a diary entry...

My Year 9 students were required to research a World War 1 local veteran's story...
This student imagined a diary written by one veteran...
The above image is an excerpt from the diary,
describing how the veteran may feel about the Battle of the Somme...



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sky dome...

sky dome above the lounge area in the Searoad ferry that sails between Sorrento and Queenscliff...



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lone bike tyre...

lone bike tyre, strangely lying outside a beach box at Dromana beach...


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bridle...

bridle on a Clydesdale horse in the 2013 Westernport Festival parade, Hastings...



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a little fossilised...

interesting fossilised wood on a beach at Churchill Island...


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sandy shoes...

sandy shoes left on a Dromana foreshore seat...


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a slight sheen...

leaf on my verandah after rain and basking in a glimmer of sunlight...


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a weathered mirror...

atop a pole is an old weathered mirror
on the Dromana foreshore walkway shared by walkers and bike riders...
The mirror is sited on a sharp, right angled turn on the walkway, beacause visibility can be limited...
Apart from being weathered, the mirror is also a little buckled,
hence the odd bendy reflection of the walkway and beach area...


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wind chimes...

part of my new wind chimes on my verandah...




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large shell...

shell on a grave at Flinders...



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enjoying the rain...

plant on the McCrae nature strip in the main street enjoying some light rain...



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nesting...

 ibis on a nest at Coolart wetlands, Somers...


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kite fantasy...

flying kite at the 2014 Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...




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bike detail...

detail of a bike parked at Frankston...
(This is not a black and white photo. The bike and pavement are these tones.)


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spent agapanthus...

spent agapanthus in my garden...



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echidna...

a curled up echidna at Point Nepean...




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banksia cone...

a banksia cone on the Dromana foreshore...


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happy little angel...

little angel on my verandah window ledge...



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stray leaf...

leaf on my verandah...


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faded to grey...

faded flower at Red Hill...


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a little butterfly...

butterfly on a Red Hill walkway...


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on duck duty...

duck at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...



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bold succulent...

plant in the Dromana Hills...



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a few drops...

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like chimes...

autumn leaves in my garden...


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a little stray plant...

little plant in the sands at Balnarring beach...



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art of tiles...

an element of a street mural at Moorabbin created by members of the community...



the mural comprises tiles...


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tightly wrapped...

web round a plant in my garden...


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striped flecks...

autumn flower at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


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banksia cone...

Autumn is a time for the weird and wonderful banksia cones to be lying around on the ground...
This one was on the Dromana foreshore yesterday...


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a glass of beer...

a glass of beer at Portsea Hotel, Portsea...


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small but a strong spirit...

one of my indoor plants...


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a soft toy...

a young one placed this soft toy on guard to watch the family on the beach at Rosebud yesterday...
I think the soft toy is meant to be a kangaroo...


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like a tiny fan...

feather on my verandah...


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spidery...

summer flower at Mornington...


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eerie shape...

shapely rock at Balnarring Beach...


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like a spiky star...

wildflower at Point Nepean...
It was quite windy at the time, so capturing this flower was rather challenging...


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forgotten...

forgotten water bottle at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


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enjoying the sands...

wispy plant in the sands of Balnarring Beach...



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blending greens...

this feather in my garden seems to blend in with the green of the plant...


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feather at the lookout...

feather lazing in the boundary of a Mornington lookout over Port Phillip Bay...


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stone of many faces...

stone on Balnarring Beach...
From this perspective, it looks like a dog's face to me...


From this perspective, it looks like a bonsai tree in a container?...


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leopard slug...

leopard slug in my driveway...
It is the first time (January 2011) I have seen this variety of slug...


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