Another seaweed form in low light:
It was made in mid-winter--in July-- when it was wet and stormy.
I haven't been able to walk along the coastal rocks between Petrel Cove and Kings Beach this past week. There have been huge swells, large waves, and very high tides in the late afternoon. There has been no access to the rocks on the afternoon poodlewalks.
It's a pity because Suzanne has been travelling around the Eyre Peninsula this last week and I have been walking the 2 standard poodles. The coastal rock walk would have been ideal as the poodles are contained by the sea and cliffs and so there is no racing off chasing rabbits, foxes or kangaroos, which is what happens when we walk a back country road.
This picture was made whilst on an early morning poodlewalk with Kayla near Dep's Beach in Waitpinga:
It was lying close to some rocks, protected from the coastal winds.
The macro picture below of cuttlefish shells is from a recent poodlewalk amongst the coastal rocks with Maleko. It was in the late afternoon just prior to the Xmas/New year holiday break.
I was on the lookout for dried out salt ponds amongst the coastal rocks at the time. However, as the weather had been cool, overcast and windy, with only the odd bright, sunny days with high temperatures, the salt ponds were few and far between.
It has been a wet and stormy spring during September, and we have tended to avoid walking along coastal rocks because of the gale force winds and the frequent squalls. The poodlewalks have been driven by the need to seek shelter in the local bushland from the squalls and wind.
On the few fine days we have had we have walked along the coastal zone. The light has changed with daylight saving and the light is still intense and bright at 5pm. This photos was made just before daylight saving. I sat on the rocks and watched the big waves surge across the rocks
It was only the occasional large wave that surged over the rocks. So I had to be patient, wait, and watch the sea.