Sunday, 30 October 2011

Galiwin'ku freshwater spring

I have discovered a delight at Galiwin'ku: right on the beach, in front of my house, there is a freshwater spring. It is quite unexpected... It means that on the rocky, sandy beach, there is a a patch of thickly growing green grass, and a gorgeous big shade tree.

When the tide is low, it is a lovely little pond- perhaps knee-deep- surrounded by soft cushiony grass: a great place to lie back in fresh, cool water and escape the heat (you can't swim in the ocean due to crocs and box jellyfish). On the high tide, it produces the rare (for me, anyway) site of the sea lapping at green grass, as the saltwater mixes with the spring water.

I tried to take some photos on my phone. I don't think they do it justice, but am glad I didn't take the work camera given I slipped over on the moss and landed in a puddle.

Here they are:


These ones are on the low tide:

Sorry about that pic, it just wanted to be sideways and there was nothing I could do to stop it.






...and this one is the high tide.

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