different. It’s a cool day, clouds about, but no rain. Another calm day on the far south coast of New South Wales.