📷 Day 28: Community. Spotted at a rally in Sydney: “Let’s dream new blueprints for the world we want to live in…”

A hand-lettered poster at a rally says Let's dream new blueprints for the world we want to live in...

Finished reading: Ian Gentle: The Found Line, edited by David Roach 📚

I’ve posted about this interesting artist previously, because I loved The Gentle Project.

Cover shot of Ian Gentle - The Found LinePhoto of the Australian artist Ian Gentle, from the back cover of the book, Ian Gentle - The Found Line

Finished reading: Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders 📚

These short stories are set entirely in Australia’s Tweed region, but they range over a vast time-frame: from the more-or-less present to the far distant future. I loved the tough optimism. Always will be Aboriginal land - an ideal sci-fi theme.

A clip of the cover of Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders

📷 Day 27: it’s always a lovely surprise to receive a bespoke selection of books in the mail, from the Wild Book Box.

A nicely gift-wrapped package of books. The bookmark says 'the wild book box'.

📷 Day 26: critter. It’s a bluebottle, or Portuguese man o’ war. These wash up on the beach, mainly in late Summer and early Autumn.

A Portuguese man o' war lies on the sandy beach, with its translucent bladder and long blue tentacles visible.

📷 Day 25: spine. This is ‘Echidna’ by Illawarra artist Ian Gentle.
An artwork made of sticks pointing inwards to form a rectangle. The void in the centre is reminiscent of an echidna

📷 Day 24: light. I took this shot as we saw in the new year on the beach.

A lantern shines on a beach in the dark. Lights shine on the distant shoreline.

📷 Day 23: dreamy. On the weekend I visited White Bay Power Station for the Sydney Biennale. Reopened after 40 years mothballed!

A tall power station chimney, reflected upside down in a puddle.

📷 Day 22: blue. This is the ocean pool at Kiama, NSW.

A rock swimming  pool with the ocean in the background. The water looks very blue.

📷 Day 21: mountain. This is Black Mountain, the unlikely centre of Canberra.

Black Mountain in Canberra, covered in eucalyptus trees, with an iconic communications tower at the top.